# 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. - [EU fines Google €890 million for self-preferencing in Search and anti-steering on Play Store](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-fines-google-890m): The European Commission imposed two fines totalling €890 million on Thursday for self-preferencing in Google Search and restricting app deve - [Trump makes Saudi nuclear deal conditional on joining Abraham Accords and normalising ties with Israel](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-ties-saudi-nuclear-deal-to-israel): A 30-year US-Saudi civil nuclear cooperation pact signed on 22 July will not take effect unless Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords, President - [Over 20,000 evacuated as wildfire burns 2,400 hectares near France's Atlantic coast](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): A fast-moving wildfire that began near Saumos, west of Bordeaux, has forced the evacuation of more than 20,000 residents and tourists from c - [OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol breaks out of sandbox, hacks Hugging Face in 'paradigm shift' cyber incident](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-escapes-hacks-hugging-face): Two advanced OpenAI models broke out of an isolated test environment, accessed the internet without authorization, and infiltrated Hugging F - [Alphabet posts $112bn profit as cloud surges 82%, but record cash burn and $205bn capex plan rattle investors](https://pollar.news/en/event/alphabet-profit-quadruples-cash-flow-negative): Google parent reports $119.8bn revenue and 82% cloud growth, yet lifts capex forecast to $205bn and posts first negative free cash flow in n - [Ford and Geely to produce five vehicles at Valencia plant under new joint venture](https://pollar.news/en/event/ford-geely-announce-valencia-jv): The joint venture, 66% owned by Ford, will begin producing Geely's EX5 electric SUV and four other models at the Almussafes plant in 2028, s - [Norway's football chief to file FIFA ethics complaint over Trump's intervention in Balogun World Cup ban](https://pollar.news/en/event/norway-challenges-fifa-over-balogun): NFF president Lise Klaveness says the lifting of US forward Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension after Donald Trump's call to Gianni Infan - [PiS ultimatum expires as Kaczyński meets Morawiecki amid accusations of intrigue and split threat](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): The Law and Justice leader holds a three-hour meeting with former PM Morawiecki on the day a midnight deadline forces MPs to abandon the Roz - [Barcelona sign German winger Karim Adeyemi from Dortmund in €22m deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/adeyemi-joins-barcelona): The 24-year-old German winger signs until 2031, reuniting with Hansi Flick, and becomes the club's second attacking signing after Anthony Go - [EU clears Paramount's $110bn Warner Bros bid with conditions, but US court pause remains](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-greenlights-warner-paramount-merger): The European Commission approved the $110 billion acquisition on Wednesday, requiring Paramount to exit its film distribution venture with U - [India's 'Cockroach' protests spread nationwide as Modi breaks silence with fast-track courts pledge](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Tens of thousands of young protesters camped in New Delhi on Thursday after a week of clashes, as the movement demanding the education minis - [Orcas filmed ramming sunfish carcasses until they explode in Gulf of California, study reveals](https://pollar.news/en/event/orcas-explode-sunfish): Underwater footage from the Gulf of California shows orcas ramming dead sunfish at full speed, fragmenting them into thousands of pieces. Sc - [Zapatero denies Plus Ultra mediation in first interview since indictment, PP calls it 'mockery'](https://pollar.news/en/event/zapatero-implicated-in-rescue): Former Spanish PM Zapatero gave his first TV interview since being charged in the Plus Ultra case, denying mediation and calling the €1.3m j - [ECB holds deposit rate at 2.25% as Iran conflict pushes oil toward $100 and keeps inflation above target](https://pollar.news/en/event/ecb-holds-at-225): The European Central Bank kept its key deposit rate unchanged at 2.25% on 23 July, pausing after a June quarter-point hike, as the Iran war - [Houthi rebels attack two Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea, escalating US-Iran war and threatening global oil supply](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthis-blockade-saudi-arabia): Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi oil tankers with missiles and drones in the Red Sea on Wednesday, enforcing a naval blockade announ - [Pedro Sánchez nominates Yolanda Díaz to lead UN labour agency; election in November with $173,000 base salary](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-backs-diaz-for-ilo): The Spanish government has put forward labour minister Yolanda Díaz for the director-general post of the International Labour Organization, - [Kiko Rivera suffers second stroke, says 'constant media pressure' is to blame and cancels summer tour](https://pollar.news/en/event/kiko-rivera-suffers-second-stroke): The Spanish DJ and television personality announced the stroke on Instagram hours after canceling his summer tour, saying he has 'some small - [Wreck of Pan Am Clipper Endeavor found 74 years after crash that introduced mandatory safety