# 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): Models are learning faster than the institutions behind them can adapt, with this thread tracking frontier-model capability jumps, the AI Ac - [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. - [US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, dies at 71 after a brief and sudden illness](https://pollar.news/en/event/lindsey-graham-dies-at-71): The South Carolina Republican, a defense hawk and vocal backer of Ukraine and Israel, died on Saturday evening, 11 July, his office announce - [Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, former emir who transformed Qatar into a gas and media power, dies aged 74](https://pollar.news/en/event/former-qatar-emir-dies-at-74-2): The Qatari government announced his death on Sunday, 12 July 2026. He ruled from 1995 to 2013 and stepped down voluntarily in favour of his - [Two dead, multiple wounded as gunfire erupts at Toronto's Salsa on St. Clair street festival](https://pollar.news/en/event/toronto-festival-shooting-kills-2): An exchange of gunfire between two individuals at the Salsa on St. Clair festival in Midtown Toronto left two men dead and at least four oth - [Southern Spain wildfire: 12 dead, Belgian and French nationals among victims and missing as 600 go home](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-fire-kills-12-evacuees-return): A wildfire in southern Spain that killed at least 12 people has stabilised enough for 600 evacuees to return home, while questions mount ove - [Swiss World Cup run ends in 3-1 loss after Embolo red card for simulation overturned by VAR in quarter-final](https://pollar.news/en/event/messi-eyes-semi-finals): A second yellow card to Breel Embolo in the 72nd minute, transferred after a VAR review for mistaken identity, allowed Argentina to score tw - [Senegal fires coach Pape Thiaw after World Cup round-of-32 collapse against Belgium](https://pollar.news/en/event/senegal-sacks-thiaw): The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) ended Pape Thiaw's tenure after a 3-2 extra-time defeat to Belgium in the World Cup round of 32, wh - [Weapons found in stolen car near Sarcelles synagogue, 300 evacuated after DGSI alert](https://pollar.news/en/event/300-evacuated-near-sarcelles-synagogue): Police discovered a stolen vehicle containing an assault rifle and a pistol near a synagogue in Sarcelles, north of Paris, on Saturday eveni - [England's equaliser against Norway stands after FIFA sensor overrules spider-cam contact claims](https://pollar.news/en/event/spider-cam-goal-stands): Jude Bellingham's 45+2-minute equaliser in the World Cup quarter-final was allowed after the Connected Ball chip detected no impact, overrid - [Polish defence minister warns of growing Russian threat, calls for national unity on wartime remembrance day](https://pollar.news/en/event/polands-defence-minister-warns-russia): Speaking at Warsaw's Peasant Battalions monument on 12 July, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said only - [Iran's new supreme leader vows revenge, newspaper blacklists Meloni, Trump and Netanyahu](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-blacklists-western-leaders): Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared revenge for his father's death a national duty. A Tehran newspaper published AI-generated mugshots - [Firefighters battle large plastic waste fire in Strzegom; residents told to close windows](https://pollar.news/en/event/strzegom-waste-fire-ongoing): A pile of shredded plastics, roughly 50 by 70 metres and up to 8 metres high, caught fire Saturday afternoon at a former railway site in Str - [Poland faces Japan in must-win VNL group finale to reach Finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/polands-vnl-finals-decider): With a 7-4 record and 19 points, Poland takes on Japan in the last preliminary round match of the Volleyball Nations League on Sunday, with - [Longevity influencer Bryan Johnson reveals autoimmune disease, turns to AI for a cure](https://pollar.news/en/event/johnsons-autoimmune-battle): The 48-year-old tech millionaire and anti-aging evangelist, who spends nearly $2 million annually to reverse aging, announced on Instagram t - [Greek deputy minister's home and office vandalised with 'Death to ND' and firebomb threats, Voloudaki says she will not be intimidated](https://pollar.news/en/event/threats-against-greek-deputy-minister): Unknown individuals sprayed slogans on the home and political office of Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum Sevi Voloudaki in Chania, Cr - [Mattarella joins Andria ceremony marking 10 years since Puglia train crash that killed 23](https://pollar.news/en/event/ten-years-after-puglia-rail-disaster): President Sergio Mattarella laid a wreath and greeted victims' families in Andria on the 10th anniversary of the head-on collision that kill - [Nine injured, one gored, as La Palmosilla bulls charge in a tense, crowded sixth San Fermín run](https://pollar.news/en/event/sixth-encierro-223): A mass of runners on a Sunday morning created a crowded and dangerous course in Pamplona. One man sustained a penetrating wound to his elbow - [FIFA clears Bellingham's equaliser after spidercam controversy in England's 2-1 World Cup win over Norway](https://pollar.news/en/event/england-goal-cleared-by-fifa): The