# 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 in Japan kills 13, traps dozens in mall and factory](https://pollar.news/en/event/71-quake-hits-southern-japan): A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing a shopping mall and a factory, killing at least 13 pe - [FIFA plans $20bn subsidiary for World Cup, UEFA and PM Burnham condemn Kushner-linked investment](https://pollar.news/en/event/fifas-20bn-plan-sparks-fury): FIFA announced a plan to create FIFA Forward Enterprise to run the World Cup and sell a minority stake, reported at 20-30%, to investors inc - [Gironde megafire stabilized but 14 flare-ups on Tuesday as France braces for 41°C heatwave](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): The Gironde wildfire, France's largest since 1949, has burned 42,000 hectares and destroyed 240 homes. On Tuesday, 14 flare-ups forced 4,000 - [Iran launches ballistic missiles at US forces in Middle East, shattering brief ceasefire](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-missiles-intercepted-over-jordan): The US military intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces in Jordan on Tuesday, ending a three-day pause in - [Trump meets Zelenski and Netanyahu at White House ahead of Graham funeral, discusses Patriot missiles and Iran diplomacy](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-hosts-zelenski-netanyahu): Closed-door Oval Office meetings focused on Patriot missile production for Ukraine and the stalled Iran ceasefire, as both leaders attended - [Keiko Fujimori takes office as Peru's first popularly elected female president, vows military-led crackdown on crime](https://pollar.news/en/event/fujimori-takes-presidency): The right-wing leader, daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, won June's runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes and immediately ordered the m - [AI employees urge US to back international effort to pace frontier AI development](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-staff-demand-pacing): Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta signed a petition on Tuesday calling for technical and governance tools that would give th - [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 - [Zaragoza chosen for Spain's new public health agency, sparking backlash from losing cities](https://pollar.news/en/event/zaragoza-wins-health-agency): Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Zaragoza as the seat of the new Agencia Estatal de Salud Pública on Tuesday, triggering sharp critici - [Manuel Neuer signals 2027 retirement after World Cup frustration, starts final Bayern season](https://pollar.news/en/event/neuer-to-retire-in-2027): The 40-year-old Bayern Munich captain, back in training after Germany's World Cup exit, said the 2026-27 campaign will likely be his last as - [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 - [Firefighters battle renewed flames near Bordeaux as 42,000 hectares burn and 220,000 evacuated](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-record-wildfire-summer): New flare-ups on Tuesday prompted a preventive evacuation of 4,000 people from Lacanau, while a fourth heatwave threatens Spain with tempera - [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 - [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 - [Sánchez urges Feijóo to join climate pact as wildfires scorch 170,000 hectares, accuses right of denialism](https://pollar.news/en/event/snchez-pushes-climate-pact): Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez closed the political year with a call for a state pact on climate emergency, accusing the conservative PP and f - [FIFA plans to raise up to $4.2bn for World Cup rights from Kushner-linked fund; UEFA says it crosses a line](https://pollar.news/en/event/fifas-42bn-rights-sale): FIFA announced plans to create a new entity, FIFA Forward Enterprise, to hold commercial rights for its tournaments and sell a 20% stake to - [Global chip stocks slide as KOSPI plunges 10.8%, AI spending doubts deepen, and Chinese semiconductor breakthrough rattles ASML](https://pollar.news/en/event/asia-chip-selloff-deepens): South Korean shares suffered their worst session in months as the KOSPI fell 10.8% and circuit breakers kicked in, while ASML slumped 8.5% a - [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 - [Madrid suspends Rayo Vallecano's stadium concession over safety failures two weeks before LaLiga start](https://pollar.news/en/event/rayo-stadium-shut-down): The Community of Madrid revoked the club's right to use the Vallecas ground after an audit found fire, electrical and hygiene hazards. Urgen - [Wildfire on Paros forces overnight evacuations of five settlements as winds intensify](https://pollar.news/en/event/paros-fire-evacuations-continue): A wildfire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon near Kambi on the Greek island of Paros has forced the overnight evacuation of five more sett - [Valencia wildfire burns 10,000 hectares, confinement lifted in three towns as residents return to ash-covered homes](https://pollar.news/en/event/8500-hectares-burned-in-castellon): The wildfire that started Saturday in La Vall d'Uixó, Castellón, has scorched about 10,000 hectares by Tuesday evening, with a perimeter of - [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 - [Sławomir Patyra sworn in as Polish Constitutional Tribunal judge, immediately refuses to adjudicate in solidarity with four blocked colleagues](https://pollar.news/en/event/patyra-refuses-to-adjudicate): Sławomir Patyra took the oath before President Karol Nawrocki on Tuesday, then declared he would not participate in any Constitutional Tribu - [Spain's Kitchen spy trial concludes after four months, verdict pending for ex-Interior officials](https://pollar.news/en/event/kitchen-spy-trial-concludes): After 37 sessions and over 100 witnesses, the National Court trial of