briefings](https://pollar.news/en/event/pan-am-wreck-found): The Douglas DC-4 went down on 11 April 1952 with 69 people aboard; only 17 survived. The disaster led to compulsory pre-flight safety demons - [Tesla profit misses estimates as robotaxi rollout lags and AI spending burns cash](https://pollar.news/en/event/teslas-robotaxi-reality-check): Record vehicle deliveries couldn't prevent a 17% profit drop, while Musk's once-grand robotaxi promises face city-by-city regulatory hurdles - [Bodycam footage shows contact with another person before police restrained Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna](https://pollar.news/en/event/bologna-police-custody-death): The footage, recorded shortly after noon on 19 July, shows officers' hands on Fakir and another man before the 42-year-old Moroccan was tack - [Germany's top court: No constitutional speed limit for legislation, Heizungsgesetz challenge fails](https://pollar.news/en/event/no-speed-limit-for-legislation): The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint by former CDU MP Thomas Heilmann over the hasty passage of the 2023 Building Energy A - [EU approves 21st sanctions package against Russia, freezes oil price cap at $44.10 after Greek shipping exemption](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-freezes-russian-oil-price-cap): After weeks of wrangling, EU ambassadors agreed to freeze the oil price cap at $44.10 per barrel for 12 months, add 32 Russian banks to the - [Woman stabbed and set on fire in Stuttgart shopping centre; suspect arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/stuttgart-mall-knife-attack): A 46-year-old woman was seriously injured after being stabbed and set alight in the Milaneo shopping centre in central Stuttgart on Thursday - [Polish prosecutor moves to detain MP Michał Woś and strip immunity from Łukasz Mejza in twin cases of alleged fraud and obstruction](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-mps-face-prosecution-bids): On 23 July 2026, Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek filed two requests with the Sejm: one to detain and forcibly bring in PiS MP Michał Woś a - [easyJet profits plunge 70% as Middle East war drives fuel costs higher, takeover battle continues](https://pollar.news/en/event/easyjet-profit-tumbles-70): The British low-cost carrier reported pre-tax profit of £85 million for April–June, down from £286 million a year earlier, as fuel costs jum - [Nestle beats Q2 sales estimates, seals €4.9bn water venture with Platinum Equity](https://pollar.news/en/event/nestle-water-unit-sale-nears): The Swiss food giant raised its full-year sales outlook after organic growth hit 3.7% in the second quarter, and announced a 50-50 joint ven - [La Mierla wildfire stabilises at 32,000 hectares as evacuees begin returning home](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): After a week, the wildfire that started in La Mierla, Guadalajara, has burned 32,000 hectares but is now in a stabilisation phase, allowing - [EU freezes oil price cap and targets Russian banks in 21st sanctions package, but fish import curbs are dropped after German-led pushback](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-sanctions-russia-spares-fish): EU ambassadors struck a deal on the 21st sanctions package against Russia on Thursday morning, but only after Germany, France, and Portugal - [Rosalía apologises to Argentine fans after reposting World Cup taunt, faces concert boycott and cancelled tribute](https://pollar.news/en/event/rosalia-argentina-backlash-apology): The Spanish singer reposted a clip by Mia Khalifa mocking Argentina's World Cup final loss, triggering calls to boycott her four Buenos Aire - [DNA and genetic genealogy lead to arrest in 2011 murder of 13-year-old Izabela Strzałkowska](https://pollar.news/en/event/arrest-in-2011-child-murder): Michał S., a 37-year-old father of two, was detained after genetic genealogy linked his DNA to the crime scene. He confessed but refused to - [TotalEnergies Q2 profit jumps 67% to $6 billion as Iran war lifts oil prices and refining margins](https://pollar.news/en/event/totalenergies-profit-doubles): French oil major reports adjusted net income of $6 billion, up 67%, driven by higher crude prices and refining margins amid the 12-day-old I - [Burnham's first week: VAT cut, bus cap return and a review of early prison release](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): The new UK prime minister has scrapped VAT on electricity, reinstated the £2 bus fare cap, and announced a £340m rough sleeping fund, while - [French ecology minister Monique Barbut reverses resignation after Macron guarantees on pesticides law](https://pollar.news/en/event/barbut-stays-after-macron-intervention): Monique Barbut, France's ecological transition minister, withdrew her resignation on Wednesday after President Emmanuel Macron refused to ac - [Polish court upholds acquittal of doctors in death of Zbigniew Ziobro's father after 20-year legal battle](https://pollar.news/en/event/doctors-acquitted-in-ziobro-case): The Kraków District Court upheld acquittals for three physicians and dismissed charges against a fourth due to the statute of limitations, c - [Italian parliament tightens pool safety after child deaths, mandates suction standards and 4.7 million euro fund](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-tightens-pool-safety): The Chamber of Deputies voted 244-0 to require anti-suction systems in public and collective-use pools, with immediate closure for violators - [US judge sets June 1, 2027 trial date for Venezuela's Maduro on narco-terrorism charges](https://pollar.news/en/event/maduro-trial-in-june-2027): The ousted Venezuelan president and his wife Cilia Flores, captured in a January US raid on Caracas, will face narco-terrorism charges in Ma - [Warsaw fire destroys Ford dealership and workshop, 38 fire units battle blaze](https://pollar.news/en/event/warsaw-car-dealership-fire): A large fire broke out at a Ford dealership and car workshop on ul. Krasnobrodzka in Warsaw's Targówek district early Thursday, sending thic - [UniCredit beats profit forecasts, raises guidance, and expects Commerzbank control within months](https://pollar.news/en/event/unicredit-eyes-commerzbank-takeover): Italian bank UniCredit posted better-than-expected second-quarter net profit of €2.9 billion, raised its full-year guidance to well above €1 - [Wildfire from Almorox jumps to Madrid, forces evacuation of 1,200 residents and confinement of Villa del Prado](https://pollar.news/en/event/fire-reaches-madrid): The fire, which started Wednesday afternoon in Toledo, has affected at least 30 homes and forced the evacuation of the El Encinar del Alberc - [Indra first-half profit edges up 2% as defense revenue doubles, order backlog surpasses €20 billion](https://pollar.news/en/event/indra-defense-boom-lifts-results): The Spanish technology and defense group posted net profit of €219 million on revenue of €3.18 billion, with its defense division doubling s - [Man shoots wife and brother in Cagliari area, killing brother and critically injuring wife, then turns himself in](https://pollar.news/en/event/suspect-surrenders-after-double-shooting): A 39-year-old man shot his wife and brother in two locations near Cagliari early Thursday, killing the brother and leaving the wife in criti - [US Senate panel advances bill that could ban Mercedes sales over Chinese ownership ties](https://pollar.news/en/event/mercedes-faces-us-ban-risk): The Senate Commerce Committee approved bipartisan legislation that would bar connected vehicles from manufacturers with more than 15% Chines - [Thorsten Frei set to lead Union parliamentary group after Spahn's surrogacy scandal exit](https://pollar.news/en/event/frei-to-lead-union-group): CDU and CSU chiefs propose Chancellery head Thorsten Frei to succeed Jens Spahn, who resigned after a surrogacy controversy. The parliamenta - [Teenager stabbed to death in Sardinia after running down ex-girlfriend with his car; her minor brother arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/bari-sardo-killing-disputed): Simone Concas, 19, was chased and fatally stabbed on a street in Bari Sardo on Tuesday afternoon, moments after he deliberately struck a you - [Oil nears $100 as US strikes Iran for 12th night and Houthis attack Saudi tankers in Red Sea](https://pollar.news/en/event/oil-nears-100-on-conflict): Brent crude reached $96.05 a barrel after Houthi rebels struck a Saudi tanker and the US bombed Iranian military sites for a 12th straight n - [Nicaragua's congress begins work to abolish elections after Ortega declares 'there won't be anymore'](https://pollar.news/en/event/ortega-abolishes-nicaraguan-elections): The National Assembly, controlled by President Daniel Ortega and co-President Rosario Murillo, announced a 'work plan' on Tuesday to impleme - [Spain's third heatwave pushes temperatures to 44°C before an 8-degree weekend cooldown](https://pollar.news/en/event/44c-heatwave-to-hit-spain): Spain's third heatwave of the summer is peaking on 23 July with temperatures near 45°C in parts of the Mediterranean, but a sharp cooldown i - [EU ambassadors agree 21st sanctions package against Russia, freeze oil price cap and grant Greece LNG exemption](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-freezes-oil-price-cap): The 27 EU ambassadors agreed on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, including a 12-month freeze on the oil price cap at $44.10 a b - [Lewandowski's Chicago Fire debut ends in 3–2 loss at Inter Miami as Suárez scores twice](https://pollar.news/en/event/lewandowskis-quiet-mls-debut): Robert Lewandowski played 62 minutes without scoring as Chicago Fire fell 3–2 at Inter Miami on Wednesday, with Luis Suárez netting twice fo - [Bankinter first-half profit hits record 605 million euros as fees jump 16% and AI lifts activity volumes](https://pollar.news/en/event/bankinter-profit-hits-record): Spanish lender Bankinter posted a record 605 million euros in first-half net profit, lifted by a 16% jump in fee income and early gains from ## 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 - [What is Pollar](https://pollar.news/en/about): the service in plain terms — free, four languages, reader-funded, no ads, self-hosted cookieless analytics, every article lists its sources - [Pollar News iOS app](https://pollar.news/en/app): the free iPhone app — brief, live coverage with Lock Screen Live Activities, offline reading - [Pollar vs other news apps](https://pollar.news/en/compare): factual comparisons with Apple News, Google News and Kagi News - [Editorial team](https://pollar.news/en/about/editorial): the humans behind Pollar Editorial - [Editorial standards](https://pollar.news/en/editorial-standards): sourcing, AI assistance, independence, diversity of coverage - [Corrections policy](https://pollar.news/en/corrections): how mistakes are corrected - [AI policy](https://pollar.news/en/ai-policy): which models, what's automated, what's edited - [Privacy](https://pollar.news/en/privacy)