# 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 a more mature Ukrainian strike doctrine, chall - [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. - [Spain orders evacuation of entire Tiétar Valley as wildfires rage in Madrid and Ávila, with more than 60,000 displaced](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): The Spanish government assumed sole command and ordered the preventive evacuation of the entire Tiétar Valley in Ávila, affecting 30,000 peo - [India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns in victory for youth-led 'cockroach' movement after exam leaks](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down on Saturday after weeks of youth-led protests over leaked medical entrance exam papers, h - [Fakir autopsy finds blood in lungs and chest compression, lawyers clash over whether force or drugs caused Bologna death](https://pollar.news/en/event/bologna-police-custody-death): A preliminary autopsy on Abderrahim Fakir, the 42-year-old who died after being restrained by police in Bologna's Pilastro district on 19 Ju - [Saudi airstrikes hit Hodeidah, Houthis launch missile on Jizan after Red Sea blockade](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): Saudi Arabia struck Houthi military targets in Yemen's Hodeidah on Friday, and the rebels claimed a retaliatory missile attack on Jizan on S - [Trump orders Section 301 probe of the EU and threatens tariffs over $1 billion Google fine](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-threatens-eu-tariffs): The US president ordered a Section 301 investigation and warned of 'substantial' duties after Brussels fined Google €890 million for breachi - [Andy Burnham caps bus fares at £2, slashes VAT on electricity in first week as UK prime minister](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): The new Labour leader used social media and a flurry of cost-of-living measures to stamp his authority, while launching a northern ministeri - [Wildfires out of control in France and Spain as flames close on Bordeaux and Madrid](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): The Gironde fire has burned nearly 30,000 hectares since Wednesday and forced 110,000 people out, with 31,000 more in Landes. In Spain, 63,0 - [ICC member states vote 82-13 to remove prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims](https://pollar.news/en/event/icc-fires-karim-khan): The 82-13 secret ballot at UN headquarters in New York follows a two-year scandal over allegations he sexually assaulted a female aide. Khan - [LeBron James picks Philadelphia 76ers for final NBA chapter, signing two-year, $8 million deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/lebron-james-joins-76ers): LeBron James will finish his career with the Philadelphia 76ers after signing a two-year, $8 million deal on Friday, a move that instantly r - [Trump uses rescheduled press dinner to mock Democrats, journalists and a gunman who upended the original gala](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-skewers-press-at-dinner): Addressing roughly 700 guests at the Waldorf Astoria on Friday, the US president delivered an hour-long speech that veered from rally attack - [Paramount freezes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery merger until 2027 after state antitrust suits](https://pollar.news/en/event/paramount-warner-merger-blocked): Paramount Skydance agreed on Friday to pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until at least June 2027, sidestepping a - [Netanyahu launches West Bank operation, orders new settler outposts after clashes kill four Palestinians and two Israelis](https://pollar.news/en/event/west-bank-violence-kills-six): After settlers attacked a Palestinian village near Nablus, violence erupted, leaving four Palestinians and two Israelis dead. Benjamin Netan - [Trump defends free speech, jokes about third term at correspondents' dinner rescheduled after shooting](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-insults-third-term-tease): President Donald Trump, 80, spoke on July 24 at the Waldorf Astoria, three months after a gunman interrupted the original event. He gave rep - [FDA advisory panel, stacked with Kennedy appointees, votes to allow compounding of six unapproved peptides](https://pollar.news/en/event/fda-panel-eases-peptide-rules): The FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee recommended removing BPC-157, TB-500, KPV, MOTS-c, semax, and epitalon from a banned list, - [Morawiecki faction exits PiS after loyalty ultimatum; Kaczyński calls split 'very bad' for right-wing unity](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): Former PM Mateusz Morawiecki and about 40 MPs refused to sign a loyalty declaration, prompting PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński to announce the - [Belgium arrests Canadian SHAPE intern on suspicion of spying for third country](https://pollar.news/en/event/nato-intern-arrested-for-espionage): A Canadian woman of Chinese origin, an intern at NATO's SHAPE headquarters in Mons, was detained on Friday on suspicion of espionage for a t - [SpaceX Starship V3 completes first intact splashdown in 13th test flight, deploys 20 Starlink