# 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 continues to compress competitive advantage cycles and test regulatory guardrails, whil
- [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 legal countermea
- [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war is defined by reciprocal long-range strikes on economic infrastructure, with Ukraine targeting Russian refineries and logistics whil
- [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.

- [Glacier collapse triggers fatal floods along Nepal-China border, leaving over 360 dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/deadly-himalayan-flash-floods-strike): A detached glacier near Langtang Lirung sent ice and debris into border rivers on 26 August, killing at least 362 people and damaging six hy
- [Meta agrees to 18 billion dollar child safety settlement with US states as critics question protections](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-settles-youth-addiction-lawsuits): Meta Platforms agreed to pay up to $18 billion over a decade to resolve state lawsuits over youth mental health, prompting criticism from wh
- [UEFA prepares Swiss criminal complaint against FIFA chief Gianni Infantino over $20 billion World Cup rights plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-prepares-infantino-complaint): European football's governing body has filed petitions in US federal courts to obtain testimony from Thrive Capital and FIFA entities ahead 
- [Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, known for polka dots and infinity rooms, dies at 97](https://pollar.news/en/event/yayoi-kusama-dies-at-97): The Japanese avant-garde pioneer died from multiple organ failure on 14 August 2026 after a seven-decade career spanning New York and Tokyo.
- [Former Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladic Dies in The Hague at Age 84](https://pollar.news/en/event/ratko-mladic-dies-at-84): Convicted of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the former military chief passed away in a Dutch hospital while serving a life sente
- [Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America amid tariff dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-renames-lake-ontario): US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America following the collapse
- [Trump and Kremlin dismiss reports that CIA director warned Russia over NATO](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-military-plane-reaches-moscow): Following a covert visit to Moscow by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin, and EU officials rejected reports
- [Driver kills two and injures nine in car ramming outside Caen railway station](https://pollar.news/en/event/car-strikes-caen-crowd): A 26-year-old driver killed two men and injured nine others after intentionally striking pedestrians at a bus shelter outside Caen railway s
- [Atletico Madrid rules out Julian Alvarez transfer to Barcelona following dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/barcelona-pursue-julian-alvarez): Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin confirmed that striker Julian Alvarez will not be sold to FC Barcelona under any circ
- [Russian air defence lieutenant colonel killed by car bomb in Saint Petersburg](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-officer-killed-in-bombing): A bomb placed under a vehicle in southern Saint Petersburg killed an air defence lieutenant colonel and hospitalised his wife on 27 August 2
- [Polish Olympic head Radosław Piesiewicz detained over Zondacrypto fraud inquiry](https://pollar.news/en/event/zondacrypto-head-turns-witness): Officers from the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime took Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz into custody on 27 Aug
- [King Harald V of Norway in very serious condition at 89 as royal family gathers in Oslo](https://pollar.news/en/event/norway-royals-mark-silver-jubilee): The Royal House of Norway announced that 89-year-old King Harald V is in very serious condition at Oslo's Rikshospitalet following complicat
- [Thieves steal Bronze Age Villena gold treasure in four-minute Spanish museum heist](https://pollar.news/en/event/treasure-of-villena-stolen): Three hooded thieves broke into the Villena Archaeological Museum in Alicante at dawn on Thursday, stealing most of a 3,000-year-old collect
- [Police Detain 19-Year-Old After Fatal Knife Attack at School in Gosen-Neu Zittau](https://pollar.news/en/event/brandenburg-school-shooting-kills-two): An 18-year-old student and a 30-year-old caretaker died at a private school campus in Brandenburg after a 19-year-old suspect carried out a 
