# 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): Trump's energy-strike truce has collapsed as both sides keep striking infrastructure, the US sanctions law mandating 100% tariffs on Russian - [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. - [US, Denmark, and Greenland agree on Arctic defense pact barring rival military bases](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-announces-greenland-security-deal): Washington, Copenhagen, and Nuuk established a defense agreement granting the US military access and veto power over adversary investments w - [Trump announces plans for AI Force and new czar to speed up technology development](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-announces-ai-force): US President Donald Trump revealed plans on Truth Social to establish a federal AI Force modeled on the Space Force, dismissing calls from t - [NATO Elects German General Carsten Breuer as Military Committee Chairman Starting in 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/breuer-elected-nato-military-chair): Allied defence chiefs elected German Chief of Defence Carsten Breuer in Copenhagen to succeed Italian Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone as Chair - [Airborne Attack Strikes Aramco Fuel Depot Near Riyadh Airport Following Overnight Alerts](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthi-strikes-hit-saudi-arabia): Saudi firefighters tackled a blaze at an Aramco jet-fuel depot near King Khalid International Airport on Saturday following overnight aerial - [Donald Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House access](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-bans-three-outlets): US President Donald Trump ordered an immediate ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, leading the Secret Service to seize creden - [Militants kill at least 31 in 20-hour assault on Pakistan police compound](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-police-complex-bombing): Security forces in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ended a 20-hour siege after suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a police complex - [Sandro Mazzola, Euro 1968 winner and Inter Milan icon, dies at 83](https://pollar.news/en/event/sandro-mazzola-dies-at-83): Inter Milan announced on Saturday that former captain and European champion Sandro Mazzola passed away overnight at the age of 83, prompting - [Google confirms Gemini AI escaped test environment and accessed three real companies](https://pollar.news/en/event/gemini-ai-hacks-three-companies): Google revealed that its Gemini artificial intelligence broke out of a simulated evaluation run by partner Irregular in May 2026, using gues - [Brighton defeat Arsenal 3-0 to end champions' unbeaten start to the season](https://pollar.news/en/event/arsenal-evaluate-dowman-loan): Goals from Pascal Gross, Charalampos Kostoulas, and Chema Andres condemned Arsenal to their first defeat of the season as Manchester City to - [Luxembourg airport diverts 19 flights after unauthorized drone sightings](https://pollar.news/en/event/luxembourg-airport-drone-disruption): Authorities closed Luxembourg-Findel Airport overnight and rerouted incoming passenger flights to Brussels, Paris, and Frankfurt after detec - [Raphinha scores hat-trick as Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-1 to keep perfect La Liga start](https://pollar.news/en/event/sevilla-falls-3-1-to-barca): Raphinha scored three goals to overturn an early deficit and give Barcelona a 3-1 win over Sevilla, keeping the Catalans undefeated after se - [Robert Fico accuses Western leaders of seeking direct conflict between NATO and Russia](https://pollar.news/en/event/fico-alleges-nato-escalation): Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico claimed on Saturday that Western politicians are attempting to draw NATO into a direct war with Russia fol - [Houthis strike Riyadh and Yanbu as Italian Eurofighter is hit at Taif base](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthi-strike-hits-italian-jet): Houthi forces launched missile and drone attacks against Riyadh and Yanbu on 19 September 2026, igniting an Aramco fuel tank and causing fli - [Cuba suffers nationwide blackout after power grid collapses following transmission failure](https://pollar.news/en/event/cuba-suffers-total-blackout): A transmission line failure disconnected Cuba's national power grid on Friday afternoon, leaving millions across the island without electric - [Roma and Inter Milan draw 2-2 at the Olimpico after braces from Koné and Martínez](https://pollar.news/en/event/inter-draw-2-2-with-roma): AS Roma built a two-goal first-half lead through Manu Koné at the Stadio Olimpico, but Inter Milan rallied in the second half through a Laut - [Trump signs Graham Act authorizing 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers](https://pollar.news/en/event/house-passes-russia-sanctions): US President Donald Trump has signed a 48-page sanctions statute into law, introducing potential 100% tariffs on major Russian oil buyers an - [Michelle Bachelet withdraws UN secretary-general bid after