satellites](https://pollar.news/en/event/starship-v3-aces-test-flight): SpaceX's Starship V3 lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, deployed 20 next-generation Starlink satellites, and made history by splashing down - [Russia kills 10 at Kyiv defence expo, Zelenskyy says event should never have been held](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-drone-expo-struck): A Russian ballistic missile strike on a defence industry drone demonstration near Kyiv on Friday killed 10 people and injured nearly 100, pr - [Light aircraft strikes home in Ganderkesee, killing pilot; search for possible second person continues](https://pollar.news/en/event/plane-hits-house-pilot-dead): A single-engine light aircraft slammed into the roof of a single-family house in Ganderkesee near Bremen on Saturday morning, leaving the pi - [UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres begins three-day Syria visit, first by a UN chief in 17 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/un-chief-visits-syria): António Guterres arrived in Damascus on Saturday for a three-day trip aimed at supporting the country's political transition, more than a ye - [Marie-Paule Belle, voice of 'La Parisienne', dies at 80 after a half-century stage career](https://pollar.news/en/event/marie-paule-belle-dies-at-80): The singer and pianist, best known for the 1976 hit 'La Parisienne', died on 25 July 2026 in Neuilly-sur-Seine after a long illness, her pre - [Guardiola says no to Italy, Maldini turns to Pirlo in bid to end 12-year World Cup exile](https://pollar.news/en/event/pirlo-new-italy-coach): Pep Guardiola declined the Azzurri post for personal reasons, clearing the way for the 2006 World Cup winner to take over on a four-year dea - [Trump administration admits it canceled $7.5bn in clean energy grants based on states' voting patterns](https://pollar.news/en/event/grants-cut-for-political-reasons): A court filing reveals the Energy Department terminated $7.5 billion in Biden-era clean energy grants solely because recipients were in Demo - [Aston Martin brings 16 upgrades to Hungary as Newey targets 'at least a point and some dignity'](https://pollar.news/en/event/aston-martins-hungary-rescue-bid): Aston Martin arrived at the Hungaroring with a B-spec car carrying 16 new components, the first major update of a dismal season. Adrian Newe - [Euromillones holds scheduled 24 July draw across nine European nations; winning numbers not yet released](https://pollar.news/en/event/euromillones-draw-held-without-results): The twice-weekly Euromillones lottery took place as scheduled on Friday, 24 July 2026, at 21:00 hours. No winning combination was immediatel - [Gurjant Singh, wanted for double murder outside Covo Sikh temple, arrested in Birmingham](https://pollar.news/en/event/temple-murder-suspect-held): Gurjant Singh, 29, was taken into custody in Birmingham on 22 July, three months after the shooting of two men outside a Sikh cultural centr - [Two drones shot down over Romania in 24 hours: EU says 'security of Romania is Europe's'](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-backs-romania-on-drones): Two drone incursions into Romanian airspace in a single day were both neutralized by the same F-16 pilot. EU leaders responded by declaring - [Anthony Joshua weighs in at 251lbs ahead of Kristian Prenga fight, with Tyson Fury bout at stake](https://pollar.news/en/event/joshua-vs-prenga-preview): Former two-weight champion Anthony Joshua faces Kristian Prenga in Jeddah on Saturday, needing a win to set up a long-awaited heavyweight cl - [Wildfires in France and Spain force 141,000 evacuations, threaten Bordeaux and Madrid, hit NASA antennas](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-ravage-france-spain): Massive wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have driven over 141,000 people from their homes since Wednesday, as flames appro - [Qualcomm warns customers of double-digit chip price hikes starting September 1](https://pollar.news/en/event/qualcomm-double-digit-price-hike): The smartphone chipmaker tells clients it can no longer absorb rising supplier costs, pushing higher prices onto devices shipped after Septe - [Sinner and Djokovic withdraw from Montreal Masters, handing top seed to Zverev](https://pollar.news/en/event/sinner-djokovic-skip-montreal): World No.1 Jannik Sinner and No.7 Novak Djokovic have pulled out of the ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal, joining the injured Carlos Alcaraz on - [Two crashes on special stages halt Rajd Polski; four crew members hospitalised](https://pollar.news/en/event/rajd-polski-crashes-halt-stages): Two separate accidents on Saturday morning brought the 82nd Rajd Polski to a standstill. Four crew members were taken to hospital after cars - [Student beaten by two adults and ten minors in Bari park after trying to use public restroom](https://pollar.news/en/event/student-attacked-in-bari-park): A 26-year-old philosophy student, Giuditta, was kicked by a group of two adults and about ten children aged 8 to 14 in Parco Rossani, Bari. - [Southport killer transferred to Broadmoor as families warn of anniversary retraumatisation](https://pollar.news/en/event/southport-killer-moved-to-broadmoor): Axel Rudakubana, 