# 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): Models are learning faster than the institutions behind them can adapt, with this thread tracking frontier-model capability jumps, the AI Ac - [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. - [EU orders Google to open Android to rival AI assistants and share search data](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-opens-googles-android): Binding decisions under the Digital Markets Act require Google to give rival AI services equal access to Android features by July 2027 and t - [More than 500 Rohingya feared dead after two boats sink off Myanmar coast](https://pollar.news/en/event/500-rohingya-dead-at-sea): Two vessels carrying mostly Rohingya refugees departed Myanmar's Rakhine State in late June; one lost contact, the other sank on 8 July. UN - [Tim Merlier sprints to third Tour de France stage win as mass crash mars finale in Chalon-sur-Saône](https://pollar.news/en/event/merliers-third-tour-win): Belgian Tim Merlier outsprinted Olav Kooij and Jasper Philipsen in Chalon-sur-Saône on Thursday, but a heavy crash involving Fernando Gaviri - [Ukrainian businessman Vadym Iermolaiev accuses GUR military intelligence of Monaco bombing that critically wounded his partner and son](https://pollar.news/en/event/iermolaiev-accuses-gur): The Ukrainian businessman, injured alongside his partner and 13-year-old son in the 29 June explosion, says serving intelligence officers we - [White House teleprompter operator investigated for insider trading on Trump speech bets](https://pollar.news/en/event/teleprompter-operator-bet-scandal): Gabriel Perez allegedly used advance knowledge of presidential addresses to wager on Kalshi's mention markets, netting over $90,000 before t - [At least 11 dead, including children, in orphanage fire near Algiers amid heatwave](https://pollar.news/en/event/algiers-foster-home-fire-kills-11): A fire at a children's care home in Mohammadia, Algiers, early Thursday killed at least 11 people and injured 19. The cause is unknown, but - [Former Autostrade CEO Giovanni Castellucci sentenced to 12 years for Genoa bridge collapse that killed 43](https://pollar.news/en/event/genoa-bridge-verdict-today): An Italian court convicted 32 defendants, including former Autostrade per l'Italia CEO Giovanni Castellucci, over the 2018 Morandi bridge co - [Patient charged 1,350 zł for parking after three-day hospital stay in Poznań; hospital to refund](https://pollar.news/en/event/1350-zl-parking-shock): Mykola Studzinskyi drove himself to the ER with heart problems, was admitted for three days, and emerged to a 1,350 zł parking bill. After h - [US slaps 25% tariff on Brazilian goods, igniting election firestorm and threats of retaliation](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-tariffs-hit-brazil): The 25% levy on thousands of products takes effect July 22, with exemptions for coffee, beef and aircraft parts. Brazil vows WTO action and - [Messi and Yamal: From a 2007 charity bath photo to a World Cup final showdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/baby-bath-to-world-cup-final): A 2007 UNICEF photoshoot that paired a 20-year-old Lionel Messi with a baby Lamine Yamal has resurfaced as the two prepare to face each othe - [Portugal's exam results in doubt: 0.7% of papers still ungraded, minister admits risk](https://pollar.news/en/event/portugal-exam-grading-crisis-2): With less than 1% of over 300,000 national exam papers still ungraded, Education Minister Fernando Alexandre admitted Thursday that Friday's - [Łukasz Żak sentenced to 20 years for Trasa Łazienkowska fatal crash; judge cites 'zero reflection'](https://pollar.news/en/event/zak-gets-20-year-sentence): The Warsaw district court also imposed a lifetime driving ban and over 1 million PLN in compensation after the 2024 crash that killed a 37-y - [UK nationalises British Steel, bringing last major steel mill back under public ownership after 38 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/british-steel-nationalised): The UK government has taken full ownership of British Steel, the country's last primary steelmaking plant in Scunthorpe, after failing to fi - [Ukraine parliament approves Naftogaz CEO Sergii Koretskyi as new prime minister](https://pollar.news/en/event/koretskyi-becomes-ukraine-pm): The 48-year-old energy executive, with no prior government experience, secured 289 votes in the Verkhovna Rada on Thursday, replacing Yulia - [Jens Spahn and husband welcome son via US surrogate, triggering backlash from own party](https://pollar.news/en/event/spahn-surrogacy-hypocrisy-row): The CDU parliamentary leader and his husband Daniel Funke announced the birth of Georg, carried by a surrogate in the United States, where t - [Hegseth mandates testosterone screening for US troops over 30, drawing Democratic fire](https://pollar.news/en/event/hegseth-orders-troop-testosterone-tests): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced mandatory annual checks for service members 30 and older, with voluntary hormone therapy for those - [Zelenskyy dismisses defense minister Fedorov after clash with army chief, names security head Chmara as acting