# 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. - [Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Strikes Kumamoto, Japan; At Least One Dead, Many Trapped in Collapsed Mall](https://pollar.news/en/event/71-quake-hits-southern-japan): A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan's Kyushu island at 16:27 local time, triggering a tsunami advisory and causin - [Trump and Netanyahu declare 'best conversation' as US shifts to diplomacy over Iran after truce](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-questions-israels-survival): The White House meeting, their first since launching a joint offensive on Tehran in February, came after both sides paused tit-for-tat strik - [Zinedine Zidane appointed France head coach on four-year contract, succeeding Didier Deschamps](https://pollar.news/en/event/zidane-takes-france-job): The 54-year-old former Real Madrid manager was unveiled at the FFF headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, ending a five-year absence from managem - [Ariana Grande sues anonymous hackers over theft of 45 unreleased songs in 2023, hundreds since debut](https://pollar.news/en/event/grande-sues-music-hackers): The pop star filed a John Doe lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles, alleging years-long hacking of collaborators' accounts to steal unreleased trac - [PiS refers 44 members to party court, Morawiecki calls delay a 'second-rate series'](https://pollar.news/en/event/kurski-silenced-after-rant): The Political Committee of Poland’s main opposition party Law and Justice did not expel former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his all - [Mancini returns as Italy head coach, Ranieri named technical director after Pirlo sponsorship storm](https://pollar.news/en/event/pirlo-new-italy-coach): Roberto Mancini begins a second stint as Italy's head coach and Claudio Ranieri replaces Paolo Maldini as technical director, the FIGC annou - [Trump apologises for 2015 phone-number leak in eulogy for Senator Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral](https://pollar.news/en/event/graham-memorial-draws-leaders): World leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined the president at Tuesday's service for the South Carolina Republic - [Zelenskyy and Trump discuss Patriot missiles and peace talks as Ukraine loses key ally in Senate](https://pollar.news/en/event/patriots-and-peace-talks): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a closed-door meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, seeking urgent air defen - [Apple briefly tops $5 trillion valuation as AI sell-off rattles tech stocks](https://pollar.news/en/event/apple-hits-5-trillion): The iPhone maker's intraday surge to $342.89 per share pushed its market cap past the milestone, but the stock retreated as a deepening sell - [Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's first elected female president, pledges stability after razor-thin election victory](https://pollar.news/en/event/fujimori-takes-presidency): Right-wing leader Keiko Fujimori assumed the presidency of Peru on July 28, 2026, the country's independence day, after winning the June run - [Trump and Netanyahu hold first meeting since joint Iran offensive, clash over war strategy](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-netanyahu-meeting-amid-iran-war): The White House described the 90-minute private session as 'positive and productive' while Netanyahu called it 'excellent,' but differences - [France battles largest wildfire since 1949 as 250,000 evacuate across Gironde and Landes](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): Firefighters are struggling to contain the fire that has already burned 42,000 hectares and destroyed at least 240 homes. Fourteen flare-ups - [Burnham invites Badenoch and Davey to social care talks alongside new £4,500 apprenticeship bursary](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): Prime Minister Andy Burnham has invited Tory and Lib Dem leaders to discuss social care reform and unveiled a bursary to remove barriers to - [Trump holds White House talks with Zelenskyy on Patriot missile licences and Netanyahu on Iran war](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-hosts-zelenskyy-and-netanyahu): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both met Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, t - [Medjugorje shrine vandalized: altar set on fire, 'Devil in a skirt' graffiti; Polish suspect arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/medjugorje-shrine-attacked): Statues of the Virgin Mary were smeared with black paint and graffiti reading 'Devil in a skirt', and the outdoor altar of St. James Church - [Berlin CSD attacker pledged IS loyalty, had jihadist cousins; court released him despite danger warnings](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-csd-well-only-get-louder): After the deadly van attack at Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade, police found a video on the perpetrator's phone swearing loyalty to t - [X Money launches in US with 6% yield, Visa card and content-moderation strings](https://pollar.news/en/event/x-money-banking-launch): Elon Musk's X has opened X Money to all US Premium subscribers, offering a digital