# 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 competitiveness is squeezed between weak productivity, demographic decline, and the green transition's cost, while persistent infla - [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 compresses competitive advantage cycles and strains regulatory guardrails, as leading l - [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold and the UN now formally deems the breach unavoidable, projecting at least 1.8°C. The EU is - [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 legal countermea - [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): Ukraine's refinery-strike campaign has disabled roughly half of Russian refining capacity and disrupted global diesel supply, prompting Trum - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war triggered a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power and a direct US-Iran military conflict, shifting influence toward G - [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. - [OpenAI agent breaches Australian Medicare portal during data collection test](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-agent-hacks-medicare): An autonomous AI model accessed non-public Medicare statistics in June 2026 after bypassing portal safeguards, prompting Australian Prime Mi - [Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to Washington for bilateral summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-greets-xi): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for his first US visit in over a decade, opening high-level talks at the White House foll - [Iran rejects Trump threat at UN while European and Chinese diplomacy focuses on Strait of Hormuz](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-speaks-at-un): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly that Tehran will not surrender to US pressure, while European and Chinese l - [French diesel prices hit record 2.41 euros per litre as fuel costs climb](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-diesel-hits-record): Diesel in France reached an average of 2.4097 euros per litre on Sunday, 20 September 2026, prompting cabinet discussions on commuter aid fo - [Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico](https://pollar.news/en/event/judge-restores-media-access): US District Judge Timothy Kelly determined that the sudden revocation of credentials for three news outlets was likely unconstitutional, end - [OpenAI and Anthropic Chiefs Urge UN Security Council to Set AI Safeguards](https://pollar.news/en/event/un-debates-ai-safety-rules): Chief executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face addressed the 15-member UN Security Council on Wednesday, asking world leaders to - [Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in Washington to negotiate trade truce and artificial intelligence](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-china-ai-race-escalates): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for White House talks with US President Donald Trump, as both nations agreed to extend th - [Delcy Rodriguez pledges Venezuela elections at UN General Assembly after meeting Donald Trump](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-meets-delcy-rodriguez): Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez promised upcoming elections during her UN address, following bilateral talks with US President - [Xi Jinping arrives in Washington as US and China extend trade truce to January](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-plans-fort-trump-base): Chinese leader Xi Jinping began a three-day state visit to the United States on Wednesday evening, landing near Washington after officials e - [Dolly Parton estate seeks restraining order against nephew Bryan Seaver over alleged extortion](https://pollar.news/en/event/dolly-parton-estate-legal-dispute): The management company overseeing Dolly Parton's estate filed for a restraining order in Nashville against her nephew Bryan Seaver, alleging - [Madrid police evict 87-year-old tenant Maricarmen Abascal after seven-decade tenancy](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-protesters-block-eviction): Police in Madrid removed 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on a stretcher from her home of 71 years on Wednesday, triggering coalition disputes - [Morocco's PAM wins 97 seats in parliamentary election with turnout dropping to 38%](https://pollar.news/en/event/morocco-holds-election): The Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 of 395 seats in Morocco's legislative vote, while voter turnout fell to 38.08% amid economic con - [US diesel prices reach $6.52 as Trump weighs export ban amid administration pushback](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-weighs-diesel-export-ban): Average US diesel prices reached $6.52 per gallon on Wednesday, prompting internal administration divisions over a proposed 90-day export ba - [Pope Leo XIV to begin four-day visit to France across Paris, Lourdes and Metz](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-visits-france): Pope Leo XIV arrives in France on 25 September for a four-day trip featuring meetings with Emmanuel Macron, three open-air masses, and an ad - [Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Gallic rampart beneath Paris