# 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. - [One dead, 14 injured after car plows into Berlin Pride crowd; police hunt suspect](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-csd-well-only-get-louder): A white van drove into a crowd at Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade on Saturday evening, killing one person and injuring 14. Police lau - [India's education minister resigns after youth 'Cockroach' protests over leaked medical exams and student suicides](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down on July 25 after weeks of street protests led by the Cockroach Janata Party, a youth movement that amassed 2 - [Wildfires force more than 250,000 evacuations in France and Spain, Tour de France shortened](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): More than 250,000 people have been evacuated across south-western France and central Spain as wildfires threaten Bordeaux, the military is d - [Carapaz wins Tour stage 20 on Alpe d'Huez after Kuss crashes twice; Pogacar set to equal record with fifth title](https://pollar.news/en/event/pogaar-storms-alpe-dhuez): Richard Carapaz won the queen stage on Alpe d'Huez as Sepp Kuss crashed twice with 7km left, leaving Tadej Pogacar poised to equal the all-t - [Trump orders warning signs outside Smithsonian museum over 'inaccurate' history exhibits](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-targets-museum-history): President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday directing the Interior Department to place temporary warning signs along sidewalk - [Morawiecki i 40 posłów odchodzi z PiS. Były premier: "Nie ma hegemona na polskiej prawicy"](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): Około 40 posłów Prawa i Sprawiedliwości opuszcza partię po tym, jak Jarosław Kaczyński postawił ultimatum członkom stowarzyszenia Rozwój Plu - [Canadian intern of Chinese origin arrested at NATO's SHAPE headquarters on espionage charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/nato-intern-arrested-for-espionage): A Canadian woman of Chinese ancestry, doing an internship at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, was taken into custod - [Cape Verde's 40-year-old World Cup hero Vozinha agrees move to Chile's Colo-Colo after breakout tournament](https://pollar.news/en/event/vozinha-joins-colo-colo-after-world-cup-heroics): Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, 40, has reached an agreement to join Chilean champions Colo-Colo, club president Anibal Mosa confirmed on Fri - [Italian fuel prices surge past 2 euros per litre, Meloni and Giorgetti weigh mobile excise cut](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-weighs-fuel-tax-cut): Average self-service petrol hit 1.979 euros and diesel reached 2.180 euros per litre on 25 July, with Milan pumps exceeding 2.6 euros. Prime - [Tearful Adam Ramsay-Peaty questions future after shock Commonwealth bronze as Nowacki wins Jersey's first medal in 36 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/tardis-opens-commonwealth-games): The 31-year-old finished third in 59.65 sec, beaten by Australia's Sam Williamson and Jersey's 18-year-old Filip Nowacki, then broke down sp - [Norris snatches Hungarian GP pole from Hamilton by 0.012s, penalties drop both Hamilton and Antonelli down the grid](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-takes-hungarian-pole): Lando Norris claimed his first pole position of 2026 at the Hungaroring, beating Lewis Hamilton by 12 thousandths of a second. Both Hamilton - [Flávio Bolsonaro launches presidential bid with Milei's backing, trailing Lula 48-43 in Datafolha poll](https://pollar.news/en/event/bolsonaros-son-launches-bid): Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro officially accepted the Liberal Party nomination Saturday in São Paulo, pledging to pardon his jailed fat - [Kazakhstan's Tokayev proposes freezing Ukraine war during face-to-face Omsk summit with Putin](https://pollar.news/en/event/kazakh-leader-urges-freeze): In a rare direct rebuke, President Tokayev told Vladimir Putin that the fighting in Ukraine must be frozen and proposed returning to the Ist - [Hundreds of hooded activists attack Turin-Lyon rail site in Val di Susa, two Carabinieri vehicles torched](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-tav-march-turns-violent): Several hundred black-clad antagonists armed with stones, bottles, and improvised mortars stormed the Chiomonte construction site of the Tur - [ICC member states vote out chief prosecutor Karim Khan after sexual misconduct allegations](https://pollar.news/en/event/icc-prosecutor-dismissed): The majority of the International Criminal Court's 125 member states voted on Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan for serious misco - [Wildfires in Madrid and Ávila force nearly 30,000 evacuations as flames merge into a 20,000-hectare front](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): The first level-3 emergency for wildfires in the Madrid region brings more than 2,100 personnel and European aid as two blazes merge into a - [Tour de France final stage cut to 89 km as security forces diverted to wildfires in