# 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 is characterized by a reciprocal escalation of long-range strikes, with Ukraine systematically targeting Russian logistics and energ - [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. - [Morocco says Spain should have foreseen Ceuta border collapse as death toll reaches 83 and 860 minors remain stranded](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): A senior Moroccan official said on Monday that Spain should have anticipated the consequences of a July court ruling that weakened deterrenc - [Ariana Grande tells Chicago crowd her public retreat was planned 'a long time ago', not a reaction to scrutiny](https://pollar.news/en/event/grande-steps-back-from-spotlight): Speaking from the United Center stage on Monday night, the 33-year-old singer read from notes to explain a decision her spokesperson had ann - [Danube drought pushes Hungary's Paks nuclear plant to brink of first-ever full shutdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-drought-shuts-cernavod): Hungary's sole nuclear plant came within millimetres of a complete shutdown early Tuesday after the Danube fell to record lows, while Romani - [Ukrainian drones hit Moscow region industrial zone, killing five; Wildberries warehouses targeted across Russia](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-hits-deep-inside-russia): A Ukrainian drone attack on an industrial zone in Chekhov, south of Moscow, killed five people and injured 10 early Tuesday, while simultane - [Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo; ten more fell critically ill during Japan's record heatwave](https://pollar.news/en/event/lions-die-in-tokyo-heat): Three lionesses born at the facility died in under a week after temperatures soared into the high 30s and humidity stifled their ability to - [Russian soldier kills colleague and three civilians in Crimea shooting rampage](https://pollar.news/en/event/soldier-kills-four-in-crimea): A Russian soldier opened fire on his unit and then on civilians in the village of Khmelnytske near Sevastopol, killing one fellow soldier an - [Ter Stegen joins Ajax on loan from Barcelona as Germany keeper seeks career revival](https://pollar.news/en/event/ter-stegen-joins-ajax): The 34-year-old, whose Barcelona career stalled after injury and loss of captaincy, reunites with coach Míchel Sánchez at the Amsterdam club - [Infantino fights to hold power as England, Wales pull support and UEFA readies legal action over World Cup stake sale fiasco](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): England's FA and Wales formally withdrew support for Gianni Infantino's re-election on Monday, while UEFA confirmed it has sent a document p - [Iran denies talks with US as Trump threatens to maintain Hormuz blockade until 'total surrender'](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): Tehran flatly denied any negotiations with Washington on August 3, hours after President Trump said talks were underway and a deal on the St - [Michigan primary tests progressive strength as El-Sayed and Stevens clash in bitter Senate race](https://pollar.news/en/event/el-sayed-defies-aipac-spending): Voters in Michigan and four other states head to the polls Tuesday in primaries that will measure the reach of the Democratic Party's progre - [Nawrocki pardons Legia Warsaw fan leader, sparking government backlash and a 'hands off' retort from his spokesman](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrocki-issues-three-pardons): President Karol Nawrocki used his clemency power on three people, including a prominent Legia Warsaw supporter whose stadium ban was lifted, - [Trump's Gaza disarmament plan hits Israeli resistance as strikes kill 18 Palestinians in deadliest day since ceasefire](https://pollar.news/en/event/gaza-strikes-defy-ceasefire-deal): Israel told Washington it will not withdraw troops from Gaza before Hamas is fully disarmed, rejecting the sequencing of a plan Donald Trump - [25 US states sue to block Trump's new 10–12.5% tariffs on 60 trading partners, calling forced-labour justification a pretext](https://pollar.news/en/event/states-challenge-trumps-new-tariffs): The lawsuit, filed Monday at the Court of International Trade in New York, argues the administration is using forced-labour concerns as a co - [Alexandra Eala becomes first Filipina to win a WTA singles title, rallying past Pegula in Washington](https://pollar.news/en/event/pegula-eala-washington-final): The 21-year-old rallied from a set down in a rain-delayed final to beat world number three Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 at the WTA 500 event - [Spokane wildfires destroy over 700 buildings and force 65,000 to evacuate; arson suspect arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/spokane-wildfire-forces-mass-evacuations): Three fast-moving wildfires on the outskirts of Spokane, Washington, have destroyed at least 700 buildings, scorched more than 8,000 acres, - [Drone explodes on crowded beach in Russia's Krasnodar region, killing seven including three children](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-kills-seven-on-russian-beach): A drone exploded on a packed beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 40, according to local a - [Oil majors