# 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 - [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 - [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 - [PiS disciplinary process against 44 parliamentarians begins; Morawiecki resigns ECR chair](https://pollar.news/en/event/kurski-silenced-after-rant): The Political Committee of Poland's Law and Justice party referred the cases of 44 MPs, senators and MEPs who did not file the required loya - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Zidane Becomes France Head Coach, Mbappé Says 'Welcome Home' After Deschamps Era Ends](https://pollar.news/en/event/zidane-takes-france-job): The French Football Federation confirmed Zinedine Zidane, 54, as the new manager of Les Bleus on a four-year deal running through the 2030 W - [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 - [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 - [Trump meets Zelenskyy and Netanyahu in back-to-back Oval Office talks on dual conflicts](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-questions-israels-survival): On the sidelines of Senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed for a domestic Patriot missile licence while Isr - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [FIFA's $20bn plan to sell World Cup stake to Kushner fund sparks UEFA fury](https://pollar.news/en/event/fifas-20bn-world-cup-gamble): FIFA announced a plan to create a $20bn commercial subsidiary and sell a minority stake to private investors led by Joshua Kushner's Thrive - [Tusk blames right-wing politicians after brutal assault on Ukrainian couple in Wroclaw](https://pollar.news/en/event/wroclaw-hate-crime-attack): The attack on 20-year-old Anastazja and 21-year-old Maksym on 26 July was filmed and shared widely; two suspects are in custody, with one al - [Spain's Cucurella gets De la Fuente's face tattooed on his arm after World Cup promise](https://pollar.news/en/event/cucurella-honours-world-cup-tattoo-bet): The defender unveiled the tattoo on his left arm nine days after Spain's 1-0 World Cup final victory over Argentina in New York, keeping a v - [Germany Deports 31 Afghans in Night Flight, Including First Non-Criminal Since Taliban Takeover](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-expands-afghan-deportations): A charter flight carried 30 convicted offenders and one man required to leave from Leipzig to Kabul early Tuesday, marking an expansion of B - [Zelensky secures Patriot missile license talks in 'good meeting' with Trump at White House](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-trump-patriot-talks): The Ukrainian leader pushed for US cooperation to produce Patriot interceptors as Russia fired 120 ballistic missiles in July alone, only 35 - [Romania approves 6,850 healthcare posts after child's death, PSD calls it 'memorandum of despair'](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-unlocks-6850-health-posts): The interim government held an emergency evening session to approve recruitment for 6,850.75 vacant positions, while the opposition Social D - [Barcelona president Joan Laporta recovers from cardiac arrhythmia, will skip Birmingham friendly](https://pollar.news/en/event/laporta-recovers-from-arrhythmia): FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta announced on Instagram that doctors successfully corrected a cardiac arrhythmia. He will miss the club's - [Global chip stocks fall as China's DUV breakthrough and AI funding fears trigger selloff](https://pollar.news/en/event/asia-chip-selloff-deepens): South Korea's KOSPI closed down 10.8% and trading was briefly halted after reports that a Chinese state-backed firm began mass-producing adv - [Moguer opens an inquiry into viral assault of a minor as attacker’s mother pleads for an end to online threats and harassment](https://pollar.news/en/event/moguer-viral-assault-fallout): Andalusia’s media watchdog has asked TikTok to remove a violent video of four minors attacking a girl in Moguer, Huelva, while the mother of - [Chega leader André Ventura reports Parliament office ransacked; documents and USB drives missing, PJ investigating](https://pollar.news/en/event/ventura-office-ransacked-at-parliament): The office of Chega president André Ventura in Portugal's Assembly of the Republic was found ransacked on the morning of 28 July 2026, with - [Barclays half-year profit rises 17% to £6.1bn, upgrades outlook and boosts bonuses; Asia investment banking push gains traction](https://pollar.news/en/event/barclays-profit-up-17): Pre-tax profit hit £6.1 billion, beating forecasts, while the bonus pool rose almost 30% to £1.3 billion, prompting calls for higher bank ta - [Zelenskyy presses Trump for Patriot missile production license in private White House meeting](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelenskyy-seeks-patriot-deal): Ukraine's president pressed Donald Trump to greenlight domestic manufacturing of Patriot interceptor missiles during a closed-door White Hou - [Six months after Storm Kristin, central