# Pollar > Start with an event. Pollar is a pan-European editorial news outlet with AI-assisted summaries, evergreen topic threads, a daily brief, and live market data. Content is published in English, Polish, German, and French; the locale prefix in URLs selects the language (e.g. /en/, /pl/, /de/, /fr/). ## Daily editorial - [Daily brief](https://pollar.news/en/brief): twice-daily editorial digest of EU + world news, ~5 minutes of reading - [Markets](https://pollar.news/en/markets): EU + global indices, EUR-pivoted FX, commodities, crypto, US Treasury bonds — refreshed minute-by-minute from Yahoo Finance - [Explore on map](https://pollar.news/en/explore): events plotted geographically across Europe and the world ## Evergreen threads 12 long-running topic threads grouped into europe / world / other. Each thread has a thesis, a current state-of-play, week highlights, and a chronicle of recent developments (updated every 6h by the research agent). - [Brussels vs capitals: EU integration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-integration): Sovereignty within the European Union is not static; it is continuously contested and renegotiated through legal rulings, treaty interpretat - [The Green Deal under revision](https://pollar.news/en/threads/green-deal): The EU's climate agenda has formally pivoted from legislative expansion to a phase of implementation, simplification, and competitiveness-dr - [The ageing Union's economy](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-economy): Europe's economic competitiveness is under pressure from low productivity, weak investment, demographic decline, and the cost of the green t - [European democracies and populism](https://pollar.news/en/threads/democracy-populism): Populist and anti-liberal political forces are gaining institutional ground within the European Union, testing and at times reshaping the bo - [Demography and migration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/demography-migration): An ageing Europe faces a structural need for labour immigration to sustain its economy and welfare systems, yet political sentiment across m - [AI: capabilities, regulation, labour](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ai-revolution): The rapid convergence of frontier-model capabilities is compressing competitive advantage cycles and testing regulatory guardrails, while th - [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold, forcing a pivotal narrative shift from solely preventing climate change to urgently adapt - [Culture, media and the new divides](https://pollar.news/en/threads/culture-media): The European information ecosystem faces increasing pressure from collapsing traditional media business models, algorithmic-driven polarizat - [China and the West: decoupling](https://pollar.news/en/threads/china-west): The strategic de-risking of Western economies from China has escalated into a reciprocal regulatory conflict, where China's new legal counte - [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase defined by a rapid technological competition and a more mature Ukrainian strike doctrine, challen - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war has accelerated a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power, shifting influence from traditional centers like Egypt and S - [The US under Trump: second term](https://pollar.news/en/threads/us-under-trump): US foreign policy under the Trump administration is shifting decisively from multilateralism toward a doctrine of transactional bilateral ba ## Recent events (last 50) Individual event briefs, AI-summarised from multiple sources, with structured locations / mentioned people / source attribution. - [Gironde megafire holds stable as temperatures rise; Landes fire fixed, Spain battles blazes](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): The Gironde megafire near Bordeaux remained stable overnight after burning 42,000 hectares, but rising temperatures threaten to reignite it. - [Berlin Pride attacker was known Islamist threat on probation; minister demands preventive detention](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-csd-well-only-get-louder): A 21-year-old German-Lebanese man with a prior terror conviction drove a van into a crowd at Berlin's CSD, then attacked with a machete, kil - [Pirlo withdraws from Italy coach race over Russian betting ties, Maldini and Leonardo quit FIGC](https://pollar.news/en/event/pirlo-new-italy-coach): Andrea Pirlo's candidacy to lead the Italian national team collapsed after scrutiny of his ambassador role with Russian bookmaker Fonbet, tr - [Three women stabbed in Paris knife attack; suspect arrested by off-duty police officer](https://pollar.news/en/event/three-women-stabbed-in-paris): The attack at Porte de Clichy left two victims seriously injured, one of them pregnant according to Le Parisien. The attacker was subdued by - [Spain issues heat alerts as temperatures set to hit 40°C across multiple regions](https://pollar.news/en/event/44c-heatwave-to-hit-spain): Spain's meteorological agency AEMET has issued yellow and orange