# 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): Frontier-model safety failures now directly block product releases and strain regulatory guardrails, as leading labs split between resisting - [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 drone campaign against Russian oil and industrial infrastructure broadens as diplomatic efforts fragment. A Russian envoy's Washin - [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. - [Marine Le Pen and National Rally rally behind Jordan Bardella over 2013 antisemitism claims](https://pollar.news/en/event/bardella-denies-antisemitic-claims): Marine Le Pen and the National Rally have rejected allegations that party president Jordan Bardella authored antisemitic comments in 2013, a - [UEFA attacks Infantino in Copenhagen as Al-Khelaifi rejects bid for FIFA presidency](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-orders-fifa-funding-review): Aleksander Ceferin attacked FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a club summit in Copenhagen, while Paris Saint-Germain boss Nasser Al-Khelaif - [England defeats 10-man Czechia 2-0 in Prague as Alexander-Arnold returns](https://pollar.news/en/event/nations-league-matchday-two-results): Second-half goals from Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane earned England a 2-0 victory over ten-man Czechia in Prague, securing their first point - [European Commission sets two-euro handling fee per item on non-EU parcel imports](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-adds-parcel-import-fee): The European Commission has fixed a two-euro handling fee per item on online purchases imported from outside the bloc, targeting platforms l - [Shein shares drop 11% in Hong Kong as quarterly operating profit falls 66%](https://pollar.news/en/event/shein-operating-profit-drops-50): The fast-fashion group shed up to 12% in Hong Kong following its maiden earnings report, as tariff changes in Europe and the United States r - [US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume third-country migrant deportations](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-allows-third-country-deportations): The US Supreme Court has granted an emergency request allowing the Trump administration to send migrants to third countries while legal chal - [Spain approves housing decrees as evicted 87-year-old secures lease deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-protesters-block-eviction): Spain's cabinet approved two emergency housing decrees on 29 September 2026 following street protests in Madrid, while an 87-year-old tenant - [Lufthansa flight to Lisbon diverts to Lyon after passenger powerbank catches fire](https://pollar.news/en/event/lufthansa-flight-diverts-to-lyon): A Lufthansa Airbus A321 carrying 198 passengers from Frankfurt to Lisbon diverted to Lyon on Saturday evening after a passenger's external b - [OpenAI cancels GPT-6.1 Astra launch over deception and safety test failures](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-cancels-gpt-61): OpenAI has scrapped the planned October debut of its GPT-6.1 Astra model after internal safety evaluations revealed failures in user alignme - [Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber crashes in Amur region, killing six crew members](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-tu-95-bomber-crashes): A Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber crashed during a training flight near Krasnoyarovo in the Amur region on Tuesday, killing six crew members - [Trump backs industry self-regulation at White House meeting with top tech executives](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-meets-anthropic-ceo): US President Donald Trump hosted 31 tech leaders and officials at the White House, rejecting government mandates as Congress faces voter con - [US Supreme Court rejects final appeal against Christa Pike execution](https://pollar.news/en/event/tennessee-clemency-denied-for-pike): The US Supreme Court has denied an emergency petition to halt the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee, clearing the way for the state to - [Anthropic files for IPO targeting two trillion dollar valuation with public benefit control](https://pollar.news/en/event/anthropic-files-for-2t-ipo): Anthropic is preparing a public listing after the November US midterm elections that seeks to raise up to $100 billion at a valuation of rou - [Poland revises PIT brackets and raises corporate taxes to manage public debt](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-overhauls-tax-brackets): The Polish government adopted a draft tax reform creating a 24% income bracket up to 150,000 PLN while raising corporate taxes and projectin - [Thailand Approves $122M in Emergency Flood Relief as Bangkok Begins Cleanup](https://pollar.news/en/event/bangkok-declares-disaster-zone): Thailand's cabinet approved 4.1 billion baht ($122 million) in emergency disaster relief on Tuesday after mid-September monsoon floods kille - [Premier League panel finds Manchester City guilty of 114 financial charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/city-guilty-on-114-charges): An independent commission ruled Manchester City guilty of 114 out of 115 charges over disguised funding and misstated accounts