Portugal grapples with over 200,000 damaged homes and a slow recovery](https://pollar.news/en/event/kristin-recovery-stalls): Half a year after the 28 January tempest, the central region counts 200,000+ housing claims, 83.5 million euros in state payouts against 105 - [IFAB: VAR wrong to send off Switzerland's Embolo in World Cup quarter-final against Argentina](https://pollar.news/en/event/embolo-red-card-error): The IFAB circular states the mistaken identity rule cannot be used to change the nature of an offence, meaning Breel Embolo's second yellow - [Greek Parliament speaker refers New Democracy MP Dimitris Kyriazidis to ethics committee over plenary remarks about Zoe Konstantopoulou](https://pollar.news/en/event/mp-kyriazidis-ethics-referral): Parliament speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis sent the case to the Ethics Committee after Kyriazidis' remarks against Plefsis Eleftherias leader Zoe - [Johnson & Johnson offers $5.5 billion to settle 76,000 talc cancer lawsuits, ending decade-long battle](https://pollar.news/en/event/jj-55bn-talc-settlement): The pharmaceutical giant aims to end a decade-long legal battle with a $5.5 billion offer that covers nearly all remaining talc claims in th - [Vox threatens to break Seville pact with PP after mosque license approval](https://pollar.news/en/event/seville-mosque-license-approved): Seville's city council approved a permit for a mosque and Islamic cultural center in the Polígono Sur district on Tuesday, prompting Vox to - [Ariana Grande sues hackers over leaks of 45 unreleased songs in 2023, hundreds since 2011](https://pollar.news/en/event/grande-sues-music-hackers): The pop star filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday, alleging hackers stole 45 songs in 2023 alone and have leaked hundreds of tracks sinc - [Spain's unemployment rate falls below 10% as employment hits record 22.78 million](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-jobless-rate-below-10): Unemployment fell by 213,300 in the second quarter to 2.5 million, pushing the rate to 9.87%, while the number of people in work reached an - [Fourth heatwave hits Trentino-Alto Adige, freezing level climbs to 4,900 metres](https://pollar.news/en/event/fourth-heatwave-hits-italy): The African anticyclone is driving a fourth heatwave of the season across Trentino-Alto Adige, with the freezing level reaching 4,900 metres - [Daniel Obajtek charged with false testimony and pulling weekly from Orlen shelves, calls charges a source of pride](https://pollar.news/en/event/obajtek-charged): The former Orlen chief was charged in two cases at the Warsaw Regional Prosecutor's Office on 28 July 2026, while PiS politicians demonstrat - [Stellantis sells Free2move car-sharing unit to Mutares, doubling down on core vehicle production](https://pollar.news/en/event/stellantis-sells-free2move-unit): The automaker will divest its entire stake in the car-sharing platform, which operates in 14 cities across Europe and the US, as part of its - [Burnham welcomes Zelenskyy as first foreign visitor, pledges social care reform in opening week](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): New UK prime minister Andy Burnham hosted Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Portsmouth naval base on Monday, announcing new drone-jamming technology, w - [English football to trial rule removing outfield player after goalkeeper treatment to end tactical stoppages](https://pollar.news/en/event/trial-to-stop-tactical-keeper-stoppages): From August 1, English football will test a new system that forces a team to remove an outfield player for one minute whenever a goalkeeper - [Trump to host Netanyahu and Zelenskiy at the White House as Iran and Ukraine wars enter critical phases](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-netanyahu-zelenskiy-to-meet): The US president will hold back-to-back meetings with the Israeli and Ukrainian leaders, both in Washington for Senator Lindsey Graham's fun - [Rhineland-Palatinate CDU cancels Merz meeting as party fury over Schnieder sacking grows](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): The Rhineland-Palatinate CDU parliamentary group cancels a September meeting with the chancellor, citing 'lack of trust and appreciation' af - [Poland's foreign ministry blasts Putin's 'primitive disinformation' on western Ukraine](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-slams-putins-territorial-claims): Polish authorities have issued a sharp rebuttal after Vladimir Putin said Ukraine would eventually lose its western regions to neighbours in - [House Democrat opens investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino over Trump ties](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-faces-congress-probe): Jamie Raskin demands documents, visitor logs, and a transcribed interview by 9 August, citing a peace prize, a Trump Tower office, and the l ## 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 - 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