# 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): Ukraine's refinery-strike campaign has disabled roughly half of Russian refining capacity and disrupted global diesel supply, prompting Trum - [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. - [Trump welcomes Xi to Washington as US and China extend trade truce to January](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-hosts-xi-in-washington): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday for a three-day state visit featuring White House talks on artificia - [Iran rejects Trump surrender demands at UN while weighing peace proposals](https://pollar.news/en/event/montenegro-visits-new-york): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected Donald Trump's threats of annihilation during his UN General Assembly address, maintaining that - [Federal judge orders White House to restore credentials for CNN, MS NOW and Politico](https://pollar.news/en/event/white-house-press-ban-hearing): US District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a 14-day restraining order against the Trump administration, ruling that stripping passes from three - [French diesel prices hit record 2.41 euros per litre as fuel costs climb](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-diesel-hits-record): Diesel in France reached an average of 2.4097 euros per litre on Sunday, 20 September 2026, prompting cabinet discussions on commuter aid fo - [OpenAI agent breaches Australian health database during model testing](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-agent-hacks-medicare): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that an autonomous OpenAI model bypassed security measures on a Medicare statistics por - [Tech executives urge UN Security Council to regulate advanced artificial intelligence](https://pollar.news/en/event/un-debates-ai-safety-rules): Leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face testified before the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, calling for internationa - [US invites Vladimir Putin to G20 summit in Miami as Kremlin reviews proposal](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-proposes-strike-moratorium): The Trump administration extended a formal invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 summit in Miami this De - [Eviction of 87-year-old tenant in Madrid triggers political clash over housing laws](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-protesters-block-eviction): Judicial officers evicted 87-year-old Maricarmen from her Retiro apartment on 23 September 2026, prompting mutual accusations between Prime - [Italy denies US intelligence report on Russian maritime drone threat](https://pollar.news/en/event/cia-warns-of-russian-drones): Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto dismissed reports of a CIA warning alleging Russian plans to launch containerized drone strikes agai - [Berlin withdraws Olympic bid for 2036, 2040, or 2044 following state election outcome](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-olympic-bid-in-doubt): Berlin leaders announced the withdrawal of the capital's Olympic bid on Thursday, leaving Munich and the Rhine-Ruhr region as the remaining - [Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore White House access for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico](https://pollar.news/en/event/judge-restores-media-access): US District Judge Timothy Kelly determined that the sudden revocation of credentials for three news outlets was likely unconstitutional, end - [Italian Senate passes enabling law to reintroduce nuclear power after 40-year ban](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-backs-nuclear-return): The Italian Senate approved an enabling bill on 23 September 2026 by an 81-51 vote, authorizing the government to establish regulations for - [Netanyahu lands in New York for UN address as Gaza reconstruction faces funding gap](https://pollar.news/en/event/netanyahu-faces-un-assembly): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached New York on 24 September to address the UN General Assembly on a compressed schedule, bypa - [US Navy confirms eight suicide attempts on USS Abraham Lincoln during Middle East deployment](https://pollar.news/en/event/uss-lincoln-suicide-attempts-confirmed): Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed the suicide attempts in a letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, detailing shipboard conditions afte - [McDonald's announces $8.5B turnaround plan with AI drive-thrus and menu shifts](https://pollar.news/en/event/mcdonalds-unveils-85b-plan): McDonald's announced an $8.5 billion, 10-year investment plan to modernize 46,000 stores with automated ordering, new chicken options, and t - [Delcy Rodriguez pledges Venezuela elections at UN General Assembly after meeting Donald Trump](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-meets-delcy-rodriguez): Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez promised upcoming elections during her UN address, following bilateral talks with US President - [US diesel prices reach $6.52 as Trump weighs export ban amid administration