# 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. - [Mbappé and Dembélé fire France past Morocco into World Cup semifinals](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-into-semifinals-2): Kylian Mbappé redeemed a first-half penalty miss with a second-half goal as France defeated Morocco 2-0 in Boston to book a place in the 202 - [Palm Beach airport renamed after Trump, first US terminal to honor a sitting president](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-airport-renaming-takes-effect): The airport serving Palm Beach, Florida, was officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday, becoming the fi - [Israel warns US of new Iranian assassination plot against Trump; president says he is 'number one on the list'](https://pollar.news/en/event/new-iran-plot-against-trump): Israel has shared intelligence with Washington indicating a recently developed Iranian plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, according - [Trump terminates members of Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-fires-election-commissioners): President Donald Trump dismissed the remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, drawing rebuke from an Arizon - [Mbappé wonder goal sends France into third straight World Cup semifinal after penalty drama](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-into-semis): Kylian Mbappé atoned for a missed penalty with a spectacular goal, and Ousmane Dembélé added a second, as France defeated Morocco 2-0 to rea - [OpenAI's No. 2 executive Fidji Simo steps down to focus on recovery from chronic illness](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-exec-steps-down): Fidji Simo, OpenAI's head of product and business, is transitioning to a part-time advisor role after a three-month medical leave proved lon - [Bonnie Tyler, voice of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', dies at 75 in Portugal](https://pollar.news/en/event/bonnie-tyler-dies-at-75-2): The Welsh singer, known for her husky voice and 1980s hits like 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', died unexpectedly on 8 July in a hospital in F - [Doctors demand Bundesrat block health insurance savings package as Bundestag prepares to vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/doctors-urge-reform-block): As the Bundestag prepares to vote on a controversial health insurance savings package, the German general practitioners association calls on - [Syria arrests cell behind Damascus bombings that killed one during Macron visit](https://pollar.news/en/event/damascus-bomb-cell-arrested): Syrian authorities have detained the group responsible for two explosions near the Four Seasons hotel, where French President Emmanuel Macro - [Volkswagen outlines plan to halve model range and cut capacity, but defers decisions on 100,000 job cuts and four plant closures](https://pollar.news/en/event/vw-board-weighs-plant-closures): Volkswagen's supervisory board reviewed a sweeping cost-cutting plan on Thursday, but left workers and markets waiting for concrete decision - [SYRIZA president Sokratis Famellos resigns, party splits into two camps ahead of Central Committee showdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/syriza-leader-resigns): Sokratis Famellos stepped down as president of Greece's main opposition party on Thursday evening, preempting a no-confidence vote and trigg - [Márquez pursues record-tying Sachsenring win as MotoGP championship fight tightens before summer break](https://pollar.news/en/event/mrquez-eyes-sachsenring-glory): MotoGP arrives at Sachsenring for the German Grand Prix, the 11th round and last before the summer break. Marc Márquez, fifth in the standin - [Israeli intelligence warns of new Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, WSJ reports](https://pollar.news/en/event/assassination-plot-against-trump): The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel passed intelligence to the US indicating Iran is planning to directly target President Donald Tr - [Spain faces Belgium in World Cup quarterfinal with a 40-year score to settle](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-vs-belgium-quarterfinal): La Roja takes on Belgium at SoFi Stadium on Friday, aiming to reach the World Cup semifinals for only the second time and erase the memory o - [Iran buries Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as US strikes resume and son stays absent](https://pollar.news/en/event/khamenei-buried-son-missing): Iran laid former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to rest at the Imam Reza shrine on Thursday, capping six days of funeral rites overshadowed by - [Gauff falls to Muchova in Wimbledon semifinal thriller, setting up all-Czech final](https://pollar.news/en/event/all-czech-wimbledon-final): Coco Gauff's bid for a first Wimbledon final ended in heartbreak as Karolina Muchova saved a match point to win 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(12-10) on Thur - [Mbappé misses penalty then scores stunner as France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach World Cup semi-finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/mbappe-sinks-morocco): Kylian