# 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 drone campaign against Russian refineries broadens as Washington pursues a limited ceasefire covering energy and grain targets. La - [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. - [Bangkok declares disaster zone across all 50 districts after 300 mm deluge](https://pollar.news/en/event/bangkok-declares-disaster-zone): Thai authorities placed all 50 districts of Bangkok under a disaster declaration on Saturday following nearly 48 hours of rain that submerge - [US and China establish AI incident channel and extend trade truce after Washington summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-china-create-ai-hotline): US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a three-day summit in Washington with agreements to set up an AI incide - [George Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli limits title damage from 16th](https://pollar.news/en/event/verstappen-leads-in-baku): George Russell held off Max Verstappen by 0.196 seconds to win in Baku on Saturday, while teammate Kimi Antonelli recovered from 16th to fif - [Brazil bans online betting and digital casinos days ahead of presidential vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/brazil-bans-online-betting): President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued an executive decree prohibiting online betting platforms, freezing new deposits immediately and o - [Pope Leo XIV draws 700,000 to outdoor Paris Mass on Champs-Elysees](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-visits-france): Pope Leo XIV celebrated open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde on Saturday before 700,000 worshippers, marking the focal point of a four-day - [Republic of Ireland players vote to play Nations League match against Israel in Hungary](https://pollar.news/en/event/ireland-to-play-israel-fixtures): A majority of Republic of Ireland players voted to proceed with Sunday's UEFA Nations League match in Debrecen after four hours of squad tal - [Six dead after Athens building collapse following suspected gas leak in Plaka](https://pollar.news/en/event/building-collapses-in-athens-blast): Greek rescue teams recovered the bodies of all six missing people, including four American tourists and an elderly British-Greek couple, fol - [FDA advisory panel narrowly endorses Grail's Galleri multi-cancer blood test](https://pollar.news/en/event/fda-panel-backs-galleri-test): An FDA advisory panel voted 6-4 to affirm the effectiveness of Grail's Galleri screening, clearing a hurdle ahead of the agency's final deci - [Iran proposes seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz as Trump weighs renewed strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/montenegro-visits-new-york): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented a seven-day roadmap to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief, but r - [Munich selected as Germany's candidate city for future Summer Olympic Games](https://pollar.news/en/event/munich-wins-olympic-bid): The German Olympic Sports Confederation voted on Saturday in Baden-Baden to nominate Munich over the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr region as the countr - [Polish court orders psychiatric detention for suspect in fatal Jarosław abbey knife attack](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-stabbing-at-jaroslaw-abbey): The District Court in Jarosław ordered three months of psychiatric custody for a 31-year-old Ukrainian suspect following a fatal knife attac - [Demi Vollering wins women's road race world title in Montreal sprint](https://pollar.news/en/event/vollering-takes-world-title): The Dutch rider beat Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney in a two-up sprint across 180.1 kilometres in Canada, completing a season sweep of the Giro, T - [Norris demands race ban for Colapinto after Baku restart crash takes out three cars](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-demands-colapinto-race-ban): Lando Norris was forced to retire from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a collision triggered by Alpine driver Franco Colapinto, who received - [German and Russian foreign ministers meet in New York for first talks since 2022 invasion](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-and-russian-fms-meet): German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul met Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov behind closed doors at the 81st UN General Assembly session in - [German town of Heidenau bans Stolpersteine memorials following joint vote by AfD and CDU](https://pollar.news/en/event/heidenau-bans-stolpersteine): Councillors in the Saxon town of Heidenau voted 13 to 6 to prohibit new brass stumbling stones on public walkways, resolving to move future - [Suspect confesses to Turin killing and dismemberment after 50 euro dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/three-detained-in-turin-murder): A 26-year-old man confessed before a Turin judge to killing Fabio Colapietro during a brawl in a Borgo Vittoria apartment, detailing how sus - [German foreign minister