between 2009 - [New York prosecutors reopen 2024 Cornell University fraternity sexual assault inquiry](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornell-rape-probe-reopened): Tompkins County prosecutors have reopened a criminal probe into the alleged 2024 assault of a former Cornell University student at a fratern - [UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham proposes EU relationship review and domestic public ownership reforms](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-polls-project-hung-parliament): UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first Labour conference address in Liverpool to announce an end to the pension triple lock by 2030, - [US claims foreign state link after UK police bail five men arrested near RAF Fairford](https://pollar.news/en/event/five-arrested-near-fairford): US officials allege foreign state involvement after British counterterrorism police arrested and subsequently bailed five men detained near - [Estonia blames Russian security services for August arson attack on defense contractor Milrem Robotics](https://pollar.news/en/event/estonia-accuses-russia-of-arson): Estonian officials concluded that a fire at robotics manufacturer Milrem Robotics on 15 August was an act of sabotage commissioned by Moscow - [UniCredit plans Commerzbank board takeover by February to accelerate merger](https://pollar.news/en/event/unicredit-targets-commerzbank-board): Italian lender UniCredit is moving to replace all ten shareholder representatives on Commerzbank's supervisory board as early as January, ac - [Spain drafts decree to fast-track asylum deportations in Ceuta as court opens inquiry](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-drafts-ceuta-deportations-decree): A leaked Spanish government decree plans to expedite asylum rejections for over 10,000 migrants remaining in Ceuta, while judicial hearings - [Spain defeats Croatia 4-1 in Seville behind two goals from Lamine Yamal](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-beats-croatia-4-1): Lamine Yamal scored two goals and provided an assist at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan in Seville as Spain defeated Croatia 4-1 to lead Nations L - [Macron begins two-day state visit to Spain with Madrid royal reception and treaty review](https://pollar.news/en/event/macron-visits-spain): French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrived in Madrid for a two-day state visit, meeting King Felipe VI and preparing for - [Jack Smith defends Trump investigations and dismisses GOP perjury allegations in Senate hearing](https://pollar.news/en/event/jack-smith-testifies-in-senate): Former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, rejecting accusations of political bias and de - [New York Times engineer Jonathan McKinsey fatally shot in California; in-laws arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/new-york-times-engineer-killed): Police in Dublin, California, arrested Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen on murder charges following the fatal shooting of their 40-year-old son - [German coalition deadlocked over care insurance reform ahead of cabinet review](https://pollar.news/en/event/spd-opposes-care-reform): Negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD stalled on 29 September 2026 over proposed cuts to statutory care insurance and rising nursing home - [Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu unveil $130 million climate satire Digger](https://pollar.news/en/event/tom-cruise-stars-in-digger): The Warner Bros. production casts Cruise as a belligerent oil baron whose Arctic drilling triggers a massive European iceberg crisis. - [Case Keenum leads Chicago Bears to 27-7 victory over Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night](https://pollar.news/en/event/bears-defeat-eagles-27-7): Starting in place of the injured Caleb Williams, 38-year-old quarterback Case Keenum threw two touchdowns and ran for another as the Chicago - [Lamine Yamal scores twice as Spain defeat Croatia 4-1 in Nations League](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-beat-croatia-4-1): Lamine Yamal scored two goals and provided an assist as Spain defeated Croatia 4-1 in Seville, while England won 2-0 against ten-man Czech R - [Eiffel Tower director Patrick Branco Ruivo to resign following exclusion of female staff](https://pollar.news/en/event/eiffel-tower-chief-resigns): Patrick Branco Ruivo will step down as director general of SETE at the end of 2026 after an investigation revealed female workers were remov - [US ban on $967 million in Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motorcycles takes effect](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-bans-canadian-goods): The United States has barred nearly $1 billion in Canadian imports starting Tuesday, expanding trade restrictions on alcohol, dairy items, a - [Pavia prosecutors uncover omitted 2007 DNA tests in Garlasco murder case as Stasi seeks revision](https://pollar.news/en/event/garofano-questioned-in-garlasco-probe): Pavia prosecutors revealed that negative 2007 DNA tests were left out of Alberto Stasi's case file, as investigators conclude a new inquiry - [King Mohammed VI names Fatima