Mbappé missed a first-half penalty but redeemed himself with a superb goal as France defeated Morocco 2-0 to book a World Cup semi-fi - [Australia confirms first deadly H5N1 bird flu case in a native seabird as total detections climb to 12](https://pollar.news/en/event/h5n1-hits-australian-seabirds): The first case of H5N1 bird flu in a native Australian seabird has been confirmed in South Australia, adding to a dozen detections since the - [New Democracy holds 13-point lead over Tsipras's ELAS, but gap narrows as 46% of Greeks want elections in 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/greek-poll-nd-ahead-elas-gains): A Pulse poll for SKAI shows ruling New Democracy at 30% in vote estimate, 13 points ahead of Alexis Tsipras's Greek Left Coalition (ELAS), w - [Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1, a paid AI coding model, as it races to catch OpenAI and Anthropic](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-launches-muse-spark-11): Meta on Thursday released Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model designed for coding and agentic tasks, marking the company's first paid API - [Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87](https://pollar.news/en/event/wally-funk-dies-at-87): The trailblazing aviator who waited six decades to reach space died Wednesday in Grapevine, Texas, at age 87. - [France beats Morocco 2-0 to reach World Cup semifinal as Mbappe overcomes penalty miss](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-advances-to-semifinals): Kylian Mbappe scored and assisted after missing a first-half penalty, sending France past Morocco 2-0 in the 2026 World Cup quarterfinal at - [French deputies adopt police self-defense presumption as petition against it tops 500,000](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-police-bill-adopted-petition-surges): The National Assembly passed a bill granting a presumption of lawful firearm use to police, while a citizen petition against it has gathered - [At least 12 dead as wildfire tears through Los Gallardos, Almería, amid high winds](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfire-kills-six-in-almeria): At least 12 people have died after a forest fire broke out near Los Gallardos in Spain's Andalusia region, fed by strong winds and dry condi - [France beats Morocco 2-0, police in Brussels and Dutch cities brace for unrest after quarterfinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-morocco-match-sparks-unrest): France advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-0 win over Morocco, but the quarterfinal triggered a heavy police response in Brussels - [Xi Jinping demands accountability after shoe factory fire kills 28 in China](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-factory-fire-kills-28): At least 28 people died when a fire tore through the Huiteng Shoes factory in Jinjiang, a global hub for sneaker production. President Xi Ji - [Spain's Guardia Civil implicates Pedro Sánchez's former chief of staff in PSOE corruption probe](https://pollar.news/en/event/snchez-aide-in-corruption-probe): A Guardia Civil report alleges Juanma Serrano, once Pedro Sánchez's closest aide, helped place a party operative in the state postal service - [Mbappé scores, assists, then exits with ankle knock as France beats Morocco 2-0 to reach World Cup semi-finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/mbappe-fires-france-through-2): Kylian Mbappé scored his eighth goal of the tournament and set up Ousmane Dembélé as France defeated Morocco 2-0 in Boston to book a place i - [Forest fire in Estepona forces evacuation of 1,000 residents and cuts AP-7 motorway](https://pollar.news/en/event/1000-evacuated-in-costa-del-sol-fire): A forest fire that started near Estepona on Thursday afternoon led to the preventive evacuation of around 1,000 people, cut the AP-7 motorwa - [Bavarian parliament debates home-grown imam training to counter extremism and 'imported Islam'](https://pollar.news/en/event/imam-made-in-bavaria): An education committee in Munich heard calls for a state-backed programme that would combine academic theology with community work, as lawma - [Minibus with 11 passengers overturns on DN2 in Vrancea, Red Intervention Plan activated](https://pollar.news/en/event/minibus-crash-in-vrancea): A minibus carrying 11 people rolled over early Friday on the DN2-E85 road in Vrancea county, prompting authorities to activate the Red Inter - [Volkswagen plans to slash models by 50% and cap output at 9 million vehicles, sparking union clash](https://pollar.news/en/event/vw-slashes-models-capacity): The Volkswagen Group announced a sweeping restructuring on July 9, cutting its vehicle lineup by half and reducing production capacity to 9 - [Mbappé and Dembélé fire France past Morocco into World Cup semifinals](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-into-semifinals): Kylian Mbappé atoned for a first-half penalty miss with a stunning second-half goal as France defeated Morocco 2-0 in Boston to book a third - [SpaceX IPO spawns 4,400 millionaires as stock slides and anti-Musk ETFs launch](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-millionaires-shares-slide): SpaceX's