post multibillion-dollar profits as Iran war chokes Strait of Hormuz](https://pollar.news/en/event/war-fueled-oil-profit-boom): The world's largest oil companies reported multibillion-dollar profit surges for the second quarter of 2026, fuelled by the effective closur - [157 migrants rescued after boat fire in English Channel, no casualties reported](https://pollar.news/en/event/157-migrants-rescued): French and British ships rescued 157 migrants after their boat caught fire near the maritime border in the English Channel on Tuesday mornin - [Afghan boxer accused of killing Scottish charity worker found in suitcase in Athens](https://pollar.news/en/event/athens-suitcase-victim-identified): Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, was accused of intentional homicide after the body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, was discovered in an abandoned building - [Several arrested after Monday night shooting in Cologne-Mülheim injures four](https://pollar.news/en/event/shooting-wounds-four-in-cologne): A dispute on Berliner Straße escalated into gunfire late Monday, leaving four people with gunshot and stab wounds. Police launched a large-s - [Gironde evacuees return home as France's largest wildfire since 1949 is declared fixed](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): Residents of Lège-Cap-Ferret and Le Porge were allowed back on 3 August after the 42,000-hectare blaze was contained, but anger is growing i - [Milan bids farewell to Franco Baresi: 'Immortal legend, a flag that will never stop waving'](https://pollar.news/en/event/milan-bids-farewell-to-baresi): Thousands of fans and former teammates gathered at Milan's Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio on 4 August 2026 for the funeral of Franco Baresi, the - [Severe storms with heavy rain follow heatwave in Germany, causing power outages and fallen trees](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-heatwave-to-hit-39c): After a heatwave swept across large parts of Germany, severe thunderstorms with heavy rain struck, toppling trees, damaging overhead lines, - [Ceuta migrant surge: Morocco warned Spain before 60,000 crossed, 88 died, and Europe's far right seized the moment](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-crisis-kills-88): Morocco says it alerted Madrid to a high risk of mass crossings days before roughly 60,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on 30 - [Michigan reports first two US deaths in cyclospora outbreak as cases top 11,000](https://pollar.news/en/event/cyclospora-outbreak-kills-two): Both victims had significant underlying health conditions, state officials said, as the nationwide outbreak surpasses 18,000 cases. - [Catalan statutory council rules housing speculation law unconstitutional](https://pollar.news/en/event/catalan-housing-law-unconstitutional): The Consell de Garanties Estatutàries found the proposal, backed by the Catalan government and left-wing parties, infringes property rights, - [Rhine water levels hit record lows, threatening German industry and energy supply](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-rivers-run-dry): The Rhine fell to its lowest recorded level at Kaub on Tuesday, dropping to 24 centimetres and undercutting the 2018 record. The early-seaso - [Poland braces for extreme heatwave with temperatures up to 38°C, storms in west](https://pollar.news/en/event/extreme-heatwave-hits-poland): The IMGW has issued tier III heat alerts for southeastern Poland, with temperatures forecast to reach 38°C, while western regions face sever - [US and Japan launch first joint yen-buying intervention since 1998 as Bessent's trader past meets policy](https://pollar.news/en/event/yen-won-surge-on-intervention): The US Treasury joined Japan in buying yen for the first time since 1998, using euros rather than dollars and a former hedge fund manager's - [Greece bids farewell to Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the last Karamanlis-era politician, at Athens funeral](https://pollar.news/en/event/varvitsiotis-funeral-held-in-athens): Family, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and hundreds of mourners gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens on 4 August to pay the - [SpaceX set to report first earnings as lockup expiration looms, stock down 20% from IPO](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-lock-up-test): SpaceX will report its first quarterly results as a public company today, with 912 million shares set to unlock on Thursday, threatening fur - [Venezuela earthquake death toll surpasses 6,000 as official missing count stays frozen at 157](https://pollar.news/en/event/6125-dead-in-venezuela-quakes): The confirmed death toll from the June 24 twin earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 6,125, with officials reporting 61,000 hospital visits, - [Seven state premiers oppose abolition of 'Rente mit 63' as Merz's pension reform timeline wobbles](https://pollar.news/en/event/east-german-pension-revolt): The five eastern German state premiers plus Saarland and Bremen want to keep the deduction-free pension after 45 contribution years, threate - [Iris Tió wins Spain's first gold at Paris 2026 European Aquatics Championships in solo technical by two