Zahra Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister](https://pollar.news/en/event/mansouri-named-morocco-prime-minister): King Mohammed VI tasked 50-year-old Urban Planning Minister Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri with forming a new government following PAM's victory - [French police arrest 440 people as high school protests and strikes spread nationwide](https://pollar.news/en/event/police-arrest-440-french-students): French authorities detained 440 people and reported 48 injured police officers on Tuesday as high school blockades over staffing and schedul - [Spain approves housing decrees extending eviction ban to 2030 following nationwide protests](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-approves-housing-decrees): The Spanish cabinet has passed two decrees freezing vulnerable evictions and curbing investment fund purchases following protests sparked by - [Utah death row inmate Douglas Carter released on bail after DNA tests exclude him in 1985 murder case](https://pollar.news/en/event/utah-death-row-inmate-freed): A Utah judge ordered the release on bail of 71-year-old Douglas Stewart Carter after new forensic testing excluded his DNA from evidence fou - [Over 300,000 French civil servants and students strike over wages and budget cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-civil-servants-strike): More than 300,000 public sector workers and high school students demonstrated across France on 29 September 2026 to demand wage increases ah - [Eni and Q8 cap fuel and energy prices in Italy following government appeal](https://pollar.news/en/event/eni-caps-italian-fuel-prices): Italian energy groups Eni and Q8 have capped fuel and household energy prices, lowering national self-service petrol and diesel averages on - [UN Security Council extends Haiti anti-gang force mandate as 11 die in Artibonite reprisal](https://pollar.news/en/event/un-extends-haiti-mission): The United Nations Security Council approved a six-month extension for the Gang Suppression Force through 31 March 2027, maintaining interna - [Lindsay Clancy defense seeks murder case dismissal after Massachusetts mistrial](https://pollar.news/en/event/clancy-defense-seeks-dismissal): Lawyers for Lindsay Clancy asked a Massachusetts judge to dismiss murder charges for the 2023 deaths of her three children following a deadl - [Alessandro Di Battista discloses brain tumor surgery in Cuba on live television](https://pollar.news/en/event/di-battista-reveals-tumor-surgery): Former Italian lawmaker Alessandro Di Battista announced on television that doctors in Havana removed a brain tumor after he fell ill during - [Fernando Alonso extends Aston Martin Formula 1 contract through the 2027 season](https://pollar.news/en/event/alonso-extends-f1-deal): Aston Martin has confirmed a contract extension keeping Fernando Alonso with the Formula 1 team through 2027, retaining Lance Stroll alongsi - [Belgium to transfer three operational F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by end of 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/belgium-sends-f-16s-to-ukraine): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed that Belgium will deliver three combat-ready F-16 fighter jets by late 2026 under an accel - [Former TV anchor Edward Nyabongo I crowned 13th King of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom](https://pollar.news/en/event/tooro-kingdom-crowns-new-king): Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma was crowned the 13th King of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom in Fort Portal on Tuesday following a succession dispute, with - [South Korea accuses North Korea of armistice breach after DMZ mine blast injures troops](https://pollar.news/en/event/north-korean-dmz-blast): South Korea's military reported that North Korean landmines caused explosions in the Demilitarized Zone on 21 September, injuring two to thr - [Germany erects 365-metre wind turbine in Schipkau to harvest high-altitude winds](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-builds-tallest-wind-turbine): The prototype in Brandenburg uses a telescoping mast to reach 365 metres, aiming to double the energy yield of standard wind generators befo - [Spain extends fuel and energy aid with 12 billion euro decree through December 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-extends-energy-subsidies): The Spanish cabinet approved a third anti-crisis package on Tuesday, committing over 12,000 million euros to cap gas tariffs and phase fuel - [Amnesty International accuses Spanish military units of torturing and mistreating migrants in Ceuta](https://pollar.news/en/event/amnesty-reports-ceuta-military-abuse): Amnesty International documented cases of physical abuse and degrading treatment by Spanish soldiers against migrants in Ceuta, calling on P - [Malaysia repatriates 1,476 Myanmar nationals on navy ships despite UN warnings](https://pollar.news/en/event/malaysia-deports-myanmar-nationals): Authorities in Perak state moved the first batch of 1,476 detainees onto three Myanmar navy vessels at Lumut, launching a 5,000-person retur ## Search and discovery - [Search](https://pollar.news/en/search): full-text + semantic search across all events - 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