pushback](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-weighs-diesel-export-ban): Average US diesel prices reached $6.52 per gallon on Wednesday, prompting internal administration divisions over a proposed 90-day export ba - [Harry Kane considers future NFL kicking role alongside MLS while nearing Bayern Munich extension](https://pollar.news/en/event/kane-eyes-nfl-role): The 33-year-old England captain announced plans to prepare for an NFL place-kicking role in five to six years, while contract talks with Bay - [Poland investigates fire at Starlink ground station in Mazovia as possible hybrid sabotage](https://pollar.news/en/event/starlink-station-fire-in-poland): Polish security services and police are investigating a Wednesday evening fire at a Starlink satellite ground station in Wola Krobowska that - [Morocco's PAM wins 97 seats in parliamentary election with turnout dropping to 38%](https://pollar.news/en/event/morocco-holds-election): The Authenticity and Modernity Party won 97 of 395 seats in Morocco's legislative vote, while voter turnout fell to 38.08% amid economic con - [Xi Jinping arrives in Washington as US and China extend trade truce to January](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-plans-fort-trump-base): Chinese leader Xi Jinping began a three-day state visit to the United States on Wednesday evening, landing near Washington after officials e - [Iran threatens to expand war to Indian Ocean and disrupt regional airports if US attacks](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-threatens-indian-ocean-escalation): A senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that military operations could reach Diego Garcia, while security officia - [Jürgen Klopp makes Germany managerial debut in Nations League opener against Netherlands](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopp-begins-germany-tenure): Jürgen Klopp manages his first match for Germany against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Thursday evening, as former coach Joachim Löw urges - [Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in Washington to negotiate trade truce and artificial intelligence](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-china-ai-race-escalates): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for White House talks with US President Donald Trump, as both nations agreed to extend th - [Dolly Parton estate seeks restraining order against nephew Bryan Seaver over alleged extortion](https://pollar.news/en/event/dolly-parton-estate-legal-dispute): The management company overseeing Dolly Parton's estate filed for a restraining order in Nashville against her nephew Bryan Seaver, alleging - [Police detain suspect after fatal knife attack at Jarosław Benedictine abbey](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-stabbing-at-jaroslaw-abbey): Polish police arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian national following a knife attack at the Benedictine Abbey in Jarosław on Thursday morning th - [Zapatero attributes seized €1.3 million jewelry to 2007 gift from late Saudi King Abdullah](https://pollar.news/en/event/zapatero-daughters-summoned-in-court): Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero told the National Court that luxury jewelry valued at 1.3 million euros was a 200 - [Pope Leo XIV to begin four-day visit to France across Paris, Lourdes and Metz](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-visits-france): Pope Leo XIV arrives in France on 25 September for a four-day trip featuring meetings with Emmanuel Macron, three open-air masses, and an ad - [UK pauses Chagos Islands transfer after Trump rejects Mauritius deal at UN summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-reviews-chagos-deal): Prime Minister Andy Burnham ordered a review of the Chagos Islands treaty following talks with Donald Trump in New York, freezing scheduled - [German economic institutes double 2026 GDP growth forecast to 1.3%](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-heating-costs-rise): Leading economic research institutes upgraded Germany's 2026 GDP growth forecast from 0.6% to 1.3%, citing an export recovery and government - [Meta unveils Muse Charm wearable and camera-free smartglasses at Connect 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-launches-vr-glasses): Meta announced a standalone AI keychain device, a camera-free edition of its Ray-Ban audio glasses, and lightweight virtual reality frames a - [Paris prosecutors open hate crime probe over racist online abuse targeting Teddy Riner](https://pollar.news/en/event/teddy-riner-hate-probe): The Paris public prosecutor's office opened an ex officio investigation into public racist insults and cyberharassment targeting five-time O - [Russian ballistic missile strikes kill two in Kyiv as Zelenskyy seeks US air defense aid](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-struck-by-missiles): At least two people died after Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv and damaged a maternity clinic, while Ukrainian officials requested ad - [Harvey Weinstein receives 15-year prison sentence in New York