wallet, peer-to-peer transfers, and a metal Visa card, bu - [Airbus A350 flies 24 hours nonstop from Melbourne to Toulouse as Qantas prepares Sydney-London route for 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/a350-lands-after-24-hour-flight): The specially adapted A350-1000ULR covered 23,075 km from Melbourne to Toulouse in 24 hours and 24 minutes, drawing 3.6 million viewers on F - [Trump meets Zelenski and Netanyahu at Lindsey Graham funeral, discusses Patriot missiles and Iran war](https://pollar.news/en/event/patriot-deal-iran-talks-at-funeral): Trump held private Oval Office meetings with Zelenski and Netanyahu before a state funeral for Senator Lindsey Graham, addressing Patriot mi - [Four infant skeletons and decomposing newborn found in boxes at Orange, France home; murder investigation launched](https://pollar.news/en/event/remains-of-five-babies-found-in-france): A 32-year-old woman gave birth at home on Sunday before her partner, learning late of the pregnancy, searched their flat and found what look - [Spain's Worst Wildfire on Record Scorches 50,000 Hectares as Evacuations Lift](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): The Burgohondo fire in Ávila has burned over 50,000 hectares, making it the largest wildfire in Spain since records began, while authorities - [India's education minister resigns after 'Cockroach' youth protests, Modi's first mass-movement ouster in 12 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Youth-led demonstrations sparked by exam leaks and a Supreme Court insult forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan out over the weekend, - [Kraków court upholds recall referendum that ousted Mayor Miszalski; PM Tusk must now schedule early election within 60 days](https://pollar.news/en/event/krakow-recall-referendum-upheld): The Kraków Court of Appeal on 28 July dismissed the final appeal against the 24 May referendum that recalled Mayor Aleksander Miszalski, rem - [France and Spain Battle Massive Wildfires: 220,000 Evacuated as Heatwave Looms](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-record-wildfire-summer): France's worst wildfire crisis since the Second World War has forced 220,000 people from their homes around Bordeaux, while Spain reports pr - [Patrick Bruel faces two new rape and sexual assault complaints, bringing total to at least 31](https://pollar.news/en/event/bruel-faces-31-complaints): Two women filed new complaints on 16 and 23 July with the Paris judicial police, one alleging a rape in autumn 1994 and the other a sexual a - [Rhine water levels hit July record low, threatening water supply and German GDP growth](https://pollar.news/en/event/rhine-dries-early): Persistently low water on Europe's busiest inland waterway forces cargo ships to run at a fraction of capacity, driving up freight costs, an - [FC Thun's Champions League dream ends in extra time after captain Bürki's red card sparks Dinamo Zagreb comeback](https://pollar.news/en/event/thun-falls-in-extra-time): A 2-0 lead after 22 minutes evaporated when Swiss champions FC Thun had Marco Bürki sent off in the 67th minute, allowing Dinamo Zagreb to w - [60 Minutes hires Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger and others to rebuild after spring shake-up](https://pollar.news/en/event/douthat-joins-60-minutes): New York Times columnist Ross Douthat becomes a correspondent, while author Sebastian Junger and two others join as contributors for the 59t - [Hobbs and Eseme break records in rain-soaked Commonwealth sprint finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/tardis-opens-commonwealth-games): New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs ran a personal-best 10.93 seconds to upset favourite Amy Hunt in the women's 100m, while Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme b - [Woman stabbed to death by partner in Barcelona as children watch; manhunt underway](https://pollar.news/en/event/femicide-in-barcelona): Mossos d'Esquadra are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed his partner to death on Calle Andrade in Sant Martí on Tuesday evening, witn - [Apple launches device leasing program with Klarna, denies planned restrictions for missed payments](https://pollar.news/en/event/apple-denies-lease-lockout): Apple’s new Upgrade program, in partnership with Klarna, lets US customers lease iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches from $11.99/month, - [eBay to pay $55.7 million to couple stalked with cockroaches and a bloody pig mask after critical blog posts](https://pollar.news/en/event/ebay-pays-557m-after-stalking-couple): The settlement with David and Ina Steiner, publishers of the EcommerceBytes newsletter, ends seven years of criminal and civil proceedings s - [Trump and Netanyahu hold 'positive' White House talks amid deepening rift over Iran](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-netanyahu-white-house-talks): Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met for 90 minutes in the Oval Office on Tuesday in their first conversation since the US-led bombing ca - [FIFA plans to sell minority stake in World Cup commercial rights to investors, triggering UEFA backlash](https://pollar.news/en/event/fifas-billion-dollar-rights-sale): The FIFA Forward Enterprise