# 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. - [Trump imposes forced labour tariffs on 60 nations as temporary 10% levy expires](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-tariffs-canada-50): The duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, took effect at midnight Eastern Time, replacing a 150-day stopgap levy and covering 99.4% of American - [France orders total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfire burns 8,700 hectares in Gironde](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): Authorities ordered the complete evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula early Friday after flames crossed a defensive line overnight, with b - [Spain wildfires: Madrid faces 'worst fire in history' as 20,000 evacuated and national emergency declared](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): Over 25,600 people have been evacuated and 63,500 confined across Spain this summer, with the Madrid region facing its most severe fire on r - [Morawiecki rejects PiS loyalty ultimatum, blames 'intriguers' as Kaczyński prepares statement](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): Former PM Mateusz Morawiecki refused to sign a loyalty declaration demanded by party leader Jarosław Kaczyński, as a midnight deadline passe - [Trump ties Saudi nuclear deal to Israel recognition, throwing agreement into doubt](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-ties-saudi-nuclear-deal-to-israel): A day after signing a multibillion-dollar civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Riyadh, President Trump declared it 'totally subject' - [Merz reshuffles German cabinet: Linnemann takes health, Warken moves to chancellery chief](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed on Friday that CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann will become health minister, while Nina Warken mo - [Houthis attack Saudi tankers in Red Sea, opening new front in US-Iran war as oil surges past $100](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi ports and struck two oil tankers in the Red Sea, drawing threats of 'major military - [Spain declares first national wildfire emergency as 10,000 flee Madrid blazes](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-ravage-southern-europe): More than 10,000 people evacuated near Madrid as Spain activates a national emergency for the first time over a wildfire. France calls for E - [Zapatero's first interview since indictment adds no new facts, prosecutor seeks expanded jewelry report](https://pollar.news/en/event/zapatero-silent-on-jewels): Former Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero broke two months of silence on TVE but offered no new evidence, while Anticorruption prosecut - [Volkswagen profit drops 32.9% in Q2 as China sales collapse; group cuts full-year revenue forecast and plans up to 50,000 more job cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/vw-profit-plunges-33): Net income fell to €1.54 billion in the second quarter, down from €2.29 billion a year earlier, while deliveries in China tumbled more than - [Jürgen Klopp appointed Germany head coach as DFB reshapes leadership with Mertesacker and Kosicke](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopp-to-coach-germany): The 59-year-old succeeds Julian Nagelsmann after the World Cup last-16 exit, with Per Mertesacker set to become managing director of sport f - [US imposes 10%–12.5% tariffs on over 60 trading partners using forced-labour law, just as Supreme Court-blocked levy expires](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-new-tariff-offensive): Washington imposes new tariffs on more than 60 trading partners today, just as the temporary 10% global levy expires. Rates reach 12.5% for - [Sassuolo's Cristian Volpato allegedly tests positive for cocaine after two speeding stops in Sydney](https://pollar.news/en/event/volpato-cocaine-test-positive): The 22-year-old Australia midfielder was stopped twice on the Anzac Bridge within two hours, first for driving up to 94 km/h and then 109 km - [Johnny Depp surprises Comic-Con as Ebenezer Scrooge, unveils first trailer for 'Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol'](https://pollar.news/en/event/depp-returns-as-scrooge): In full Victorian costume, the actor emerged from a replica shop in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter to promote his first major Hollywood film si - [Spain declares state of emergency in Madrid region as wildfires force 10,000 evacuations](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-force-madrid-state-of-emergency): Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced the measure overnight as three large fires burn near the capital, with high-speed rail - [Merz sacks Transport Minister Schnieder as cabinet reshuffle widens after Spahn exit](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-sacks-transport-minister): Chancellor Friedrich Merz removes Patrick Schnieder as transport minister, citing dissatisfaction with his handling of the rail network and - [SAP cloud revenue beats estimates, but profit miss and acquisition costs trim 2026 