Wadephul meets Russian counterpart Lavrov in New York](https://pollar.news/en/event/wadephul-meets-lavrov): German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul held bilateral talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the United Nations in New York, - [Roberto Vannacci faces legal action after sharing altered photo of Matilde Siracusano](https://pollar.news/en/event/siracusano-threatens-vannacci-lawsuit): Undersecretary Matilde Siracusano announced a lawsuit against Roberto Vannacci after he posted a digitally modified image of her ahead of th - [Investigative reports reveal Egyptian intelligence warned Israel 11 days before 7 October](https://pollar.news/en/event/egypt-warned-israel-before-attack): Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel made a secret 67-minute stopover in Tel Aviv on 26 September 2023 to warn Israeli officials that Ham - [Lavrov Accuses Europe of Blocking Ukraine Peace Talks in UN Assembly Speech](https://pollar.news/en/event/lavrov-addresses-un-assembly): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the United Nations General Assembly that Moscow will achieve its military goals in Ukraine, accu - [Mount Etna ash cloud shuts Catania airport until Sunday with all flights halted](https://pollar.news/en/event/etna-shuts-catania-airport): Volcanic ash from Mount Etna's northeast crater forced the suspension of all flights at Catania airport on Saturday, extending closures unti - [Manchester City found guilty of 114 Premier League financial breaches, face potential relegation](https://pollar.news/en/event/city-guilty-on-114-charges): An independent commission has upheld 114 of 115 Premier League charges against Manchester City over financial reporting between 2009 and 201 - [Scotland hold Slovenia to goalless draw in Pocognoli's debut as head coach](https://pollar.news/en/event/scotland-draw-in-slovenia): Sébastien Pocognoli's first match as Scotland manager ended in a 0-0 Nations League draw in Ljubljana, as Jan Oblak denied second-half chanc - [US and China agree on $30B tariff cut and AI hotline as Xi concludes Washington visit](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-plans-fort-trump-base): Donald Trump announced mutual tariff reductions on $30 billion in goods, an AI safety hotline, and upcoming bilateral summits following talk - [Police find tenth woman's body in Ekurhuleni as South Africa probes killings](https://pollar.news/en/event/tenth-woman-found-dead): South African police discovered the body of a woman at a cemetery in Tembisa on Saturday, marking the tenth female victim recovered in the E - [Stephen Curry agrees to two-year, $116 million extension with Warriors](https://pollar.news/en/event/curry-agrees-to-116m-extension): Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry agreed to a two-year, $116 million extension running through 2028-29, taking a $20 million discoun - [Demi Vollering wins her first road race world title in Montreal sprint finish](https://pollar.news/en/event/vollering-wins-road-world-title): The 29-year-old Dutch cyclist beat Poland's Kasia Niewiadoma in a sprint finish in Canada after an earlier 38-kilometer solo attack. - [White House excludes CNN from Air Force One trip after federal judge orders media access restored](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-bans-three-newsrooms): The White House removed CNN from the presidential travel pool for a trip to Tennessee on 26 September 2026, two days after a federal judge o - [Spanish lottery draws award top prizes in Leon and Santander on 26 September](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-lottery-draw-results): The 26 September 2026 Loteria Nacional drawing distributed 42 million euros in Madrid, sending the 600,000-euro top series prize to Leon and - [Pope Leo XIV draws 700,000 faithful to Paris mass on Place de la Concorde](https://pollar.news/en/event/pontiff-draws-700k-in-paris): Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first open-air mass on the Place de la Concorde on Saturday, drawing an estimated 700,000 attendees before trave - [Ireland squad votes to play Nations League match against Israel after boycott debate](https://pollar.news/en/event/ireland-votes-to-play-israel): Republic of Ireland players voted to fulfill their UEFA Nations League fixture in Hungary following internal boycott discussions initiated b - [Thousands protest in Madrid over Ceuta border crisis and demand snap elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-protests-over-ceuta-crisis): Demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Saturday to oppose the Spanish government's handling of migrant arrivals in Ceuta, calling for Prime Min - [Pakistani Taliban suicide car bombing kills 11 at north-west police checkpoint](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-suicide-bombing-kills-11): A suicide car bomber attacked a joint security checkpoint in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, killing at least 11 people - [Manchester City chairman pledges appeal after Premier League panel finds 114 financial breaches](https://pollar.news/en/event/city-pledges-financial-appeal): Khaldoon