19, was moved from Belmarsh prison to the high-security psychiatric hospital days before the second anniversary of the murd - [Trump warns Russia and China against arming Iran, says Xi and Putin promised no support](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-warns-moscow-and-beijing): The US president posted on Truth Social that Chinese and Russian leaders had assured him they would not arm Iran, but if they did it would b - [Trump tells journalists they will all be broke without him at rescheduled correspondents' dinner](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-slams-media-at-dinner): Speaking at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, President Trump told assembled journalists their business mode - [Poland names ski jumping squad for Wisła Summer Grand Prix with Tomasiak, Wąsek and two debutants](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-names-lgp-squad-for-wisla): Dawid Kubacki, Piotr Żyła, and Olympic medalist Kacper Tomasiak headline the 10-man roster for the August 1-2 event, while two women's spots - [Trump returns to WHCA gala after April attack, dons 'Trump 2028' hat and jokes about a third term](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-2028-hat-at-gala): Three months after an armed man tried to breach the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, President Donald Trump told a reschedule - [Mitsotakis warns of war drums in the region as he pledges full backing for Cyprus ahead of UN chief's visit](https://pollar.news/en/event/greece-cyprus-summit-before-un-visit): The Greek prime minister and the Cypriot president met in Athens on Saturday, with the Cyprus issue and the risk of escalation in the Red Se - [Midjourney acquires astrology app Co-Star, names founder Banu Guler chief design officer](https://pollar.news/en/event/midjourney-acquires-co-star): The AI startup behind popular image and video tools is purchasing the horoscope app with 4.3 million monthly users, bringing on founder Banu - [Gdańsk's 766th St. Dominic's Fair opens with 715 stalls and nearly 300 events over three weeks](https://pollar.news/en/event/766th-st-dominics-fair-begins): The 766th St. Dominic's Fair, one of Europe's oldest and largest open-air events, opens in Gdańsk on 25 July 2026 with over 700 stalls, near - [Nvidia, SK Group unveil $500bn-plus AI data centre and next-generation memory initiative](https://pollar.news/en/event/nvidia-sk-500bn-ai-plan): The US chipmaker and the South Korean conglomerate will collaborate on large-scale AI data centres, advanced memory supply, and a $1 billion - [Colo Colo signs Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha after World Cup heroics and a 30-million-follower Instagram surge](https://pollar.news/en/event/vozinha-signs-with-colo-colo): The 40-year-old Cape Verdean goalkeeper, whose saves against Spain and Argentina turned him into a social media phenomenon, will undergo med - [Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after tanker attacks, Houthis announce 'escalation for escalation'](https://pollar.news/en/event/red-sea-escalation-widens): Airstrikes hit telecoms facilities and Kamaran Island in Hodeidah province early Friday, a day after Houthi forces attacked two Saudi oil ta - [Trump signs order to post warning signs at Smithsonian museum over 'inaccurate' history exhibits](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-targets-museum-history): President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing warning signs to be placed outside the Smithsonian National Museum of A - [Chelsea in talks to sign Aston Villa set-piece coach Austin MacPhee, who helped Villa to 29 goals last season](https://pollar.news/en/event/chelsea-chase-macphee): The Scottish coach is leaving Villa after five years and seeking a new challenge, with Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr also interested. - [Four Palestinians killed in Tell as settler incursion sparks Israeli military sweep across the West Bank](https://pollar.news/en/event/west-bank-clashes-escalate): Four Palestinian men, all brothers or cousins, were killed on 24 July after armed Israeli settlers raided the village of Tell near Nablus, t - [Paramount pauses $111bn Warner Bros. takeover after 12 US states file antitrust suit](https://pollar.news/en/event/paramount-freezes-warner-takeover): Paramount has agreed to temporarily pause its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery after 12 US states, including California, f - [Madrid accuses 60 firefighters of 'chantaje' during wildfire emergency, studies legal action](https://pollar.news/en/event/firefighters-accused-of-blackmail): The regional government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso says 60 forest firefighters abandoned their posts and sought to manipulate emergency operations - [Wildfire in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real, forces confinement of Retamar and cuts N-420 before being controlled](https://pollar.news/en/event/retamar-confined-fire-controlled): A wildfire erupted Friday afternoon in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real, burning 60 hectares and prompting the confinement of Retamar. 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