- [Alison dos Santos and Masai Russell break hurdles world records at Zurich Diamond League](https://pollar.news/en/event/dos-santos-sets-world-record): Alison dos Santos clocked 45.80 seconds in the 400-metre hurdles and Masai Russell ran 12.09 seconds in the 100-metre hurdles to break two w
- [Seven French presidential hopefuls debate debt, pensions and labour at Medef summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/medef-hosts-presidential-contenders): Seven French presidential hopefuls presented competing economic platforms at Roland-Garros during Medef's annual conference, clashing over d
- [Clashes and Aid Blockades Erupt in Ceuta Four Weeks After Mass Border Crossing](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Ceuta residents burned migrant camp belongings and blocked Red Cross food deliveries on 27 August, following clashes the previous night that
- [Six EU net contributors demand hundreds of billions in cuts to proposed €2 trillion budget](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-budget-cuts-demanded): Leaders from Germany, Denmark, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden met in Berlin to oppose the European Commission's 2028–2034 bud
- [Dolly Parton, country music icon and songwriter behind Jolene and 9 to 5, dies at 80](https://pollar.news/en/event/dolly-parton-dies-at-80): The country music singer and songwriter died in Nashville following a cancer diagnosis, drawing tributes from US presidents, global musician
- [Actor and singer Tim Curry, star of Rocky Horror and It, dies at 80](https://pollar.news/en/event/tim-curry-dies-at-80): British actor Tim Curry, renowned for portraying Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise in It, has died at his hom
- [Rockstar unveils GTA 6 gameplay preview on Netflix as Take-Two pursues leak sources](https://pollar.news/en/event/rockstar-previews-gta-6): Rockstar Games aired an extended documentary preview of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix ahead of its 19 November 2026 release, while parent c
- [Champions League draw sets PSG against Barcelona and Real Madrid against Arsenal](https://pollar.news/en/event/champions-league-draw-revealed): The Champions League league-phase draw in Monaco set fixtures including Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona and Manchester City, while Rea
- [Champions League draw pairs Barcelona with PSG as Real Madrid faces Arsenal](https://pollar.news/en/event/champions-league-draw-complete): The UEFA Champions League league phase draw in Monaco set eight opponents for each of the 36 participating clubs ahead of the 5 June 2027 fi
- [Barcelona scraps World Cup tribute to stage Catalan flag protest at Camp Nou](https://pollar.news/en/event/junts-protests-police-flag-seizure): FC Barcelona canceled a pre-match tribute to eight Spanish World Cup champions ahead of Thursday's home opener against Athletic Club, backin
- [Jury begins deliberations in Lindsay Clancy murder trial over 2023 child deaths](https://pollar.news/en/event/clancy-murder-trial-nears-verdict): Jurors in Massachusetts have begun deliberations to decide whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for the 2023 deaths of her three
- [Andy Burnham rules out Irish unity referendum during first official visit to Belfast](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-rejects-irish-unity-poll): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham met Stormont leaders in Belfast, dismissing calls for an Irish unity referendum while addressing Norther
- [Surgeons in London remove brain tumor and preserve patient's vision using real-time AI guidance](https://pollar.news/en/event/brain-surgery-uses-real-time-ai): Surgeons at University College London Hospitals have successfully removed an 11-millimeter pituitary tumor from a 48-year-old patient using 
- [EPPO and Polish anticorruption bureau charge six over 900,000-euro flood aid fraud](https://pollar.news/en/event/cba-inspects-jelenia-gora): Polish anticorruption officers detained six people under European Public Prosecutor orders over the alleged theft of 900,000 euros in flood 
- [Bayern Munich, Dortmund, and Leipzig draw English opposition in Champions League league phase](https://pollar.news/en/event/champions-league-draw-approaches): The 36-team draw in Monaco pitted Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund against Arsenal, while RB Leipzig drew Real Madrid and Manchester City
- [Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime and Eeyore, dies at 85 in Los Angeles](https://pollar.news/en/event/peter-cullen-dies-at-85): Canadian voice actor Peter Cullen died on 26 August 2026 at his home in Los Angeles at age 85, his agent Kevin Motley confirmed.