Gironde](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-stage-cut-for-fires): Sunday's final stage from Thoiry to Paris will be reduced from 133 km to 89 km, with riders bussed to the Champs-Elysees start, after the in - [Trump hurls insults at journalists and Democrats, teases third term at rescheduled correspondents’ dinner](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-skewers-press-at-dinner): The president used the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday night to mock political rivals and reporters, joke about a c - [World No.1 Sinner and Djokovic withdraw from Montreal Masters, joining injured Alcaraz](https://pollar.news/en/event/sinner-djokovic-skip-montreal): World No.1 Jannik Sinner, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and injured Carlos Alcaraz have all withdrawn from the ATP Masters 1000 - [Chuck Russell, director of 'The Mask' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street 3', dies unexpectedly at 74](https://pollar.news/en/event/chuck-russell-dies-at-74): The filmmaker behind the 1994 Jim Carrey blockbuster and horror classics was found dead at his San Diego home on Wednesday. No cause of deat - [Small plane strikes house in Ganderkesee, Germany: one dead, search on for second occupant](https://pollar.news/en/event/plane-hits-house-pilot-dead): A single-engine Tecnam aircraft departing Bremen lost altitude and plunged into a residential roof in Ganderkesee around 11 a.m. on Saturday - [66-year-old man stabbed by brother in life-threatening dispute at Hamburg campsite; suspect held on attempted manslaughter](https://pollar.news/en/event/brother-charged-after-campsite-stabbing): A 65-year-old man was arrested after allegedly stabbing his older brother multiple times at a campground in Hamburg's Ochsenwerder district - [Italy's 39-match win streak ends as Brazil takes VNL semifinal 3-2, Velasco says defeat 'will teach us'](https://pollar.news/en/event/italys-reign-halted-by-brazil): Italy lost to Brazil 3-2 in the Volleyball Nations League semifinal in Macao, their first defeat under coach Julio Velasco and the end of a - [Truck crash damages Essen bridge, disrupts rail links into Saturday](https://pollar.news/en/event/rail-disruption-after-bridge-strike): A truck collision in Essen-Frillendorf damaged a railway bridge on Friday, forcing Deutsche Bahn to close the Essen-Gelsenkirchen line and r - [Linnemann, with 'hell of a respect', takes on health minister role despite own earlier doubts](https://pollar.news/en/event/linnemann-seeks-time): Carsten Linnemann, previously unsure of his suitability, now accepts Germany's health ministry, promising to reduce the number of health ins - [Norris steals Hungary pole from Hamilton by 0.012s, ending Mercedes' 10-race qualifying streak](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-breaks-mercedes-streak): Lando Norris grabbed pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix by 0.012 seconds from Lewis Hamilton, snapping Mercedes' run of 10 consecuti - [Toxic smoke from Gironde and Landes wildfires blankets Bordeaux, 2.5 million FFP2 masks to be distributed](https://pollar.news/en/event/toxic-smoke-chokes-southwest-france): Since July 22, fires in Gironde and Landes have sent thick plumes of toxic particulates across the region, causing a surge in respiratory di - [Eight found dead in Michigan house fire, including six children; authorities suspect intentional blaze](https://pollar.news/en/event/eight-dead-in-michigan-arson): Firefighters responding to a Friday blaze in Grand Haven Township discovered two adults and six children dead inside a home, some with gunsh - [Lech Poznań held to goalless draw by Cracovia in flat Ekstraklasa season opener](https://pollar.news/en/event/lech-held-by-cracovia): Polish champions Lech Poznań started the 100th Ekstraklasa season with a 0-0 home draw against Cracovia on Saturday, failing to convert poss - [Merz's bid to fire transport minister backfires after chosen successor withdraws, triggering open CDU revolt](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Chancellor Friedrich Merz told Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder on Thursday he would be dismissed, but his handpicked successor Fritz Gü - [Maine Democrats nominate former Senate President Troy Jackson to challenge Susan Collins in crucial midterm race](https://pollar.news/en/event/jackson-to-face-collins): The former logger and progressive locked up the party's nod Saturday in Bangor, capping a two-week scramble to replace Graham Platner, who w - [67-year-old woman dies after fall into 60x40 cm well in Frydrychowice, Małopolska](https://pollar.news/en/event/woman-dies-in-well-fall): A 67-year-old woman fell into a narrow well, measuring 60 by 40 centimetres, on a private property in Frydrychowice, near Wadowice in southe - [Italy to extend evening hours at Colosseum, Pantheon and Castello Sforzesco in August trial](https://pollar.news/en/event/evening-visits-for-italys-treasures): Starting Saturday 1 August, the Colosseum, the Pantheon and Milan's Castello Sforzesco will stay open up to four hours later each day as par - [Athens police arrest Egyptian man with grenade, thwarting planned attack on judicial official's home](https://pollar.news/en/event/athens-grenade-plot-foiled): A