outlook](https://pollar.news/en/event/sap-cloud-beats-profit-trimmed): Cloud revenue rose 24% to €6.28 billion, while operating profit fell short of analyst forecasts and the 2026 profit target was lowered after - [Driver dressed as Spider-Man pushes wheelchair user across six-lane road in Jonesboro, Arkansas](https://pollar.news/en/event/spider-mans-roadside-rescue): Christopher Hellenthal, 20, was driving home from a superhero event when he saw a man in a wheelchair struggling to cross a six-lane road in - [India's 'Cockroach' protests swell as Modi offers fast-track courts and a rare video appeal](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Tens of thousands have gathered in New Delhi for days, demanding the education minister's resignation after medical entrance exam leaks affe - [Ukrainian drones hit Wildberries logistics centres in Saint Petersburg and Crimea, as week-long attacks kill 9 and injure over 75](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-strikes-hit-russian-amazon): Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks ignited fires at Wildberries warehouses in Saint Petersburg's outskirts and Crimea, marking the fifth stri - [Russian drones detected 33 km from Romanian border; RO-Alert issued in Tulcea, helicopter scrambled](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-near-romanian-border): Romanian radar picked up a group of aerial targets at 00:10 on 24 July, about 33 km north of the Danube border, following Russian strikes on - [Gloria-Sophie Burkandt, daughter of Bavaria's Markus Söder, details school beatings and anorexia in ProSieben documentary](https://pollar.news/en/event/soeders-daughter-on-bullying-ordeal): In the ProSieben series 'Born Famous', 27-year-old Gloria-Sophie Burkandt describes being beaten by classmates and buying shin guards for pr - [Brazil report blames icing, pilot distraction, and Voepass safety failures for 2024 crash that killed 62](https://pollar.news/en/event/icing-blamed-for-2024-crash): Brazilian investigators cite severe icing, de-icing system failures, and crew distraction in the August 2024 Voepass crash that killed all 6 - [Spain's Morant likens PP and Vox to Hitler, PP demands her resignation](https://pollar.news/en/event/morants-hitler-comparison): Science Minister Diana Morant said the PP's drift toward the far right resembles Hitler's path, drawing immediate backlash from the PP, whic - [Phone scammers steal €310,000 in cash, gold and jewellery in Birkenfeld district](https://pollar.news/en/event/310k-phone-scam-spree): Four victims handed over valuables after fraudsters posed as police and demanded bail for fictitious accidents. - [US imposes 12.5% tariff on Swiss goods over forced labor, EU pays 10%; Swiss industry warns of competitive disadvantage](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-tariffs-hit-switzerland): The United States has imposed a 12.5% import tariff on Swiss goods, effective 24 July, citing insufficient action against forced labor. The - [Merz reshuffles German cabinet after Spahn resignation, signals further changes before state votes](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-german-cabinet): Chancellor Friedrich Merz replaced his chancellery chief and health minister on Friday, with the transport minister also expected to depart, - [Mapfre acquires US insurer Safety for $1.54bn as H1 profit climbs 9.4%](https://pollar.news/en/event/mapfres-154bn-us-buy): Spanish insurer Mapfre agreed to acquire Massachusetts-based Safety Insurance for $1.54 billion in cash, a 44% premium, while reporting a 9. - [Gerardina Trovato cancels summer tour after throat cyst diagnosis, faces two urgent surgeries](https://pollar.news/en/event/trovato-tour-halted-by-cyst): The Italian singer-songwriter announced on Instagram that a cyst pressing on her vocal cords requires two operations, forcing her to suspend - [Volkswagen profit plunges 30.7% as China sales collapse and restructuring costs bite](https://pollar.news/en/event/vw-profit-slumps-30): The German automaker reported net profit of €3.1 billion for the first half of 2026, down from €4.5 billion a year earlier, while Spanish su - [Seoul court orders SK Group's Chey Tae-won to pay ex-wife $644m in record divorce settlement](https://pollar.news/en/event/sk-chiefs-644m-divorce-ruling): Seoul High Court orders Chey Tae-won to pay Roh Soh-yeong 944bn won after a decade-long legal battle over assets including SK Hynix shares. - [US Justice Department withdraws subpoenas against New York Times journalists over Air Force One security reports](https://pollar.news/en/event/nyt-subpoenas-withdrawn): Federal prosecutors agreed to withdraw subpoenas seeking phone records and testimony from three New York Times journalists during a Manhatta - [22-year-old student dies after fall from third floor at Guardia di Finanza school in L'Aquila](https://pollar.news/en/event/student-dies-at-gdf-school): The 22-year-old first-year student fell from her room's window on Wednesday afternoon and succumbed to severe head and pelvic injuries overn - [France wildfires: 8,500 hectares burned, up to 29,000 evacuated, EU sends firefighting planes](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfires-eu-sends-planes): Multiple