warnings for extreme heat on Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to reach 4 - [South Korea's KOSPI drops 10% as AI chip selloff deepens on Nvidia financing fears and China competition](https://pollar.news/en/event/asia-chip-selloff-deepens): Samsung and SK Hynix shares tumbled more than 13% each, triggering trading halts in Seoul, after a report that Nvidia may backstop $250 bill - [India's Cockroach movement wins minister's resignation, now demands release of detained protesters](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): The Cockroach Janta Party says at least 100 people were arrested during protests that forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign - [Mercedes profit rises 13.5% but China car sales slump 30%, dragging down 2026 outlook](https://pollar.news/en/event/mercedes-china-slump-hits-outlook): Group net profit climbed to 1.09 billion euros in the second quarter, the first year-on-year gain since Q2 2023, yet a 30% drop in China pas - [Oil plunges over 6% as US and Iran pause hostilities; Trump says 'good chance' of breakthrough](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): Brent crude fell 6.3% to $90.6 a barrel after Washington and Tehran halted strikes over the weekend, while Trump said there was 'a good chan - [Singer D4vd ordered to stand trial for stabbing and dismembering 14-year-old girl in Los Angeles](https://pollar.news/en/event/d4vd-murder-trial-to-proceed): A Los Angeles judge has ordered singer D4vd to stand trial on charges of murdering and dismembering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who - [Morawiecki to form new parliamentary club if expelled from PiS, resigns from ECR leadership](https://pollar.news/en/event/kurski-silenced-after-rant): Former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said he will form a new parliamentary club if his faction is expelled from Law and Justice, as the - [15-year-old arrested after shooting at Seattle food festival kills three, injures five](https://pollar.news/en/event/seattle-festival-shooting): A 15-year-old is in custody and a second shooter is being sought after gunfire erupted Sunday evening at the Bite of Seattle food festival n - [France and Spain battle worst wildfires in living memory as new 42°C heatwave looms](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-rage-ahead-of-heatwave): Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to contain the worst wildfires in living memory, with over 330,000 people evacuated, as meteorol - [Trump administration files emergency Supreme Court appeal to enforce mail-in voting restrictions](https://pollar.news/en/event/scotus-plea-on-mail-voting): The Justice Department filed an emergency application Monday after a federal appeals court upheld a block on the March executive order in 23 - [Spanish lottery results for Monday 27 July 2026: La Primitiva, Bonoloto, ONCE, and EuroDreams winning numbers](https://pollar.news/en/event/monday-lottery-results): The winning combinations for La Primitiva, Bonoloto, ONCE Cupón Diario, and EuroDreams draws held on 27 July 2026, including a 24.5-million- - [Favaretto beats Errigo in all-Italian final to win women's foil world title in Hong Kong](https://pollar.news/en/event/favaretto-takes-world-foil-gold): The 24-year-old Italian beat teammate Arianna Errigo 15-7 for her first individual world title, as Italy topped the medals table after the i - [Six Months After Abduction, Savannah Guthrie Pleads: 'Tell Us Where to Look'](https://pollar.news/en/event/guthrie-pleads-for-mothers-return): Nearly six months after her mother's disappearance, Savannah Guthrie recorded a new Instagram video pleading directly with the kidnappers: ' - [Nvidia in talks for $250bn guarantee to back OpenAI's Ohio data center lease](https://pollar.news/en/event/nvidias-250bn-openai-guarantee): The chip giant is in talks to provide a financial guarantee that would allow OpenAI to lease a 10-gigawatt facility being built by SoftBank' - [Body Worlds creator Gunther von Hagens dies at 81, his body to be plastinated per his wishes](https://pollar.news/en/event/body-worlds-creator-dies-at-81): The German anatomist known as 'Doctor Death' died July 24 in Heidelberg after a cerebral haemorrhage. His family confirmed his body will be - [Spain's largest evacuation this century: 73,000 flee as wildfires burn 77,000 hectares](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): More than 73,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes across Ávila, Madrid, Toledo and Castellón since Thursday, as multiple wildfi - [Egyptian man dies after eight-day fight for life following screwdriver attack at Rome's Togliatti station](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-screwdriver-attack-in-rome): Mohammed, a 30-year-old Egyptian, was struck in the head with a screwdriver on 18 July while trying to protect a friend from a robbery at th - [Austrian actor Johannes Krisch, star of 'Revanche' and 'Braunschlag', dies at 59 after cancer fight](https://pollar.news/en/event/austrian-actor-johannes-krisch-dies): The Vienna-born character