Spain's 'Kitchen' spy operation ended Tuesday. Former Interior Ministe - [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 - [OpenAI's rogue agent compromised a second firm, Modal Labs, as safety alarms grow](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-agent-hacks-second-firm): The AI agent that breached Hugging Face also exploited a vulnerability at a Modal Labs customer, the New York-based firm's CTO confirmed, wh - [Swiss wasp nest reports jump fivefold in five years, but experts debate real increase](https://pollar.news/en/event/swiss-wasp-nest-reports-soar): Mobiliar insurance data shows reported nests per 1000 households rose from 0.27 to 1.34 between 2021 and 2025, with the Romandie region hard - [Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Japan's Kyushu, Aeon Mall collapse traps dozens, at least 3 dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/japan-quake-kills-3): A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck southwestern Japan on Tuesday, collapsing a shopping mall in Kashima and leaving at least three dead and o - [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 - [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 - [Senate confirms Jay Clayton as US intelligence chief in 51-47 vote, overriding Democratic objections](https://pollar.news/en/event/clayton-confirmed-as-spy-chief): The US Senate voted 51-47 along party lines to confirm Jay Clayton, the Manhattan US attorney, as director of national intelligence, replaci - [375,000 evacuated as record wildfires near Madrid and Bordeaux face a fourth heatwave](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-force-375000-evacuations): Wildfires near Madrid and Bordeaux have forced about 375,000 people to flee, and a fourth heatwave threatens to worsen the blazes with tempe - [Two dead from Vibrio infections in Germany as Baltic Sea season starts early](https://pollar.news/en/event/two-vibrio-deaths-in-germany): Germany's Robert Koch Institute reports 17 domestically acquired Vibrio infections this year, with two fatalities among elderly patients, as - [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 - [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 - [At least 13 dead in Kumamoto as rescuers dig through the Aeon Mall wreckage](https://pollar.news/en/event/two-dead-in-quake-triggered-blast): A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Kumamoto in southern Japan on the afternoon of July 28, 2026, toppling buildings and cracking roads. About - [13 dead, dozens injured as magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Japan's Kumamoto](https://pollar.news/en/event/japan-quake-kills-13): Rescue workers search for survivors after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, collapsing buildings, derailing - [Merz's botched cabinet reshuffle sparks CDU revolt; Stegner calls it a 'chain of clumsiness'](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Chancellor Friedrich Merz's attempt to reshuffle his cabinet after Jens Spahn's resignation backfired, drawing sharp criticism from his own - [FCC bans foreign humanoid robots and grid inverters to shield US supply chains from China-linked threats](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-bans-foreign-robots): The Federal Communications Commission added networked humanoid robots and power inverters to a list blocking new imports, citing espionage a - [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 - [Ukraine and Iran step back from brink after Caspian Sea ship strike](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-iran-de-escalation-after-strike): Foreign ministers spoke after a Ukrainian drone killed an Iranian sailor; Iran had considered a retaliatory missile strike on a Ukrainian po - [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 - [US Senate advances sweeping Russia sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham](https://pollar.news/en/event/graham-russia-sanctions-advance): The bill imposes 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil, targets the shadow fleet, and extends Iran sanctions, gaining bipartisan supp - [Sánchez opens election campaign from Moncloa with economic data blitz and defense of family in corruption cases](https://pollar.news/en/event/snchez-launches-campaign-from-moncloa): Pedro Sánchez used his end-of-term press conference at Moncloa to tout economic gains and defend his wife and brother against corruption cas - [France faces fourth heatwave of 2026 as 16 départements go on orange alert, with temperatures up to 42°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-braces-for-heatwave): Météo-France issues orange vigilance for 16 départements, including Gironde and Landes where a megafire still rages, as temperatures could r - [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 - [Tsipras presents 'Plan Aristotle' to scrap centralized administrations and restore over 100 Greek municipalities](https://pollar.news/en/event/tsipras-pitches-local-government-overhaul): The leader of the Greek Left Coalition (ELAS) pitched a sweeping decentralization plan to over 500 local officials in Athens, framing it as - [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 - [US and Saudi Arabia strike pro-Iran militias in Iraq, Iran attacks Jordan](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-saudi-strikes-on-iraq-militias): The United States and Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against pro-Iranian militias in Iraq overnight, while Iran attacked Jordan, according - [Olivia Wilde's 'Naughty' casts Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage in Santa Claus custody comedy](https://pollar.news/en/event/aniston-dinklage-join-wildes-naughty): Universal greenlights Olivia Wilde's fourth directorial feature, a holiday comedy starring Jennifer Aniston as a mother who enlists Santa Cl ## 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)