tenths](https://pollar.news/en/event/tio-takes-european-gold): The 23-year-old Spaniard edged Belarusian Vasilina Khandoshka by 0.2433 points at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, securing her fo - [UFC flyweight Allan Nascimento dies at 34 after suffering heart attack in his sleep](https://pollar.news/en/event/ufcs-allan-nascimento-dies): The Brazilian flyweight was found unresponsive on Monday morning, 3 August, and pronounced dead at the scene. He was 34. - [Total solar eclipse to sweep across Spain on 12 August, first on Iberian Peninsula in over a century](https://pollar.news/en/event/century-long-eclipse-drought-ends-in-spain): On 12 August, the Moon's shadow will race from the Arctic across Greenland and Iceland before plunging a swath of northern Spain into darkne - [White House finalizes AI safety tests after OpenAI agent escapes and attacks Hugging Face](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-safety-tests-finalized-after-hack): The Trump administration has finalized details of voluntary cybersecurity tests for advanced AI models, after OpenAI and Anthropic each disc - [Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Pisa, felt from Livorno to Florence; public buildings evacuated, no injuries reported](https://pollar.news/en/event/quake-shakes-tuscany): The tremor at 10:15 on Tuesday 4 August, at a depth of 8 kilometres and with its epicentre 7 km west of Pisa, prompted precautionary evacuat - [Guatemala declares orange alert as Fuego volcano erupts, spewing lava and ash near capital](https://pollar.news/en/event/fuego-volcano-erupts-in-guatemala): Lava, gas and ash spew from Central America's most active volcano, 35 km from Guatemala City, as authorities evacuate nearby hamlets and clo - [Moldova limits elevator use and cuts lighting as energy crisis deepens; Romania restarts thermal plant](https://pollar.news/en/event/energy-crisis-hits-moldova-romania): Moldova's crisis commission adopted sweeping restrictions on 3 August, including a recommendation to avoid elevators during morning peak hou - [Mary Rivera, who played Ned's grandmother in Spider-Man: No Way Home, dies at 82](https://pollar.news/en/event/mary-rivera-dies-at-82): The Filipino-American actress, remembered for her cult scene with Andrew Garfield in the 2021 Marvel film, passed away in Honolulu on April - [PiS asks Constitutional Tribunal to block mandatory health education before 1 September school start](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-challenges-health-education): Przemysław Czarnek and PiS MPs submitted a motion to the Constitutional Tribunal on 4 August, seeking to strike down regulations making heal - [Romania’s Chamber adopts integrity law with amendments to oust Timișoara mayor and force president’s partner to declare assets](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-integrity-law-targets-fritz): Two amendments adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on Monday evening rewrite Romania’s integrity law to force Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz f - [Palantir revenue jumps 93% to $1.94 billion, raises full-year guidance](https://pollar.news/en/event/palantir-revenue-nearly-doubles): The data analytics firm reported $1.94 billion in second-quarter revenue, far above the $1.8 billion analysts expected, driven by booming US - [HSBC first-half profit jumps 23% to $19.5bn, announces $1bn buyback](https://pollar.news/en/event/hsbc-profit-beats-buyback): Higher interest rates and wealth management fees pushed pretax profit to $19.5 billion, beating estimates, as the lender also resumed share - [Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross in Naypyidaw, first visit by a foreign official since Myanmar's 2021 coup](https://pollar.news/en/event/suu-kyi-meets-red-cross): Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the ICRC's resident representative Arnaud de Baecque in Naypyidaw on 3 August 202 - [After 72 deaths in Ceuta, EU ministers hold emergency video conference as 22 states demand Schengen suspension for Spain](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-tackles-ceuta-crisis): The video conference, called at 10 a.m. by the Irish Council presidency, follows the entry of more than 60,000 migrants into the Spanish enc - [Blanche rescinds $1.776 billion fund to secure AG confirmation, but Trump's retroactive IRS immunity stays](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornyn-blocks-blanche-vote): Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally nullified the Justice Department's $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' on Sunday, satisfy - [Two hikers, 14 and 21, struck by lightning on Pyrenees trail, both in critical condition](https://pollar.news/en/event/two-hikers-struck-by-lightning): A 14-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man were hit by lightning on the GR10 trail near Cauterets at 2,700 metres altitude. Both were evacuated - [Ibex 35 closes at 19,982 points, within reach of 20,000 as oil tumbles on US-Iran talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/ibex-35-nears-20000): The Spanish benchmark rose 1.01% to 19,982.6 points on Monday after Brent crude slid 5-6% to around $83 a barrel, buoyed by Donald Trump’s a ## 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)