# 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 continues to compress competitive advantage cycles and test regulatory guardrails, whil
- [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 legal countermea
- [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war is defined by reciprocal long-range strikes on economic infrastructure, with Ukraine scaling its drone campaign toward 1,000 daily s
- [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.

- [US strikes Iranian military sites after Hormuz standoff as Brent crude reaches $95](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-iran-strike-trade): American forces attacked Revolutionary Guard sites across southern Iran on Tuesday, prompting Iranian missile strikes on regional US bases a
- [Germany blames Russia for Leipzig airport drone plot and closes Bonn consulate](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-found-near-leipzig): Berlin officially attributed an August drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport to Russian state agencies on Tuesday, ordering the closure of R
- [Venezuela approves US oil framework granting rights to 65 billion barrels](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-eyes-venezuela-oil): The arrangement grants North American Blue Energy Partners development rights for 17 fields, with the US taking a 35% stake and Energy Secre
- [USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand for five-day crew leave after Middle East deployment](https://pollar.news/en/event/carrier-docks-in-thailand): The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived at Laem Chabang port on Wednesday morning, bringing 5,000 personnel ashore for rest following o
- [Nepal flood death toll tops 1,000 as rescue crews search damaged hydropower tunnels](https://pollar.news/en/event/deadly-himalayan-flash-floods-strike): A glacial collapse triggered flash floods across northern Nepal, killing more than 1,000 people and trapping hundreds of workers in damaged 
- [Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users following Trump order](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-renames-lake-ontario): Apple has updated its Maps application to label Lake Ontario as Lake America for users in the United States, complying with an executive ord
- [Police report Moroccan role in Ceuta surge as security fears and political tensions deepen](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): A Spanish National Police intelligence report delivered to the National Court states that Moroccan security agents planned the late July bor
- [John Ternus succeeds Tim Cook as Apple CEO as valuation tops $4.5 trillion](https://pollar.news/en/event/cook-exits-apple-ceo-role): John Ternus officially assumed leadership of Apple on 1 September 2026, while predecessor Tim Cook transitioned to executive chairman ahead 
- [China blocks G20 communique in North Carolina as Russian attendance spurs European boycott](https://pollar.news/en/event/europeans-boycott-g20-photo): The G20 finance meeting in Asheville concluded without a joint communique on 1 September after China rejected trade language, while European
- [Former UK prime minister Keir Starmer resigns as MP to exit domestic politics](https://pollar.news/en/event/starmer-steps-down-as-mp): Former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation from parliament, triggering a by-election in his London seat of Hol
- [Barcelona sign Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal on three-year deal for 10 million euros](https://pollar.news/en/event/jesus-nears-barcelona-move): The 29-year-old Brazilian striker joins the Spanish champions on deadline day to replace departing forwards Robert Lewandowski and Ferran To
- [Russian strikes kill 12 in Kyiv as Zelenskyy warns airlines over Russian airspace](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-warehouse-strike-kills-27): Six consecutive nights of Russian aerial attacks culminated in a fatal strike on a Kyiv locomotive depot on 1 September, prompting Ukrainian
- [Marine Le Pen proposes referendum to ban and fine Islamic veil in French public spaces](https://pollar.news/en/event/le-pen-plans-veil-referendum): National Rally lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy and party leader Marine Le Pen announced plans to fine women wearing headscarves in public spac
- [Woman fatally stabs bystander in Times Square before police shoot her dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/times-square-stabbings-kill-one): A 49-year-old woman armed with two kitchen knives killed one person and wounded another in Times Square on Monday afternoon before being sho
- [Global bond selloff pushes sovereign yields to multi-decade highs as oil tops $92](https://pollar.news/en/event/warsh-faces-jackson-hole-debut): Sovereign bond yields climbed across Japan, Britain, and North America on 1 September 2026 as crude oil climbed above $92 per barrel and tra
- [Manchester City agree £125m Fernandez deal and sign Ndiaye on deadline day](https://pollar.news/en/event/city-agree-65m-ndiaye-deal): Manchester City agreed an equal British record £125 million fee for Enzo Fernandez and signed Iliman Ndiaye for £65 million as Premier Leagu