Al Mubarak said Manchester City will contest an independent commission ruling that found the club guilty of 114 financial rule viol - [Donald Trump rejects Iranian seven-day proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-rejects-hormuz-plan): US President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that Washington rejected a seven-day diplomatic roadmap submitted by Tehran during the UN Ge - [Luna Rossa leads America's Cup preliminaries in Naples as city welcomes 770,000 visitors](https://pollar.news/en/event/americas-cup-in-naples): Luna Rossa senior holds first place with 51 points after six fleet races in the Gulf of Naples, while local authorities report full hotel oc - [Klopp rotates 44-man Germany squad ahead of Nations League match against Greece in Augsburg](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-faces-greece-in-augsburg): Germany welcomes Greece to Augsburg on 27 September 2026 in the UEFA Nations League, following an opening 1-1 draw in the Netherlands and a - [Germany selects Munich over Cologne for 2036, 2040, or 2044 Olympic bid](https://pollar.news/en/event/munich-wins-german-olympic-bid): The German Olympic Sports Confederation selected Munich on Saturday to lead a prospective bid for the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, 2040, or - [Ukraine deploys air-dropped ground robots behind Russian lines in Operation Vivaldi](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-launches-operation-vivaldi): The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade used heavy bomber drones to deliver explosive wheeled robots 10 kilometres into Russian rear positions in D - [SPD threatens to block Linnemann care reform over nursing home co-payments](https://pollar.news/en/event/spd-opposes-care-reform): The Social Democratic Party has rejected draft care reforms by Health Minister Carsten Linnemann, demanding a 1,500-euro monthly cap on nurs - [Demi Vollering headlines 172-rider field in 180.4 km world championship road race in Montreal](https://pollar.news/en/event/womens-world-road-race-begins): The 180.4-kilometer elite women's road race starts in Montreal with 172 cyclists, featuring Tour de France winner Demi Vollering and defendi - [German unions mobilize tens of thousands across 15 cities against proposed social cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-unions-protest-social-cuts): Tens of thousands of workers joined rallies organized by the DGB trade union federation across 15 German cities on Saturday, rejecting plann - [Germany urges expanded Frontex powers and fast-track deportations after Ceuta border surge](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-discusses-frontex-expansion): German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called for a 24-hour Frontex rapid reaction unit and fast-track deportation mechanisms during a - [Former Italy Striker Daniel Osvaldo Hospitalized in Intensive Care After Lung Surgery](https://pollar.news/en/event/daniel-osvaldo-in-intensive-care): Former Roma and Juventus forward Daniel Osvaldo is in intensive care at a public hospital in Buenos Aires province following emergency lung - [YouTube and Meta reverse decisions to block ads for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' documentary](https://pollar.news/en/event/platforms-clear-musk-ads): YouTube and Meta approved paid advertising on 26 September 2026 for Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary after initially rejecting trailer ca - [Anna Vissi draws crowd of over 95,000 spectators to OAKA concert in Athens](https://pollar.news/en/event/anna-vissi-plays-oaka): Greek singer Anna Vissi gathered more than 95,000 attendees at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on 26 September 2026 for a three-hour performan - [Codacons files complaint over €10,000 Oasis Rome tickets as police warn of online fraud](https://pollar.news/en/event/oasis-rome-tickets-hit-10000): Consumer group Codacons has lodged complaints with Italian prosecutors and regulators after Oasis tickets for Rome 2027 appeared on secondar - [Jürgen Klopp rotates goalkeeper as Germany hosts Greece in Nations League](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopp-confirms-nuebel-start): Alexander Nübel will start in goal for Germany against Greece on Sunday in Augsburg, while Florian Wirtz will begin on the bench after joini - [Spanish F-18 jets scramble in Romania during Russian drone strikes near Danube border](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-f-18s-scramble-in-romania): Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets scrambled from Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base after Romanian radar detected aerial targets near Vylkove on the U - [Three-year-old boy dies after being crushed by car in Kościerzyna garage](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-car-accident-in-koscierzyna): A three-year-old boy died on Saturday after being crushed by a car in a residential garage on Kartuska Street in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voi ## Search and discovery - 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