hospital](https://pollar.news/en/event/gallic-wall-found-in-paris): Excavations at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital on the Île de la Cité have unearthed a 20-meter stone and timber wall dating to between 200 BC and 10 - [Polish Prosecutors Charge Constitutional Court Officials as Government Weighs Police Action](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-chancellery-head-charged): Polish prosecutors charged two senior Constitutional Tribunal officials on 23 September 2026 for barring parliamentary-appointed judges, whi - [UK pauses Chagos Islands transfer after Trump rejects Mauritius deal at UN summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-reviews-chagos-deal): Prime Minister Andy Burnham ordered a review of the Chagos Islands treaty following talks with Donald Trump in New York, freezing scheduled - [Ireland and Israel move Nations League matches to neutral venues following boycott calls and managerial row](https://pollar.news/en/event/ireland-to-play-israel-fixtures): The Republic of Ireland and Israel will contest their upcoming Nations League matches in Hungary and Serbia following security concerns, pub - [Harvey Weinstein receives 15-year prison sentence in New York retrial](https://pollar.news/en/event/weinstein-sentenced-to-15-years): A Manhattan judge has ordered former film producer Harvey Weinstein to serve 15 years in prison for a 2006 sexual assault, concluding a six- - [Fire damages Starlink ground station in Poland as security services probe suspected arson](https://pollar.news/en/event/starlink-station-fire-in-poland): Emergency services extinguished a fire on Wednesday night at the Starlink satellite facility in Wola Krobowska, prompting an investigation b - [Poland scrambles fighter jets and issues border alerts following Russian air strikes across Ukraine](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-jets-scramble): The Polish military activated combat aircraft and ground air defense systems twice on 24 September 2026, while authorities sent emergency SM - [Donald Trump invites Vladimir Putin to attend December G20 summit in Miami](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-proposes-strike-moratorium): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 leaders summit in Florida, - [UCI awards 2032 cycling world championships to India and 2034 edition to Netherlands](https://pollar.news/en/event/uci-awards-future-worlds): The International Cycling Union selected Pune to stage the 2032 Road World Championships, while the Dutch region of Groningen and Drenthe wi - [Turkish Airlines finalises order for up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets with deliveries from 2033](https://pollar.news/en/event/turkish-airlines-orders-boeing-jets): Turkish Airlines has finalised an agreement to acquire 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft with options for 50 more, concluding negotiations over engi - [CIA alerts France, Spain, and Italy to Russian plans for sea-launched drone attacks](https://pollar.news/en/event/cia-warns-of-russian-drones): United States intelligence has warned France, Spain, and Italy that Russia is preparing to launch Gerbera drones from merchant ships in the - [Pentagon acknowledges eight suicide attempts during USS Abraham Lincoln deployment](https://pollar.news/en/event/uss-lincoln-suicide-attempts-confirmed): Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed that eight sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during an extended Mid - [Meta unveils Muse Charm wearable and camera-free smartglasses at Connect 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-launches-vr-glasses): Meta announced a standalone AI keychain device, a camera-free edition of its Ray-Ban audio glasses, and lightweight virtual reality frames a - [Poland scrambles fighter jets after Russian Mi-8 helicopter breaches airspace near Braniewo](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-helicopter-crosses-into-poland): The Polish military scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after a Russian Mi-8 helicopter entered Polish airspace north of Braniewo for 42 sec - [Manchester United report £43m net loss and sell Old Trafford pitch squares for £125](https://pollar.news/en/event/man-united-report-43m-loss): Manchester United posted a seventh consecutive annual net loss of £43 million despite generating record revenue of £677.6 million, as the cl - [Italian Senate passes legislation to reintroduce nuclear power generation](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-backs-nuclear-return): The Italian Senate voted 81 to 51 to pass enabling legislation that establishes a regulatory framework for nuclear energy, giving the govern - [US and China extend Busan trade truce to January 10 as Xi visits Washington](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-china-trade-truce-extended): Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a two-month extension of the bilateral trade truce until January 10, 2027, as Chinese President X - [Pakistan strikes ten Afghan sites following cross-border drone incursions](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-strikes-afghan-targets): Pakistani aircraft hit ten locations across Afghan provinces including Khost and Paktia after intercepting armed drones launched across the - [Polish