- [Utah judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with death penalty eligibility](https://pollar.news/en/event/kirk-murder-case-advances): Judge Tony Graf ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to try 23-year-old Tyler Robinson for aggravated murder in the fatal sh
- [China blocks G20 joint statement in Asheville as 19 members back chair text on trade](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-blocks-g20-statement): A Group of 20 finance summit in Asheville ended without a joint communiqué after China objected to language on trade imbalances, prompting t
- [Ukraine warns airlines of Russian airspace danger as Putin rejects talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-warns-russian-airspace-unsafe): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky advised airlines and insurers that Russian skies are unsafe due to drone operations, prompting Vladim
- [China solar capacity reaches 1,286 GW, surpassing coal for first time](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-solar-capacity-tops-coal): China's installed solar capacity reached 1,286 gigawatts at the end of July 2026, overtaking coal-fired capacity of 1,285 gigawatts, even as
- [Supreme Court permits White House ballroom construction in 5-4 ruling on standing](https://pollar.news/en/event/supreme-court-clears-ballroom-work): A divided Supreme Court has cleared the Trump administration to resume construction of a ballroom on the former site of the White House East
- [Ed Markey defeats Seth Moulton in Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary](https://pollar.news/en/event/markey-wins-massachusetts-primary): Senator Ed Markey, 80, defeated Representative Seth Moulton in the Massachusetts Democratic primary on Tuesday, advancing to the November ge
- [Italian court approves gradual reunification for off-grid British-Australian family](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-approves-forest-family-return): The Juvenile Court of L'Aquila has approved a phased reunification plan allowing three children removed from an off-grid woodland home in Ab
- [Explosive devices damage power substation near Germany's Jänschwalde plant](https://pollar.news/en/event/explosives-found-at-substation): Police in Brandenburg are investigating attempted sabotage after homemade incendiary devices triggered short circuits at the Turnow-Preilack
- [Stefanos Tsitsipas says Nick Kyrgios cocaine suspension was expected after US Open win](https://pollar.news/en/event/tsitsipas-comments-on-kyrgios): Following a four-set victory over Arthur Fils in New York, Stefanos Tsitsipas stated that Nick Kyrgios's provisional suspension for cocaine 
- [Lionel Messi retires from Argentina national team after 207 caps and 125 goals](https://pollar.news/en/event/messi-retires-from-argentina): The 39-year-old Argentina captain announced his retirement from international soccer on 31 August 2026, closing a national team career spann
- [Rybakina, Gauff and Keys advance to US Open second round with straight-set wins](https://pollar.news/en/event/favorites-advance-at-us-open): Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff and Madison Keys opened their US Open campaigns with straight-set victories on Tuesday following rain delays at F
- [Alessandro Di Battista prepares private medical return to Italy after hospitalization in Cuba](https://pollar.news/en/event/di-battista-hospitalized-in-cuba): Former Five Star Movement lawmaker Alessandro Di Battista is scheduled to return to Rome via private air ambulance on Thursday after collaps
- [Katie Taylor prepares for sold-out farewell fight against Flora Pili at Croke Park](https://pollar.news/en/event/taylor-prepares-croke-park-farewell): Katie Taylor will face undefeated French fighter Flora Pili at Croke Park on Saturday, headlining an 80,000-seat stadium in the final bout o
- [Ariana Grande concludes 41-date tour in London ahead of public hiatus](https://pollar.news/en/event/grande-ends-world-tour): The singer finished a 10-night residency at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday, confirming an extended pause from public appearances and withdrawi
- [Shein closes flat in Hong Kong debut after raising $1.7 billion at a $26 billion valuation](https://pollar.news/en/event/shein-debuts-in-hong-kong): Online fast-fashion retailer Shein raised HK$13.6 billion ($1.7 billion) in its Hong Kong initial public offering, with shares closing at HK
- [OpenAI restricts release of Astra model after designating it a critical cyber risk](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-restricts-astra-model): OpenAI will limit public access to the cybersecurity capabilities of its upcoming Astra model after internal tests showed it can find and ex
- [Patrick Bruel cancels 35-date tour after protests over sexual assault cases](https://pollar.news/en/event/patrick-bruel-cancels-tour): French singer Patrick Bruel cancelled his 35-date autumn tour on 1 September 2026 after facing protests, municipal boycotts, and formal inve