fires in Gironde, Landes and Var have burned more than 8,500 hectares, prompting the evacuation of up to 29,000 people. President M - [Banco Sabadell shares jump 4% as H1 profit hits €971m and buyback announced](https://pollar.news/en/event/sabadell-posts-971m-h1-profit): The Spanish lender reported a slight dip in net profit for the first half of 2026, but quarterly revenue trends turned positive and a new sh - [Spain declares national emergency as wildfires near Madrid force 10,000 evacuations; France requests EU firefighting planes](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-france-battle-wildfires): Fires within 100 km of Madrid have forced 10,000 evacuations and a national emergency declaration, while France requests EU firefighting air - [Wolf attack in Tuscany: family dog killed, but police contradict child-rescue story](https://pollar.news/en/event/tuscany-wolf-attack-disputed): A family's account of their dog saving a toddler from a wolf in Orbicciano, Italy, has been challenged by local authorities, who say the dog - [King Charles and Queen Camilla emerge from Tardis to open 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow](https://pollar.news/en/event/tardis-opens-commonwealth-games): The 23rd Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow with a pared-back indoor ceremony at the Hydro arena, as King Charles III and Queen Camilla em - [Commercial ship carrying US coal to Ukraine damaged by possible drone or mine off Romanian coast](https://pollar.news/en/event/black-sea-ship-damaged): The Christiana B, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, was en route from Norfolk, Virginia to Ukraine when it sustained damage to its No. 6 hold - [Three directors of Romanian state-owned armament plants detained by anti-corruption prosecutors on bribery charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanian-armament-directors-detained): Mihai Rafiu, Tiberiu Alexandru Pîrvu and Liliana Sorescu were taken into custody overnight and face a court hearing on Friday, 24 July, over - [Mary Linda laid to rest in Athens: daughter Evangelia, Parliament President Kaklamanis attend funeral](https://pollar.news/en/event/last-goodbye-to-mary-linda): The funeral of Greek laiko singer Mary Linda took place at the Athens Nursing Home chapel, where she spent her last eight years, with burial - [EKAB rescuer stabbed to death in Ano Syros: couple says she tried to rob them, rent dispute also investigated](https://pollar.news/en/event/ekab-rescuer-killed-in-syros): A 41-year-old EKAB rescuer died after being stabbed in the back during a confrontation at a house in Ano Syros. The couple who lived there s - [French judges add racism aggravating circumstance to Crépol murder charges after anti-white witness accounts](https://pollar.news/en/event/crepol-charges-now-racist): Investigating judges in the 2023 Crépol murder case have added the aggravating circumstance of racism against 'the white race and the French - [Bank employee killed in knife attack at Regensburg branch; 20-year-old suspect arrested after three-hour standoff](https://pollar.news/en/event/one-dead-in-regensburg-bank-attack): A 20-year-old German man was arrested after a knife attack at a HypoVereinsbank branch in Regensburg left a male employee dead. Police initi - [Spanish police dismantle arms and drug ring in Málaga, seizing 36 assault rifles and 120 kg of cocaine](https://pollar.news/en/event/mlaga-arms-and-drug-bust): Four arrested after National Police operation uncovers assault rifles, hand grenades, cocaine, hashish, ecstasy, and tusi across multiple mu - [EU fines Google €890 million for favouring its own services in Search and restricting app developers on Play Store](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-fines-google-890m): The European Commission fined Google €890 million for self-preferencing its own services in Search results and restricting app developers on - [Kozo Okamoto, Japanese militant behind 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack, dies at 78 in Beirut](https://pollar.news/en/event/kozo-okamoto-dies-at-78): The former Japanese Red Army member, who killed 26 people at Lod Airport in 1972, spent decades in Lebanese exile after a 1985 prisoner swap - [Burnham cuts business rates for England's pubs by 20% but industry calls £1,100 saving a 'drop in the ocean'](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): The new prime minister's third major policy in as many days offers a 20% business rates cut for England's pubs, clubs and music venues from - [Czech army grounds Venom and Viper helicopters after fatal crash at Náměšť base, one soldier dead, four injured](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-czech-helicopter-crash): A UH-1Y Venom helicopter crashed during landing at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base in Náměšť nad Oslavou on 23 July, killing one soldier and in - [Charli xcx swaps club beats for distorted guitars on 'Music, Fashion, Film', a 30-minute dissection of fame](https://pollar.news/en/event/charli-xcxs-post-brat-pivot): The 11-track LP, produced with A.G. 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