opposition demands removal of children's ombudsman after street dispute led to toddler removal](https://pollar.news/en/event/opposition-seeks-ombudsman-dismissal): Lawmakers from multiple opposition parties have initiated motions to dismiss Poland's Children's Rights Ombudsman Monika Horna-Cieślak after - [Greek PM rejects loan terms as Parthenon Sculptures talks stall in London](https://pollar.news/en/event/parthenon-sculptures-talks-stall): Bilateral negotiations between Athens and the British Museum have reached an impasse after five years, prompting Greek Prime Minister Kyriak - [Giorgia Meloni attends Milan Fashion Week gala dinner, pledging 100 million euros in sector support](https://pollar.news/en/event/meloni-attends-milan-fashion-week): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined fashion executives at Palazzo Reale in Milan on 23 September 2026, marking the first prime mini - [Milei attacks UN as useless and demands Falklands negotiations in General Assembly address](https://pollar.news/en/event/milei-attacks-un-in-new-york): Speaking at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, Argentine President Javier Milei challenged British administration over th - [Barcelona opens La Mercè festival with venue shifts, Park Güell centenary, and historical patronal roots](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-opens-la-merce): Winemakers Antoni and Meritxell Falgueras opened Barcelona's annual La Mercè festival on 23 September, kicking off five days of events featu - [US judge considers CNN and Politico lawsuit over White House access ban](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-bans-white-house-media): US District Judge Timothy J. Kelly heard arguments in Washington after CNN, MS NOW, and Politico challenged the revocation of their White Ho - [Berlin withdraws Olympic bid following state election defeat, leaving Munich and Rhine-Ruhr in contention](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-olympic-bid-in-doubt): Senate leaders decided to exit the 2036, 2040, or 2044 race ahead of a DOSB vote in Baden-Baden, following opposition from election winner D - [Morocco's PAM Wins Legislative Election With 97 Seats as Turnout Falls to 38%](https://pollar.news/en/event/pam-wins-moroccan-election): The Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 seats in Morocco's 395-seat Chamber of Representatives on 23 September 2026, overtaking the incu - [Netherlands returns to Eurovision 2027 as NPO takes over entry from Avrotros](https://pollar.news/en/event/netherlands-rejoins-eurovision): Public broadcaster NPO will manage the Dutch Eurovision delegation after previous organizer Avrotros withdrew over Israel's participation, e - [Tigray forces seize regional airports as conflict with Ethiopian military resumes](https://pollar.news/en/event/clashes-resume-in-tigray): Fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front took control of three northern airports on Wednesday and launched operations in neigh - [Publishers back Thélyson Orélien over AI claims as plagiarism allegations emerge](https://pollar.news/en/event/author-rejects-ai-claims): Publishers Grasset and Éditions du Boréal have defended author Thélyson Orélien against accusations that his prize-winning novel was written - [Zelenskyy urges UN to cut Russian trade as Moscow rejects truce and strikes Kyiv](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelenskyy-urges-un-trade-embargo): Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for halting commerce with Moscow and warned - [Russian ballistic missiles strike Kyiv maternity clinic after nationwide drone barrage](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-struck-by-missiles): At least two people died and six were injured in Kyiv after three waves of ballistic missiles struck the capital early on 24 September, foll - [Hurricane Polo brings torrential rain and flood warnings to southwestern Mexico](https://pollar.news/en/event/hurricane-polo-threatens-mexico): Hurricane Polo moved along Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, prompting port closures, school suspensions for 500,00 - [Katowice court detains former cybercrime police chief over Zondacrypto fraud](https://pollar.news/en/event/ex-police-chief-detained-in-probe): A Katowice district court ordered three months of pre-trial detention for Artur K., a former regional police cybercrime commander accused of - [Netanyahu Prepares UN Speech Amid New York Protests and Strains With Mayor Mamdani](https://pollar.news/en/event/netanyahu-faces-un-assembly): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the UN General Assembly on Thursday, preparing to confront international criticism an - [RAF grounds Hawk fleet after two pilots eject from training jet in Wales](https://pollar.news/en/event/raf-jet-crashes-in-anglesey): Two Royal Air Force pilots were hospitalised with minor injuries on 23 September 2026 after ejecting from a Hawk T2 trainer jet shortly befo - [Kalamata police arrest 38-year-old man following morning shotgun attack on former partner](https://pollar.news/en/event/kalamata-shooting-suspect-arrested): Greek authorities arrested a 38-year-old man in Kalamata on 23 September after he fired two shotgun rounds at his 25-year-old former partner ## 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)