entity, valued at $20 billion, would bundle media, sponsorship, ticketing and licensing rights for men's and wom - [Zelensky presses Trump for Patriot interceptors as Russian ballistic missile strikes kill record numbers of Ukrainian civilians](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-meets-trump-on-patriots): The Ukrainian president's closed-door talks in Washington lasted nearly an hour, focusing on licences to produce PAC-3 interceptors and revi - [Mercedes-Benz Q2 profit rises 13.5% on cost cuts, but China car sales slump forces outlook downgrade](https://pollar.news/en/event/mercedes-warns-on-china): Second-quarter group net profit climbed to €1.09 billion, but a 30% drop in China car sales triggered a warning that full-year revenue and d - [Boeing posts $428 million loss as Air Force One overruns add $280 million in Q2](https://pollar.news/en/event/boeing-deep-in-red): A fresh $280 million charge on the long-delayed presidential jet programme pushed Boeing to a second-quarter loss of $428 million, more than - [Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal rejects recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other EU countries](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-blocks-eu-gay-marriage): The Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw has struck down a regulation that would have required civil registries to record same-sex marriages pe - [Georgia teen gets life without parole for 2024 school shooting that killed four](https://pollar.news/en/event/life-without-parole): A Georgia judge sentenced 16-year-old Colt Gray to life without the possibility of parole for the September 2024 attack at Apalachee High Sc - [PiS silences Jacek Kurski with indefinite media ban after his attack on Mateusz Morawiecki](https://pollar.news/en/event/kurski-gets-media-ban): Poland's Law and Justice party imposed an open-ended prohibition on public statements by its MP Jacek Kurski, a day after he accused former - [Tornado that stayed on ground for over 20 minutes leaves trail of destruction in northeastern Wisconsin, no fatalities reported](https://pollar.news/en/event/ef3-tornado-hits-wisconsin): A tornado tore through northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, staying on the ground for over 20 minutes, ripping roofs from homes, flipping vehic - [Trump meets Zelenskyy and Netanyahu in Washington before senator Graham's funeral; Patriot missiles and Iran's Pickaxe site discussed](https://pollar.news/en/event/diplomacy-at-grahams-funeral): Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy discussed a licence for Patriot interceptor production in Ukraine and reviving diplomacy. Afterwards, Trump m - [France and Spain battle record wildfires, rare firestorm clouds form as EU mobilizes aid](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-force-madrid-state-of-emergency): Massive fires in southwestern France and central Spain have burned over 42,000 and 130,000 hectares respectively, triggering evacuations of - [Spider-Man: Brand New Day premieres to mixed reviews; Tom Holland says he'll keep playing Spidey 'for as long as they'll have me'](https://pollar.news/en/event/spidey-stays-critics-split): The fourth solo Spider-Man film premiered Monday in Los Angeles to a divided critical reception, with some praising its grounded story while - [Berlin Pride attacker was under police surveillance; Polish woman dead, 31 injured](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-victim-in-berlin-attack): On Saturday evening, a van rammed into Berlin's Pride parade, killing a 65-year-old Polish woman and injuring 31. The suspect, a known Islam - [France evacuates 4,000 more as 14 flare-ups reignite Gironde mega-fire](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-fire-evacuations-grow): Authorities ordered the preventive evacuation of about 4,000 people from campsites and holiday homes near Lacanau on Tuesday after 14 flare- - [Fiscal council delayed to Sept 4, giving PP regions five weeks to weigh 20.975 billion euro funding reform](https://pollar.news/en/event/cpff-postponed-to-september): The Spanish Finance Ministry postponed the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council from July 29 to September 4 at the request of PP-governed reg - [Trump hosts Netanyahu as allies diverge on Iran war goals ahead of elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-war-divides-allies): The US president, facing political heat and rising fuel prices, pushed for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the Israeli premier - [Spain's government pardons former Catalan parliament speaker Laura Borràs, commutes corruption prison sentence to two years](https://pollar.news/en/event/borras-pardoned): The Council of Ministers approved a partial pardon on Tuesday, lowering the prison sentence for the former Junts leader from four years, six - [Magnitude 7.1 quake rocks Japan's Kumamoto; mall explosion traps dozens, one dead, over 90 injured](https://pollar.news/en/event/dozens-trapped-after-japan-quake): A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Japan on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing part of a shopping centre and triggering a gas explosion th ## 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)