Security Council straw poll](https://pollar.news/en/event/bachelet-drops-un-bid): Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has ended her campaign to lead the United Nations after finishing seventh in the third informal S - [Spain takes 2-0 Davis Cup lead over Chile with debut wins from Daniel Merida and Rafa Jodar](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-leads-chile-2-0): Spanish debutants Dani Merida and Rafa Jodar won their singles rubbers in Santiago, putting Spain one victory away from the Davis Cup Final - [Aston Villa claim 3-2 victory at Tottenham as Manzambi, Jackson and Buendia score](https://pollar.news/en/event/tottenham-host-aston-villa): Aston Villa secured their first Premier League victory of the season with a 3-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur, leaving the hosts in the relegatio - [Two German visitors detained after taping paintings near Mona Lisa at Louvre](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-pair-detained-at-louvre): French police questioned two German nationals after they used adhesive tape to affix two personal self-portraits to the wall in the Louvre g - [Moody's cuts Poland credit rating to A3 on persistent deficits and rising public debt](https://pollar.news/en/event/moodys-downgrades-poland-to-a3): Moody's Ratings lowered Poland's sovereign credit score to A3 while revising the outlook to stable, projecting general government debt to re - [France women's rugby team overcomes five cards to defeat Australia 29-26](https://pollar.news/en/event/bus-fire-delays-rugby-test): France recovered from playing with 11 players and trailing 19-0 to defeat Australia 29-26 in their second WXV Global Series match at Stade M - [Richard Carapaz withdraws from Road Cycling World Championships in Montreal due to health issues](https://pollar.news/en/event/carapaz-misses-world-championships): Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz has pulled out of the Road World Championships in Montreal following medical advice, citing health compli - [Regional elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania test Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-regional-elections-test-merz): Voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania head to the polls on Sunday as Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces potential losses in the ca - [Ed Sheeran Faces Tour Crisis After Support Acts Quit Over Macklemore Removal](https://pollar.news/en/event/macklemore-defends-tour-remarks): Pop singer Ed Sheeran faced a complete walkout of his US tour support acts and backing band after promoter Messina Touring Group dropped rap - [Blood of Saint Januarius liquefies in Naples Cathedral as Cardinal Battaglia denounces war and Camorra](https://pollar.news/en/event/san-gennaro-miracle-repeats): The relic of Saint Januarius liquefied at 10:04 in Naples Cathedral on Saturday, prompting traditional celebrations alongside a sermon addre - [Dutch riot police disperse 500 far-right protesters after clashes in The Hague](https://pollar.news/en/event/the-hague-far-right-clashes): Riot officers deployed baton charges and dogs at Malieveld park after demonstrators threw fireworks, prompting authorities to ban a planned - [Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardons ex-soldier Elor Azaria over 2016 Hebron shooting](https://pollar.news/en/event/herzog-pardons-elor-azaria): Israeli President Isaac Herzog expunged the criminal record of Elor Azaria on Saturday, clearing the former combat medic a decade after he f - [Ex-Pussy Riot member Rita Flores reveals three years of coerced informant work for Russia's FSB](https://pollar.news/en/event/ex-pussy-riot-activist-exposes-fsb): Russian artist and activist Rita Flores disclosed that the FSB forced her into espionage against fellow Kremlin critics for three years befo - [Lazio defeat Venezia 2-0 to move level with Roma and Inter at top of Serie A](https://pollar.news/en/event/lazio-visits-venezia-in-serie-a): Second-half goals from Mattia Zaccagni and Tijjani Noslin secured a 2-0 victory for Lazio at Venezia, lifting the club to 13 points alongsid - [Barcelona plans public grocery network following Collboni and Mamdani talks in New York](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-plans-public-groceries): Mayor Jaume Collboni announced plans for municipal affordable grocery stores after meeting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the Urban 20 sum - [Borussia Dortmund beat Stuttgart 1-0 to take sole lead of Bundesliga](https://pollar.news/en/event/dortmund-top-bundesliga): Maximilian Beier scored in the 70th minute to give Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 win at Stuttgart, keeping a perfect four-match record. - [Flawed AI report nearly caused US military interception of Chinese vessel in Middle East](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-error-nearly-sparks-clash): US forces aborted an operation to board a Chinese cargo ship in the Middle East in spring 2026 after discovering an analyst used an AI chatb - [Volkswagen proposes 4,100 further job cuts at Porsche following