replacement](https://pollar.news/en/event/fedorov-ousted-protests-in-kyiv): Thousands protested in Kyiv after President Zelenskyy removed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister, citing an unresolved conflict with Comma - [Zelenskyy dismisses defence minister Fedorov after public clash with army chief Syrskyi, sparking rare protests](https://pollar.news/en/event/fedorov-quits-defence-post): Mykhailo Fedorov launched a blistering attack on General Oleksandr Syrskyi after President Zelenskyy removed him from the defence ministry, - [Bones found after Cédric Jubillar confesses to wife's murder and guides police to burial site in southern France](https://pollar.news/en/event/remains-found-in-jubillar-case): The discovery in the Tarn region follows his admission to killing Delphine Aussaguel after five years of denial, just weeks before his appea - [German far-right activist transferred to men's prison after extradition, despite legal gender change](https://pollar.news/en/event/neo-nazi-placed-in-mens-prison): Marla-Svenja Liebich, 55, was extradited from the Czech Republic on Wednesday and initially placed in a women's facility in Chemnitz before - [Bolzano courthouse partially collapses during renovation, all hearings postponed](https://pollar.news/en/event/bolzano-courthouse-partially-collapses): A large section of the Bolzano courthouse collapsed early on 16 July 2026, forcing the postponement of all civil and criminal hearings excep - [CHE survey: 27.9% of German students live with parents, but regional gaps are wide](https://pollar.news/en/event/student-living-survey-published): A nationwide CHE survey of over 87,000 students finds 27.9% still live with their parents, while private flats and shared apartments are nea - [ABB to acquire UK valve-maker Rotork for $5.5bn in cash, extending foreign buying spree of London stocks](https://pollar.news/en/event/abb-buys-rotork-for-55bn): The Swiss industrial group will pay 503 pence per share for the British valve and flow-control specialist, adding to a record wave of foreig - [Hong Kong police raid two independent bookstores, arrest five booksellers under national security law](https://pollar.news/en/event/hong-kong-booksellers-arrested): Police seized boxes of books from Have A Nice Stay and Greenfield Book Store in Mong Kok, a day after one shop announced its closure, citing - [Ukraine's parliament names Naftogaz CEO Serhii Koretskyi as new prime minister in wartime cabinet shake-up](https://pollar.news/en/event/koretskyi-named-ukraine-pm): The 48-year-old former head of state energy giant Naftogaz replaces Yulia Svyrydenko after a 289-vote confirmation on 16 July. President Zel - [New Zealand shift Vaa'i to blindside, Ireland recall Baloucoune for Nations Championship test at Eden Park](https://pollar.news/en/event/all-blacks-v-ireland-teams-named): New Zealand coach Dave Rennie has moved Tupou Vaa'i to blindside flanker and again left out Beauden Barrett, while Ireland welcome back wing - [Elon Musk backs Marine Le Pen as 'France's last hope' ahead of 2027 race](https://pollar.news/en/event/musk-endorses-le-pen): Elon Musk publicly endorsed French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen for the 2027 presidential election, calling her 'France's last hope' in - [Uber launches €13 billion takeover of Delivery Hero, creating world's largest food delivery outside China](https://pollar.news/en/event/uber-targets-delivery-hero-takeover): The US ride-hailing giant offers €41.50 per share in cash, valuing the Berlin-based company at nearly €13 billion, and plans to sell 14 over - [Canadian wildfire smoke chokes US Midwest and Northeast, Detroit air quality hits hazardous 600](https://pollar.news/en/event/toronto-air-worlds-worst): Millions from Minnesota to Maryland are under air quality alerts as smoke from 858 Canadian wildfires, 111 out of control, pushes Detroit's - [SpaceX shares fall below $135 IPO price a month after record $75bn debut, wiping $1tn in market value](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-slumps-before-starship-test): The Elon Musk-led company's stock hit an intraday low of $132.15 on Wednesday, down 33% from its June peak, as investors brace for a lockup - [New monkey species with orange lips discovered in Congo rainforest, only fifth in 75 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/new-congo-monkey-already-endangered): The Colobus congoensis, known locally as Likweli, has a black coat and striking orange-pink lips. It is only the fifth new African monkey sp - [154th Open Championship begins at Royal Birkdale with Scheffler, McIlroy, Fleetwood among early starters](https://pollar.news/en/event/the-open-2026-tees-off): Defending champion Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and local favourite Tommy Fleetwood are among the early starters as the final major of t - [Dublin joins Munich, Paris and Rome in imposing water restrictions as heatwave drains European reserves](https://pollar.news/en/event/europe-turns-off-the-taps): A six-week garden-hose ban took effect in Dublin overnight, while Munich issued its first-ever compulsory water-saving order, signalling a d - [Argentina beats England 2-1 with late goals, faces Spain in