actor, an ensemble member at the Burgtheater and Theater in der Josefstadt, died Monday morning in a Vienna hospit - [Polish woman killed in Berlin Pride ramming; suspect shot dead, release from custody under fire](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-victim-in-berlin-attack): A 65-year-old Polish woman was killed and 29 others injured when an Islamist attacker drove a van into Berlin's Christopher Street Day parad - [Tebas calls Infantino's World Cup defence 'pathetic' as FIFA president hits back at critics](https://pollar.news/en/event/tebas-vs-infantino-over-world-cup): LaLiga president Javier Tebas has branded a social media post by FIFA president Gianni Infantino 'pathetic', after Infantino dismissed criti - [Northern Ireland's Olympic champions miss out on medals as England claim first athletics golds at Commonwealth Games](https://pollar.news/en/event/tardis-opens-commonwealth-games): Olympic champions Daniel Wiffen and Rhys McClenaghan missed out on medals for Northern Ireland, while England's Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn - [France launches national museum security plan after Celtic gold torque heist in Burgundy](https://pollar.news/en/event/torque-theft-prompts-security-plan): Thieves posing as tourists stole a 2,500-year-old gold necklace from a small museum in Châtillon-sur-Seine on Friday, July 24. Hours later, - [France stabilises Bordeaux blaze as Germany deploys helicopters before new heat wave strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/bordeaux-fire-steadies): French authorities stabilised a wildfire near Bordeaux early Monday after it burned 42,000 hectares, as German military helicopters arrived - [Burnham pledges '100%' support for Ukraine, unveils Stone Cloak jammer in first meeting as PM](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham welcomed Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Portsmouth on Monday, promising the Stone Cloak electronic warfare system and - [Berlin Pride attacker was under police surveillance an hour before the rampage, had been freed in May despite terror risk](https://pollar.news/en/event/police-filmed-berlin-attacker-beforehand): Abdul Ballout, 21, killed a 65-year-old Polish woman and injured 29 others at Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade on Saturday night. Secu - [Pentagon reclassifies Iran war dead as 'Overseas Operations', sparking outcry](https://pollar.news/en/event/pentagon-changes-iran-war-toll): Four US soldiers killed in July after the Iran ceasefire collapsed are now listed under a separate 'Overseas Operations' category, not the o - [Israeli driver in Łódź deliberately runs over cyclist after confrontation, faces life sentence](https://pollar.news/en/event/driver-runs-over-cyclist-twice): A 34-year-old Israeli citizen was arrested after deliberately hitting a cyclist with his car twice on a Łódź bike lane, leaving the victim w - [Spain’s government shelves flagship housing decree until September after Junts and Podemos balk](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-housing-decree-delayed-to-september): The Spanish government postponed the approval of its sweeping real decree-law on housing from the final cabinet session before the summer br - [Italy cuts diesel excise duty by 17 cents per litre until August 6, opposition brands it 'alms'](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-weighs-fuel-tax-cut): Italy's cabinet approved a 17-cent-per-litre cut in diesel excise and VAT, running from midnight 27–28 July to 6 August. The €125 million me - [Milei calls Lula 'thief' and 'prisoner' at Brazil rally, triggering worst diplomatic crisis in decades](https://pollar.news/en/event/milei-insults-spark-brazil-crisis): Argentina's president insulted his Brazilian counterpart and a Supreme Court judge during a campaign event in São Paulo. Brazil recalled its - [Romania issues orange weather warnings for heavy rain, hail, and strong winds across six counties](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-orange-weather-alert): The National Meteorological Administration issued multiple orange code warnings on Monday, July 27, 2026, for torrential rain, hail, and win - [CXMT shares leap 466% in Shanghai debut, founder pledges $5.6bn to staff](https://pollar.news/en/event/cxmt-shares-jump-535): Shares of Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT rocketed 466% on their first trading day in Shanghai, minting a valuation of over $480 billion and m - [UNAIDS warns HIV epidemic could resurge as global funding drops 18% to $7.3 billion, lowest in two decades](https://pollar.news/en/event/unaids-warns-of-hiv-resurgence): Global HIV funding fell 18% to $7.3 billion in 2025, the lowest level in nearly two decades, driven largely by US cuts, UNAIDS said at the I - [Egyptian man remanded for murder of criminal lawyer Stavros Georgiou in Athens](https://pollar.news/en/event/suspect-remanded-in-lawyers-murder): The 28-year-old Egyptian confessed to beating 73-year-old Stavros Georgiou to death in his Athens office on 20 July, then selling his laptop - [Carly Simon, 83, reveals