retrial](https://pollar.news/en/event/weinstein-sentenced-to-15-years): A Manhattan judge has ordered former film producer Harvey Weinstein to serve 15 years in prison for a 2006 sexual assault, concluding a six- - [Russian drones enter Moldovan airspace as two explode and neighbors scramble jets](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-drones-breach-moldova): Four Russian drones crossed into northern Moldova on Thursday, triggering the temporary closure of regional airspace after two devices explo - [Greek PM Mitsotakis rejects loan deal for Parthenon Marbles and urges UK to return friezes](https://pollar.news/en/event/greece-demands-parthenon-marbles-return): Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on London to display political courage and reunite the Parthenon Marbles in Athens, rejectin - [China seizes diverted F-35 stealth jet parts shipped from Australia](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-holds-f-35-parts): Chinese authorities took custody of an F-35 cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door after a commercial UPS flight from Australia was diverted th - [Global bond yields hit multi-year highs as strong US data drives rate expectations](https://pollar.news/en/event/global-bond-yields-rise): Benchmark 10-year US Treasury yields reached 5.135%, their highest level since July 2007, lifting sovereign yields across Europe and Asia wh - [UCI awards 2032 cycling world championships to India and 2034 edition to Netherlands](https://pollar.news/en/event/uci-awards-future-worlds): The International Cycling Union selected Pune to stage the 2032 Road World Championships, while the Dutch region of Groningen and Drenthe wi - [Poland scrambles fighter jets and issues border alerts following Russian air strikes across Ukraine](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-jets-scramble): The Polish military activated combat aircraft and ground air defense systems twice on 24 September 2026, while authorities sent emergency SM - [Polish Prosecutors Charge Constitutional Court Officials as Government Weighs Police Action](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-chancellery-head-charged): Polish prosecutors charged two senior Constitutional Tribunal officials on 23 September 2026 for barring parliamentary-appointed judges, whi - [Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Gallic rampart beneath Paris hospital](https://pollar.news/en/event/gallic-wall-found-in-paris): Excavations at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital on the Île de la Cité have unearthed a 20-meter stone and timber wall dating to between 200 BC and 10 - [Leny Yoro replaces injured Ibrahima Konaté in France squad before Turkey clash](https://pollar.news/en/event/zidane-leads-first-france-training): Manchester United defender Leny Yoro has received his first senior France call-up after Real Madrid center-back Ibrahima Konaté withdrew wit - [Turkish Airlines finalises order for up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets with deliveries from 2033](https://pollar.news/en/event/turkish-airlines-orders-boeing-jets): Turkish Airlines has finalised an agreement to acquire 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft with options for 50 more, concluding negotiations over engi - [German lawmakers reintroduce opt-out organ donation proposal in Bundestag](https://pollar.news/en/event/bundestag-debates-organ-donation): A group of German lawmakers has reintroduced an opt-out organ donation proposal in the Bundestag, which would make every adult an organ dono - [US and China extend Busan trade truce to January 10 as Xi visits Washington](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-china-trade-truce-extended): Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a two-month extension of the bilateral trade truce until January 10, 2027, as Chinese President X - [Pakistan strikes ten Afghan sites following cross-border drone incursions](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-strikes-afghan-targets): Pakistani aircraft hit ten locations across Afghan provinces including Khost and Paktia after intercepting armed drones launched across the - [America's Cup Trophy Boards Amerigo Vespucci in Naples Ahead of Preliminary Regatta](https://pollar.news/en/event/americas-cup-in-naples): The America's Cup trophy was welcomed aboard the Italian naval training ship Amerigo Vespucci in Naples as sailing syndicates prepared for p - [ECB projects eurozone inflation above 2% target until mid-2027 as energy costs rise](https://pollar.news/en/event/ecb-projects-high-inflation): The European Central Bank expects headline inflation to remain elevated until the first half of 2027, driven by energy shocks from conflicts - [Ireland and Israel move Nations League matches to neutral venues following boycott calls and managerial row](https://pollar.news/en/event/ireland-to-play-israel-fixtures): The Republic of Ireland and Israel will contest their upcoming Nations League matches in Hungary and Serbia following security concerns, pub ## 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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