record IPO has created thousands of employee millionaires, but shares have slid from their post-debut peak and bond markets are sig - [Bank of France lifts Q2 growth forecast to 0.2% as industry and services hold up](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-growth-revised-up): The central bank now expects the economy to expand 0.2% in the second quarter, up from a previous estimate of stagnation, as June activity p - [Bayeux Tapestry leaves France for first time in 900 years, bound for British Museum](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayeux-tapestry-crosses-channel): The 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry has left Normandy for the first time in over 900 years, beginning a closely guarded transfer to the British - [Mbappé atones for penalty miss with goal and assist as France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach World Cup semifinals](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-morocco-quarter-final): Kylian Mbappé scored and set up Ousmane Dembélé after missing a first-half penalty as France defeated Morocco 2-0 in Foxborough to reach a t - [Bundestag passes €1 billion annual relief law for Germany's cash-strapped states and municipalities](https://pollar.news/en/event/1bn-aid-for-german-states): The Bundestag approved a law on Thursday providing €1 billion annually from 2026 to 2029 to help heavily indebted municipalities cover kinde - [Torstein Träen abandons Tour de France after Tourmalet crash while in yellow jersey](https://pollar.news/en/event/traeen-crashes-out-of-tour): The Norwegian Uno-X rider suffered a concussion and multiple rib fractures on the Tourmalet descent, ending his two-day spell in the yellow - [Spanish fuel prices jump 5.6% as VAT reduction expires, despite new 15-cent rebate](https://pollar.news/en/event/fuel-prices-spike-in-spain): Gasoline and diesel prices in Spain reversed a five-week decline, rising sharply after the government allowed a temporary VAT reduction to e - [Charlie Kirk murder suspect confessed and cried, roommate says in court video](https://pollar.news/en/event/kirk-suspect-confessed-roommate-says): A Utah court played a recorded interview in which Lance Twiggs said Tyler Robinson admitted to shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk a - [Germany to buy US Tomahawk cruise missiles after NATO summit deal, closing a strategic gap in European defence](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-to-buy-tomahawks): Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the purchase on 9 July, a day after the NATO summit in Ankara, as Washington pushes Europeans to pay for - [French Socialists vote for restricted primary, dealing blow to party leader Olivier Faure](https://pollar.news/en/event/socialists-pick-restricted-primary): Party members opted for a primary limited to militants and allied organizations, rejecting First Secretary Olivier Faure's push to include s - [Florence + The Machine and Lorde lead a night of female pop power at Mad Cool 2026 as Zara Larsson stage draws overcrowding complaints](https://pollar.news/en/event/mad-cools-womens-night): The second day of Madrid's Mad Cool festival brought 57,000 fans to see Lorde, Florence + The Machine, Jennie, and Zara Larsson, with the Sw - [Israel Warns US of Fresh Iranian Plot to Kill Trump as Truce Hangs in Balance](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-plot-against-trump): Israel shared intelligence with the United States about an alleged Iranian plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, amid a fragile truce - [Barcelona shatters 112-year heat record as study reveals stark cooling inequality between rich and poor](https://pollar.news/en/event/heat-inequality-in-barcelona): Barcelona hit 40.9°C this week, its highest temperature in 112 years, while a new IDRA report shows only 39% of low-income households have a - [US confirms strikes on 90 military targets in Iran while explosions hit near Bushehr nuclear site; Iran blames US and Israel](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-strikes-escalate): The US military confirmed strikes on about 90 Iranian military targets, while Iran reported an attack on a facility near its Bushehr nuclear - [Eurocontrol freezes 6.5 billion zł of Polish air navigation agency funds after Pfizer court win](https://pollar.news/en/event/pazp-funds-frozen): Eurocontrol has frozen 6.5 billion zł belonging to Poland's air navigation agency after a Belgian court ruled in favour of Pfizer over unpai - [Trailer drops for Na Hong-jin's 'Hope,' South Korea's most expensive film ever, ahead of July 15 domestic release](https://pollar.news/en/event/hope-trailer-drops): Neon has released the first full trailer for Na Hong-jin's sci-fi action-thriller 'Hope,' ahead of its September 9 North American release. T - [Iran launches ballistic missiles at Jordanian air base used by U.S. forces, testing fragile ceasefire](https://pollar.news/en/event/missiles-hit-jordan-base): Iran fired ten ballistic missiles at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base on Thursday, and Jordan intercepted eight of them. 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