six billion euro writedown](https://pollar.news/en/event/volkswagen-seeks-porsche-job-cuts): A supervisory board restructuring plan at Volkswagen recommends eliminating about 4,100 additional positions at Porsche to close a 700 milli - [Texas Tech edges Houston 28-26 as Miami and Oregon secure Top 25 wins](https://pollar.news/en/event/top-25-college-football-wins): No. 13 Texas Tech denied a late two-point conversion to hold off No. 22 Houston 28-26 on Friday night, leading a slate of college football a - [Lyon defeats Rennes 4-0 to claim second place in Ligue 1 standings](https://pollar.news/en/event/lyon-defeats-rennes-4-0): Ernest Nuamah scored twice as Olympique Lyonnais beat previously undefeated Rennes 4-0 at Groupama Stadium on Saturday to move to 11 points - [US Secret Service confiscates White House press passes for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico](https://pollar.news/en/event/white-house-bans-three-outlets): Security officers at the West Wing deactivated electronic badges and confiscated physical passes on Saturday morning following a directive f - [Australia wins wheelchair basketball world title against Italy as Britain and Netherlands claim bronze](https://pollar.news/en/event/australia-wins-basketball-world-title): Australia's men's wheelchair basketball team defeated Italy 81-57 in the World Championship final in Ottawa, while Great Britain took men's - [Houthis launch missile and drone strikes on Riyadh and Aramco facilities in Yanbu](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthis-strike-saudi-targets): Yemen's Houthi militia fired dozens of missiles and drones at Riyadh and Red Sea oil sites, prompting Saudi interception claims as ground cl - [Lechia Gdańsk defeats Stal Mielec 7-1 behind Artur Szach hat-trick in round nine](https://pollar.news/en/event/lechia-beats-stal-7-1): Artur Szach scored three goals and assisted another as Lechia Gdańsk secured a 7-1 home win against Stal Mielec at Polsat Plus Arena in roun - [Police shoot armed motorcyclist dead in Beauvais after officer is wounded in confrontation](https://pollar.news/en/event/beauvais-police-shooting-fatal): Officers in Beauvais shot and killed an armed man on 19 September after he wounded a policeman during an attempted arrest, prompting two inv - [Spain interior ministry urges cancellation of Under-20 friendly against Mexico in Ceuta](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-urges-ceuta-match-cancellation): The Ministry of the Interior asked the football federation to cancel the 30 September Under-20 friendly against Mexico at Estadio Alfonso Mu - [Russia reports cyberattacks on Moscow electronic voting during parliamentary elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/cyberattacks-target-russian-election): Russia's election commission reported sustained overnight cyberattacks against Moscow's online voting infrastructure on the second day of th - [Michael Marra elected Scottish Labour leader following Anas Sarwar resignation](https://pollar.news/en/event/michael-marra-leads-scottish-labour): North East MSP Michael Marra has won the Scottish Labour leadership contest over Joe Fagan, taking charge of the Holyrood group after Anas S - [Data center backlash shapes US midterms as Ohio voters push for construction bans](https://pollar.news/en/event/midterms-data-center-backlash): Voters in Ohio and across the United States are pushing for moratoriums on artificial intelligence data centers over power, water, and tax c - [GKS Katowice defeats Cracovia 3:2 with 90th-minute winner by Ilja Szkurin](https://pollar.news/en/event/katowice-beats-cracovia-32): Ilja Szkurin scored in the 90th minute at Nowa Bukowa to hand GKS Katowice a 3:2 win, extending Cracovia's losing streak to five matches acr - [Joventut Badalona beats Baskonia 96–84 to reach first Supercopa final since 1987](https://pollar.news/en/event/joventut-reaches-supercopa-final): Host team Asisa Joventut secured a 96–84 victory over Kosner Baskonia in Badalona on Saturday, advancing to the Supercopa Endesa final behin - [Trump Announces US Army Base Talks With Poland as Polish Leaders Clash Over Defense Credit](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-advances-us-base-plans): Donald Trump revealed talks on a permanent US Army base in Poland, sparking domestic political friction in Warsaw while President Karol Nawr - [Raphinha scores hat-trick as Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-1 to extend perfect league start](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-beat-sevilla-3-1): Raphinha scored three goals to overturn an early deficit at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, giving FC Barcelona their seventh straight La Lig - [Karol Nawrocki visits Ground Zero ahead of 81st UN General Assembly session](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrocki-visits-ground-zero): Polish President Karol Nawrocki laid a wreath at New York's World Trade Center memorial on Saturday, beginning a five-day US trip centered o ## 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 - 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