equaliser stood after sensor data showed no contact with the spidercam wire; England advanced 2-1 in extra time in Miami. - [Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 after extra time, Embolo sent off for simulation in World Cup quarterfinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/argentina-survive-swiss-test): Alexis Mac Allister's early goal was cancelled out by Dan Ndoye, but a red card for Breel Embolo for simulation left Switzerland short. Juli - [France vs Spain, England await Argentina or Switzerland in World Cup 2026 semi-finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/world-cup-semi-finals-set): France beat Morocco 2-0, England survived Norway 2-1 after extra time as the last-four lineup took shape; Spain await France while Lionel Me - [Trump claims perfect score on third cognitive test, attacks NYT journalist over new book on his presidency](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-cognitive-test-boast): The 80-year-old US president said he had just undergone a perfect medical examination at Walter Reed and requested another cognitive test, w - [US launches third round of strikes on 140 Iranian military targets after IRGC attacks container ship in Strait of Hormuz](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-hits-140-iranian-military-sites): In response to an IRGC attack on the Cypriot-flagged M/V GFS Galaxy that left one crew member missing and the vessel ablaze, US forces struc - [Typhoon Bavi weakens to tropical storm after hitting eastern China, 1.7 million evacuated, 17 dead in Philippines](https://pollar.news/en/event/bavi-hits-china-17-dead): Typhoon Bavi made landfall in Zhejiang province late Saturday, bringing torrential rain and forcing nearly two million evacuations before we - [Andalusia's worst wildfire stabilized after 12 deaths; 1,000 evacuees cleared to return](https://pollar.news/en/event/almeria-fire-stabilized): The Los Gallardos wildfire in Almería province, which killed 12 people and consumed 7,000 hectares since Thursday, is now under control. Reg - [BTS returns to Germany after seven years with sold-out Munich concert](https://pollar.news/en/event/bts-rocks-munich): The Korean pop septet kicked off its two-night stand at the 75,000-capacity Allianz Arena, the group's only German dates on the 'Arirang' to - [19-year-old Egyptian man stabbed to death in Crema supermarket parking lot, mayor demands more police](https://pollar.news/en/event/teen-stabbed-dead-in-crema): A 19-year-old man of Egyptian origin died after being stabbed multiple times in a supermarket parking lot in Crema late on 11 July. Police a - [Greek summer sales begin Monday, with turnover forecast at 7–7.4 billion euros](https://pollar.news/en/event/greek-summer-sales-begin): The summer 2026 discount period in Greece starts Monday July 13 and runs through August 31. Stores may open on the first Sunday, July 19, an - [Ukraine strikes Azov Sea tanker and Sizran refinery overnight; one reported dead in Samara region as Moscow says it downed 349 drones](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-drone-strikes-escalate): Ukrainian drones struck an oil tanker entering the Azov-Black Sea canal and set the Sizran refinery ablaze overnight July 11-12, killing one - [SYRIZA press secretary says only parliamentary group can readmit expelled MPs, after central committee tensions](https://pollar.news/en/event/syriza-readmission-row-escalates): Christos Giannoulis pushed back against a Central Committee decision on Saturday, insisting that only the president and the parliamentary gr - [Tusk government envoy's wartime-victims remarks at Volhynia commemoration trigger political storm](https://pollar.news/en/event/volhynia-speech-splits-warsaw): Chargé d'affaires Piotr Łukasiewicz sparked outrage by referencing interwar Polish state violence alongside the Volhynia genocide; Foreign M - [Greece sets 10-cent petrol and 5-cent diesel discount through August, details early next week](https://pollar.news/en/event/greece-lowers-fuel-costs): Vice-President Kostis Hatzidakis said remaining procedural issues will be resolved by Tuesday, clearing the way for the temporary subsidy fu - [Woman with stroller killed by train at Baden-Württemberg crossing; child, 2, survives unharmed](https://pollar.news/en/event/mother-killed-child-safe): A 26-year-old woman crossing a railway line in Leingarten, Baden-Württemberg, was struck by an oncoming train and died at the scene. Her two - [US bombs 140 Iranian military sites after IRGC attacks ship and closes Strait of Hormuz; Tehran retaliates against Gulf states](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-bombs-iran-hormuz-closed): Washington struck roughly 140 military targets in Iran on Sunday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit a Cypriot-flagged container - [Victim of first IS-claimed attack in Germany speaks 10 years on: 'Scars remain but do not define us'](https://pollar.news/en/event/scars-remain-she-says): A 36-year-old survivor of the 2016 Würzburg regional train axe and knife attack, the first Islamic State-claimed terrorist assault in German - [South Korea issues highest heat alert for the first time, covering Gyeongsan and Pohang as felt temperatures pass 