- [Stan Kroenke agrees to buy Los Angeles Angels in $4 billion MLB record sale](https://pollar.news/en/event/kroenke-buys-angels-for-4b): Kroenke Sports & Entertainment has agreed to purchase a controlling stake in the Los Angeles Angels from Arte Moreno for a record $4 billion
- [Donald Trump nominates acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to permanent leadership role](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-nominates-cao-for-navy): President Donald Trump announced he will nominate retired Navy captain Hung Cao as permanent secretary of the Navy, sending the selection to
- [Bastien Tronchon wins Vuelta a España stage 10 in Elche de la Sierra](https://pollar.news/en/event/tronchon-wins-vuelta-stage-10): Groupama-FDJ United rider Bastien Tronchon claimed his maiden WorldTour victory on Tuesday, winning a photo finish in Elche de la Sierra as 
- [Kremlin proposes trilateral meeting between Putin, Xi, and Trump at November APEC summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/putin-proposes-trilateral-summit): Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov disclosed that Russia, China, and the United States could hold three-way leader talks during the
- [Andy Burnham outlines devolution and public utility control in first Commons address as prime minister](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-addresses-house-of-commons): Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged stronger public control over water and transport and announced Cornwall devolution plans during his debu
- [Milo Yiannopoulos deported to UK after ICE arrest at New Orleans airport](https://pollar.news/en/event/milo-yiannopoulos-detained-by-ice): US immigration authorities deported British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos after his arrest in Louisiana on a July removal order, prompting h
- [Matteo Berrettini reveals family death threats from bettors and calls for ATP safety committee](https://pollar.news/en/event/berrettini-reports-bettor-death-threats): Following his first-round US Open victory over Stan Wawrinka, Matteo Berrettini disclosed that online gamblers sent death threats to his bro
- [Tottenham sign Mykhailo Mudryk on loan from Chelsea with £75 million buy option](https://pollar.news/en/event/tottenham-sign-mudryk-on-loan): Tottenham Hotspur have signed winger Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan with a £75 million purchase option, reuniting the 25-year-old wit
- [Xi Jinping arrives in Cairo for three-day summit as China deepens Middle East ties](https://pollar.news/en/event/xi-jinping-visits-egypt): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for a three-day official visit, marking his first trip to Egypt in a decade as Beij
- [Las Vegas jury finds Duane Davis guilty in 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur](https://pollar.news/en/event/tupac-murder-trial-begins): A Clark County jury found former gang leader Duane Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur, with sentencing
- [Judge orders Lindsay Clancy jury to keep deliberating after deadlock on murder charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/clancy-murder-jury-deadlocked): Jurors in the Massachusetts murder trial of Lindsay Clancy reported on Tuesday that they cannot reach a unanimous verdict, prompting Judge W
- [Nicaragua passes constitutional reform banning opposition and extending presidential term to seven years](https://pollar.news/en/event/nicaragua-bans-opposition-parties): The National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment in a first reading on Tuesday, pushing the next presidential vote to 2028 and exte
- [Tiger Woods to enter new plea in Florida driving under the influence case](https://pollar.news/en/event/woods-to-change-dui-plea): Golfer Tiger Woods is scheduled to appear before Judge Darren Steele in Martin County, Florida, on Wednesday morning to change his not guilt
- [US House passes stopgap spending bill in 370-48 vote to avert government shutdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/house-averts-government-shutdown): Lawmakers approved a continuing resolution extending federal agency funding through December 11, sending the bipartisan measure to President
- [Metropolitan Museum of Art cancels John Galliano retrospective following donor and political backlash](https://pollar.news/en/event/met-cancels-galliano-exhibition): The Metropolitan Museum of Art and designer John Galliano cancelled the Costume Institute's planned exhibition following pressure from city 
- [Russian missile and drone strikes kill 12 in Ukraine as NATO jets scramble](https://pollar.news/en/event/12-killed-by-russia): A sixth consecutive night of Russian bombardment struck energy, port, and rail facilities in Kyiv and Odesa, while border incidents prompted
- [German Navy tests Israeli Lora ballistic missile from frigate in North Atlantic](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-tests-lora-missile): A German frigate launched an Israeli-made Lora ballistic missile in the North Atlantic during a live-fire trial between Ireland and Iceland,

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