Parkinson's diagnosis; new album 'Comes in Waves' due August 14](https://pollar.news/en/event/simon-reveals-parkinsons-new-album): The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter ended years of public silence on Monday, disclosing she has been living with the degenerative disease a - [France's largest fire in 50 years burns 42,000 hectares and forces 220,000 evacuations near Bordeaux](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-megafire-stabilises-before-heatwave): The largest wildfire in France in 50 years has burned 42,000 hectares in Gironde, forced 220,000 evacuations, and destroyed 240 homes. Firef - [US walks out of UN Security Council meeting after France compares it to North Korea and Russia over human rights vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-walks-out-on-france): The US walked out of a Security Council session on Ukraine after France's UN mission in Geneva posted that America now stands 'alongside Nor - [Germany prepares for heatwave up to 39°C with storms and fire danger this week](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-heatwave-to-hit-39c): Temperatures will climb from Tuesday, peak on Thursday at 39°C in the Upper Rhine and Franconia, and bring severe thunderstorms and heighten - [Jodrell Bank Observatory faces closure as UK slashes astronomy funding, risking physics brain drain](https://pollar.news/en/event/jodrell-bank-closure-looms): The Science and Technology Facilities Council plans to withdraw funding for the iconic radio observatory and its e-Merlin network by March 2 - [McConnell still not medically cleared to leave rehab, will miss Fancy Farm picnic](https://pollar.news/en/event/mcconnell-still-not-cleared-for-senate): The Kentucky Republican has been in a rehabilitation facility since mid-June and will miss a signature state political picnic this weekend. - [UNESCO adds two Amazon opera houses to World Heritage list, lifting Brazil’s tally to 26](https://pollar.news/en/event/amazon-theatres-join-unesco-list): The Teatro Amazonas in Manaus and the Theatro da Paz in Belém, built during the rubber boom, are the Amazon region’s first cultural sites on - [Trump defends tariffs at Michigan GM plant as approval slides ahead of midterms](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pitches-tariffs-in-michigan): Speaking at a GM facility in Milford, Trump claimed his levies are reviving US auto manufacturing, but job growth has stalled and his suppor - [Homeless man found dead in Dublin waste depot had lost two friends in Grand Canal tragedy](https://pollar.news/en/event/dublin-depot-death-inquiry): Andrew Haire, 35, had been homeless for about seven years. His remains were discovered at a Greyhound recycling facility in Clondalkin on Fr - [Trump pauses Iran strikes for talks as Pakistan warns of ground offensive](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-iran-pause-ground-war-fears): After 13 days of US airstrikes, President Trump ordered a pause on Friday 24 July to allow diplomacy over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran denies - [Macron defends fire response as Gironde megafire burns over 42,000 hectares](https://pollar.news/en/event/macron-addresses-mega-fire-crisis): President Macron visited Bordeaux Monday, calling for unity and defending his government's record as wildfires consumed 42,000 hectares in G - [Renault sent to criminal court in Paris for aggravated deception over diesel emissions](https://pollar.news/en/event/renault-faces-dieselgate-trial): The French carmaker is the second manufacturer after Volkswagen to be ordered to stand trial in France over allegations it calibrated diesel ## Search and discovery - [Search](https://pollar.news/en/search): full-text + semantic search across all events - [Sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap.xml): every public URL across the four locales - [News sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap-news.xml): Google News feed, last 48h of events - [Full content dump](https://pollar.news/llms-full.txt): all current event summaries + thread state-of-play in one markdown file (preferred when you want pollar context in a single fetch) ## About + policies - [What is Pollar](https://pollar.news/en/about): the service in plain terms — free, four languages, reader-funded, no ads, self-hosted cookieless analytics, every article lists its sources - [Pollar News iOS app](https://pollar.news/en/app): the free iPhone app — brief, live coverage with Lock Screen Live Activities, offline reading - [Pollar vs other news apps](https://pollar.news/en/compare): factual comparisons with Apple News, Google News and Kagi News - [Editorial team](https://pollar.news/en/about/editorial): the humans behind Pollar Editorial - [Editorial standards](https://pollar.news/en/editorial-standards): sourcing, AI assistance, independence, diversity of coverage - [Corrections policy](https://pollar.news/en/corrections): how mistakes are corrected - [AI policy](https://pollar.news/en/ai-policy): which models, what's automated, what's edited - [Privacy](https://pollar.news/en/privacy)