- [Tadej Pogačar wins Vuelta stage 6 after descent scare to extend race lead](https://pollar.news/en/event/pogaar-wins-vuelta-stage-6): Tadej Pogačar recovered from an off-road scare on the Puerto El Bartolo descent to defeat Enric Mas in a two-man sprint, taking his third st
- [Canada Welcomes US Trade Clarification on French Rules as 50% Tariffs Take Effect](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-canada-tariff-talks): Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said US flexibility on French language protections could reopen stalled negotiations, though recipro
- [Military judge sets June 2028 trial date for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed](https://pollar.news/en/event/911-trial-set-for-2028): Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schrama ordered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants to face a military tribunal at Guantanam
- [Liverpool agree deal worth up to £120m with PSG to sign Bradley Barcola](https://pollar.news/en/event/liverpool-agree-barcola-deal): Liverpool have reached an outline agreement with Paris Saint-Germain to sign 23-year-old French winger Bradley Barcola for a fee rising to £
- [Three Italians untraceable after deadly floods strike Nepal-Tibet border region](https://pollar.news/en/event/italians-missing-in-nepal-floods): Rescuers in Nepal are searching for three missing Italian citizens, including 50-year-old jeweler Marco Ratto, after flash floods and debris
- [UEFA Champions League draw pairs PSG with Barcelona and Manchester City in 36-team league phase](https://pollar.news/en/event/champions-league-draw-done): The draw for the 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League league phase took place in Monaco, establishing eight opponents for each of the 36 clubs ah
- [Nvidia in negotiations to acquire AI repository Hugging Face in $12.9 billion deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/nvidia-eyes-hugging-face): Nvidia is in advanced discussions to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, expanding its software reach as model d
- [UEFA draws 2026/27 Champions League league phase with Porto and Sporting facing Man City](https://pollar.news/en/event/champions-league-draw-completed): The 36-team draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco placed Portuguese clubs FC Porto and Sporting CP against Manchester City and LASK Linz, wit
- [Two Frankfurt Airport workers die of malaria in rare aircraft-borne outbreak](https://pollar.news/en/event/frankfurt-airport-malaria-fatality): Six employees contracted tropical malaria at Frankfurt Airport after encountering mosquitoes transported on international flights, resulting
- [Romania rescues 12 crew after Dominican-flagged cargo ship is struck and sinks in Black Sea](https://pollar.news/en/event/twelve-rescued-in-black-sea): All 12 crew members from the cargo ship Progress IV were pulled from 2.5-metre waves off Sfântu Gheorghe after their vessel caught fire and 
- [Algerian wildfires kill 12 people and injure 54 as heatwave sweeps northeastern provinces](https://pollar.news/en/event/algerian-wildfires-kill-12): Wildfires in northeastern Algeria have killed 12 people, including a child, and injured 54 others, prompting the presidency to declare three
- [Taiwan parliament approves NT$240 billion drone budget, rejecting special funding bill](https://pollar.news/en/event/taiwan-approves-drone-budget): Taiwan's legislature passed a six-year, NT$40 billion annual regular budget for military uncrewed systems, blocking a cabinet proposal for a
- [Nvidia projects 70% revenue growth for next fiscal year after Q2 sales reach $96.2 billion](https://pollar.news/en/event/nvidia-forecasts-70-revenue-surge): The chip designer projected current-quarter revenue of $108 billion and strong long-term AI infrastructure demand, lifting global technology
- [Emmanouil Karalis clears 6.20 metres in Zurich as Armand Duplantis wins with 6.25](https://pollar.news/en/event/karalis-clears-620-metres): Greece's Emmanouil Karalis set a national record by clearing 6.20 metres on his first attempt at the Zurich Diamond League, becoming the sec
- [Russia threatens strikes on British military bases over Storm Shadow missile technology transfer](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-threatens-uk-military-bases): Moscow warned that British military sites in Europe and beyond could be struck after London agreed to share blueprints allowing Ukraine to m
- [Himalayan flash flood kills 270 and leaves over 1,300 missing across Nepal and Tibet](https://pollar.news/en/event/nepal-flash-flood-kills-157): A glacial collapse triggered a destructive debris flood along the Trishuli river valley on Wednesday, demolishing border infrastructure in R
- [German police raid 15 properties in five states over banned right-wing sect Artgemeinschaft](https://pollar.news/en/event/police-raid-banned-sect): Authorities across five German states searched 15 properties on 27 August 2026, targeting 15 individuals including two AfD state election ca
- [Lech Poznan reach Europa League stage after 2-2 draw with FC Thun](https://pollar.news/en/event/lech-reach-europa-league): Polish champions Lech Poznan secured a spot in the Europa League league phase following a 2-2 draw at FC Thun, advancing 9-2 on aggregate.
- [Schulze and Siegmund clash in Saxony-Anhalt debate as AfD leads polls at 42%](https://pollar.news/en/event/magdeburg-migrant-businesses-strike): Saxony-Anhalt Minister-President Sven Schulze debated AfD challenger Ulrich Siegmund on MDR television ahead of the 6 September state electi
- [Civic groups and opposition urge Romanian president to dismiss SPP chief Lucian Pahonțu](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanian-spp-chief-faces-exit-calls): Investigative reports revealed that SPP director Lucian Pahonțu commanded communist Securitate troops during the December 1989 crackdown, pr

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