final amid Falklands banner row](https://pollar.news/en/event/argentina-comeback-falklands-banner-row): A late double from Enzo Fernández and Lautaro Martínez overturned Anthony Gordon's opener, sending the holders into Sunday's final against S - [Van Bossuyt halves Brussels asylum reception capacity, cutting 700 more places](https://pollar.news/en/event/brussels-deal-halved): After removing 300 places in June, Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt announced 700 more cuts on Thursday, reducing the temporary reception schem - [Russian ballistic missiles strike Kyiv, killing two, as Zelensky reshuffles government and EU seals drone deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-under-missile-attack-3): At least eight ballistic missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight, hours after EU chief Ursula von der Leyen announced a drone prod - [Burnham signals no immediate wealth tax as Starmer exits with tributes and Thames Water warning](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnhams-tax-stance-starmers-exit): Incoming UK prime minister Andy Burnham ruled out an immediate wealth tax but left the door open for future rises, while outgoing leader Kei - [Poland's PiS orders dissolution of party associations; Morawiecki refuses, setting up July 23 showdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): The Law and Justice leadership voted to dissolve internal political groups, but former PM Mateusz Morawiecki says he will keep his 'Rozwój P - [Athens cracks crisis: Kypseli buildings damaged by metro tunnel excavation, TBM suspended, prosecutor investigates](https://pollar.news/en/event/kypseli-building-cracks-fears): Over 20 buildings in Athens' Kypseli district show severe cracking after a tunnel boring machine caused unexpected ground subsidence on Line - [Majority of House Democrats vote to block $3.3 billion in Israel aid, exposing party split](https://pollar.news/en/event/israel-aid-vote-splits-democrats): More than 100 House Democrats voted to strip $3.3 billion in annual military aid from Israel, a symbolic but sharp break from years of near- - [Madrid court confirms Begoña Gómez will face jury trial for influence peddling and embezzlement](https://pollar.news/en/event/gomez-fights-judges-passport-demand): The Provincial Court of Madrid upheld the core of Judge Juan Carlos Peinado's investigation on Thursday, sending the wife of Prime Minister - [German EV registrations hit 24.8% in first half of 2026, led by Rhineland-Palatinate at nearly 30%](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-ev-share-hits-248): Battery-electric vehicles accounted for 24.8% of new car registrations in Germany in the first half of 2026, up from 19.1% for all of 2025, - [Italy's top court upholds 14-year sentence for jeweller Mario Roggero who killed two robbers in 2021](https://pollar.news/en/event/jewellers-murder-sentence-upheld): The Court of Cassation in Rome made final the 14-year, 9-month sentence for Mario Roggero, the 72-year-old jeweller who shot dead two fleein - [EU court upholds Spain's amnesty for Catalan separatists, strikes down two-month deadline for lifting proceedings](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-amnesty-ruling-imminent): The EU's top court backed Spain's amnesty for Catalan separatists, calling it a lawful tool for reconciliation, but struck down a procedural - [Bank of Korea raises rate to 2.75% in first hike since 2023](https://pollar.news/en/event/bok-rate-hike): South Korea's central bank delivered a quarter-point rate increase to 2.75%, the first tightening since early 2023, as an AI-driven chip boo - [Sam Neill died of pneumonia, agent reveals; 'Jurassic Park' star had beaten lymphoma with experimental therapy](https://pollar.news/en/event/sam-neill-dies-at-78): The 'Jurassic Park' actor, 78, had been cancer-free after CAR-T therapy beat his lymphoma, but succumbed to pneumonia on Monday in Sydney. H - [Fire at Menidi food and meat business forces closure of Leoforos Dimokratias](https://pollar.news/en/event/fire-shuts-menidi-road): A ground-floor food and meat business on Leoforos Dimokratias caught fire early Thursday, sending a black smoke cloud over the area. Six fir - [Six women file rape and trafficking complaints against former Elite modeling boss Gérald Marie in Paris](https://pollar.news/en/event/ex-elite-boss-accused-of-rape): Six women, most of them American, filed criminal complaints in Paris on Wednesday against Gérald Marie, the former European head of the Elit - [Poland's cabinet okays stripped-back short-term rental bill, cutting local Airbnb bans and triggering coalition rift](https://pollar.news/en/event/coalition-split-over-airbnb-law): The Council of Ministers adopted a short-term rental bill on 15 July 2026, but removed provisions that would have let municipalities create - [Houthis strike Saudi airport with missiles and drones after Yemeni government attacks Sanaa runway to block Iranian flight](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthis-retaliate-against-saudi-arabia): Yemen's Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Monday, hours after t ## 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)