man of Egyptian origin was taken into custody in the southern suburbs of Athens on Saturday, minutes after he picked up a grenade that aut - [Erling Haaland reacts as cousin Jonatan Braut Brunes leaves Raków Częstochowa for Sparta Prague in a deal worth over €6 million](https://pollar.news/en/event/haaland-reacts-to-cousins-transfer): Norwegian striker Jonatan Braut Brunes ended a two-year spell at Polish side Raków Częstochowa, joining Czech champions Sparta Prague for a - [Justice Ministry’s Appeal Over 6-Day Sentence Cut Sparks Furore; Nordio Withdraws It and Orders Probe](https://pollar.news/en/event/nordio-stops-alemanno-jail-appeal): An appeal filed against former Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno’s six-day sentence reduction triggers political uproar; Justice Minister Carlo Nor - [Astros place starter Spencer Arrighetti on 15-day IL with nerve irritation in right foot, recall left-hander Bryan King from Triple-A](https://pollar.news/en/event/arrighetti-to-il-king-recalled): The Houston Astros placed right-handed starter Spencer Arrighetti on the 15-day injured list Saturday with nerve irritation in his right foo - [Wildfires Force 270,000 Evacuations in France and Spain; Bordeaux Airport Closed, NASA Center Evacuated](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-evacuate-270000): Massive wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have forced over 270,000 people to evacuate, with Bordeaux's airport closed and a - [One dead and 14 injured after car drives into Berlin Pride crowd near Tiergarten](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-pride-vehicle-attack): A white car drove into participants at the Christopher Street Day celebration in Berlin on Saturday evening, killing at least one person and - [Norris takes Hungarian GP pole by 0.012s, Hamilton and Antonelli hit with grid penalties](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-grabs-hungary-pole): Lando Norris snatched his first pole of the 2026 Formula 1 season by just 0.012 seconds from Lewis Hamilton, before both Hamilton and champi - [White van crashes into crowd near Berlin Pride parade, multiple injured, police search for driver](https://pollar.news/en/event/van-hits-crowd-at-berlin-pride): A white van drove into a crowd near the Tiergarten park during Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade on Saturday evening, injuring multiple - [Deadly bus collision on Syria's 'road of death' kills 35, injures 30](https://pollar.news/en/event/35-dead-in-syria-bus-crash): A bus carrying security forces and a civilian bus collided on the Damascus-Deir al-Zour highway near Palmyra on Saturday, leaving at least 3 - [Richard Carapaz conquers Tour de France Queen stage as wildfires force final day re-route](https://pollar.news/en/event/carapaz-wins-finale-shortened): Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won a demanding stage 20 over the Galibier and Col de Sarenne, while organisers slashed Sunday's last stage after - [Sporting president Frederico Varandas defends sweeping squad overhaul as 'part of the cycle' with over 100 million euros spent](https://pollar.news/en/event/varandas-defends-sporting-overhaul): Frederico Varandas addressed the club's transfer window strategy before the General Assembly at the Pavilhão João Rocha in Lisbon, insisting - [Palermo city council votes to phase out horse-drawn carriages for electric vehicles](https://pollar.news/en/event/palermo-phases-out-horse-carriages): Sicilian capital votes to gradually replace horse-drawn tourist carriages with electric vehicles and adopts a new animal welfare regulation, - [About 15,000 evacuated as wildfire rages out of control in Castellón, Spain](https://pollar.news/en/event/15000-evacuated-in-spain-fire): A wildfire in Vall d'Uixó, Castellón, prompted the evacuation of around 15,000 residents across 16 municipalities on Saturday, with firefigh - [Italian students' Bangkok subway insults draw 16 million views and official embassy apology](https://pollar.news/en/event/bangkok-subway-apology): A video of Italian teenagers shouting insults and making obscene gestures at a Thai woman on a Bangkok train has gone viral with 16 million - [UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres begins three-day Syria visit, first by a UN chief in 17 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/un-chief-visits-syria): António Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for a three-day trip aimed at supporting the country's political transition, more than a ye - [LeBron James signs with Philadelphia 76ers for two-year, $8 million deal in bid for fifth NBA title](https://pollar.news/en/event/lebron-james-joins-76ers): The NBA's all-time scoring leader says he chose Philadelphia over Cleveland, Miami and Golden State, prioritizing a shot at winning a champi - [Dutch tourist, 45, missing in Lake Como after diving to save son; boat drifts away, son rescued, search underway](https://pollar.news/en/event/father-missing-after-lake-como-dive): A 45-year-old Dutch tourist disappeared in Lake Como near Menaggio around 12:30 on 25 July 2026 after jumping from a rented boat to rescue h ## 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)