35°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/south-korea-top-heat-alert): Two cities in North Gyeongsang province triggered the new alert after two days of felt temperatures above 35°C and a forecast of at least 38 - [Mbappe and Messi tied on 8 goals as Bellingham's double sends England into World Cup semi-finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/mbappe-and-messi-top-scorers): Kylian Mbappe scored his eighth goal of the tournament against Morocco, keeping pace with Lionel Messi at the top of the 2026 World Cup scor - [Threats then 'love': Trump's capricious NATO summit in Ankara yields $160bn in new pledges](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-nato-whiplash): The US president berated alliance partners over Iran and defence spending, then spoke of 'love' and praised Zelenskyy just hours later, as N - [Trump claims ‘perfect’ medical checkup and cognitive test, White House says he referred to May exam](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-health-defense-after-book): US President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that he had just completed a ‘perfect’ medical checkup and passed a cognitive test without - [Iran closes Strait of Hormuz and hits two ships; US launches third wave of strikes, hitting around 140 targets](https://pollar.news/en/event/hormuz-shut-as-us-iran-clashes-escalate): Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz 'until further notice' and struck two commercial vessels attempting to transit the waterway early on 12 J - [Romania's Beach, Please! festival draws record 155,000 on Saturday, pauses to honour viral grandmother](https://pollar.news/en/event/record-crowd-moving-tribute): The fourth day of the anniversary edition drew the largest single-day crowd in the festival's history, with Future, Quavo, and INNA headlini - [German pension report shows average 1,154 euros vs 3,416 for civil servants](https://pollar.news/en/event/pension-inequality-in-germany): A new Bundestag analysis reveals stark differences between state pensions and civil servant retirement benefits, with an average monthly gap - [US Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71; met Zelenskyy in Kyiv the day before](https://pollar.news/en/event/senator-lindsey-graham-dies): US Senator Lindsey Graham, a 71-year-old South Carolina Republican and close ally of Donald Trump, died Saturday after a short and sudden il - [Tour de France shortens stage by 30 km, spoiling village's day in heatwave](https://pollar.news/en/event/heat-shortens-tour-stage): An exceptionally intense heatwave forced Tour de France organisers to axe 30 kilometres from Sunday's stage 9, cancelling a day of festiviti - [Bellingham extra-time double sinks Norway 2-1, England reach World Cup semis](https://pollar.news/en/event/bellingham-double-books-england-semis): Jude Bellingham scored twice, including a 93rd-minute winner, as England beat Norway 2-1 in the World Cup quarter-finals at Miami's Hard Roc - [Linda Nosková survives six match points to win first Wimbledon final in all-Czech classic](https://pollar.news/en/event/noskov-wins-wimbledon-title): The 21-year-old squandered five match points in the second set before closing out Karolína Muchová 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Centre Court, sealing th - [Sinner faces Zverev in Wimbledon final with ranking lead, 4.8 million euro prize and nine-match streak on the line](https://pollar.news/en/event/wimbledon-final-sinner-v-zverev): World number one Jannik Sinner will defend his Wimbledon title against Alexander Zverev on Sunday 12 July at 17:00 CET, with the winner coll - [Le Pen holds dominant 34-35.5% lead in 2027 French presidential poll, Mélenchon closes in on second-round spot](https://pollar.news/en/event/le-pen-leads-2027-poll): An Elabe poll for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche places the National Rally leader at 34 to 35.5% in the first round, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon - [DLRG records 99 drowning deaths in June 2026, highest since 2003 heat summer](https://pollar.news/en/event/99-drown-in-german-heatwave): The German Life Saving Association tallied 99 drowning victims across Germany in June 2026, matching the peak last seen in the extreme summe - [Swiss coach brands red-card rule 'unacceptable' after World Cup quarter-final loss to Argentina in extra time](https://pollar.news/en/event/yakin-erupts-over-embolo-red): Murat Yakin said a VAR-reviewed second yellow for Breel Embolo 'destroyed our game' as Switzerland fell 3-1 after extra time in Kansas City, - [Hundreds of Romanian driving licences found dumped among medical waste at Moldovan landfill](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanian-licences-found-in-moldova-dump): Environmental activists found hundreds, possibly thousands, of Romanian driving licences alongside infusion tubes and tonnes of plastic at a - [After US bombs 140 military targets, Iran launches missile and drone strikes on five Gulf countries and shuts the Strait of Hormuz](https://pollar.news/en/event/hormuz-shut-after-us-strikes): The US struck around 140 Iranian military sites overnight, triggering retaliatory missile and drone barrages against the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain ## 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)