# 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 is characterized by a reciprocal escalation of long-range strikes, with Ukraine systematically targeting Russian logistics and energ
- [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.

- [Trump signs two executive orders targeting birthright citizenship after Supreme Court defeat](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-curbs-birthright-citizenship-anew): President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday expanding categories of people ineligible for automatic US citizenship and ba
- [Federal prosecutor takes over probe of explosive drone found at Leipzig/Halle Airport near Ukrainian cargo planes](https://pollar.news/en/event/leipzig-airport-security-alert): Germany's federal prosecutor has taken over the investigation into a drone fitted with military-grade explosives found near Ukrainian Antono
- [Iran-Oman deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz nears as Trump cancels strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): Iran and Oman have reached a preliminary agreement on transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz, sending Brent crude from roughly $100 to 
- [South Korea releases before-and-after Moon images after SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impact](https://pollar.news/en/event/spacex-rocket-heading-for-moon-impact): A SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon on 5 August 2026 at about 8,700 km/h, and South Korea's Danuri orbiter has released the first 
- [UEFA maintains FIFA boycott threat after Infantino's crisis meeting in Rabat](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA apologised for errors and said its leadership backs Infantino, but UEFA kept its boycott threat alive, saying conditions for withdrawal
- [Rheinmetall cuts 2026 sales outlook by €300M after Berlin scraps F-126 frigate programme](https://pollar.news/en/event/rheinmetall-cuts-forecast-on-frigate-cut): German defence giant Rheinmetall lowered its 2026 revenue forecast to €13.7 to €14.2 billion after Berlin cancelled the multi-billion-euro F
- [Le Court wins Tour de France Femmes stage six after crash and mechanical, Reusser keeps yellow jersey](https://pollar.news/en/event/tour-femmes-2026-begins): Kimberley Le Court of Mauritius recovered from a crash and a mechanical problem to win stage six of the Tour de France Femmes in Tournon-sur
- [Google shifts AI leadership from London to California as Hassabis steps aside](https://pollar.news/en/event/google-ai-leadership-shakeup): Demis Hassabis is stepping back from running Google DeepMind, with day-to-day control of Gemini passing to Koray Kavukcuoglu in Mountain Vie
- [Real Madrid signs 19-year-old Yan Diomandé from Leipzig for club-record €125 million](https://pollar.news/en/event/real-madrid-signs-diomande): Real Madrid has signed 19-year-old Ivorian winger Yan Diomandé from RB Leipzig on a seven-year deal worth up to €140 million with bonuses, m
- [Rhine at record low chokes German freight as Bilger lifts Sunday truck ban](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-rivers-run-dry): The Rhine gauge at Kaub fell to 17 centimetres on Wednesday, the lowest since measurements began in 1880, crippling cargo traffic on Germany
- [Munich court hands life sentence to Afghan man for 2025 car-ramming at union rally that killed mother and daughter](https://pollar.news/en/event/munich-car-attacker-gets-life): A German court sentenced 25-year-old Afghan Farhad N. to life in prison for driving a car into a Munich trade union rally in February 2025, 
- [Paris prosecutor opens probe into Russian interference targeting French presidential candidates](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-deepfake-targets-glucksmann): Paris prosecutors are investigating suspected GRU-linked disinformation against Raphaël Glucksmann, one of three presidential candidates tar
- [Apollo confirms £5.7 billion easyJet takeover after Castlelake withdraws from bidding war](https://pollar.news/en/event/apollo-acquires-easyjet-for-57-billion): Apollo Global Management has confirmed a recommended cash acquisition of easyJet valuing Europe's second-largest low-cost airline at about £
- [Israel charges settler Yinon Levi with manslaughter of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen](https://pollar.news/en/event/settler-charged-in-activist-killing): Israeli prosecutors indicted settler Yinon Levi on Thursday for the July 2025 killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the West Ba
- [RKI revises German heat death toll to 11,900 as Europe toll tops 25,000](https://pollar.news/en/event/nearly-12000-heat-deaths-in-germany): Germany's Robert Koch Institute revised its estimate of heat-related deaths sharply upward to 11,900, surpassing the 2018 annual record, as 
- [Mohamed Salah signs two-year Trabzonspor deal worth €17m per season after Liverpool exit](https://pollar.news/en/event/salah-to-trabzonspor): Mohamed Salah has signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Trabzonspor on a free transfer, earning €17 million per season plus a 20% sha
- [Armed drone with explosives found at Leipzig airport near Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane](https://pollar.news/en/event/leipzig-airport-shut-overnight): German federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation after a drone carrying military explosives was found on the tarmac of Leipzig/H
- [Senate panel votes 8-7 to hold Fauci in contempt after he invoked Fifth Amendment over 100 times](https://pollar.news/en/event/senate-panel-holds-fauci-in-contempt): A US Senate committee voted 8-7 along party lines to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked 
- [Cambridge's youngest Black professor Jason Arday resigns amid plagiarism investigation](https://pollar.news/en/event/cambridge-professor-arday-resigns): Professor Jason Arday, who became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023 at age 37, resigned on 5 August evening after the university 
- [Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon after soldier deaths shatter two-month ceasefire](https://pollar.news/en/event/israel-hits-lebanon): Two Israeli soldiers died in a booby-trap explosion in Majdal Zoun on 5 August, prompting retaliatory strikes across southern Lebanon and cu
- [Ceuta migrant crisis deepens as political standoff blocks minor redistribution and social media calls for new crossing](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Tens of thousands crossed from Morocco to Ceuta on 30 July, leaving at least 83 dead and nearly 1,100 minors in need of shelter as PP-Vox re
- [Scientists capture sharpest-ever Sun images revealing never-before-seen plasma vortices](https://pollar.news/en/event/suns-surface-in-new-detail): Using the world's largest solar telescope on Maui, Hawaii, researchers have captured the highest-resolution images of the Sun's surface ever
- [Nawrocki marks first year as Polish president, pledges to stay on campaign path and attacks Senate](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrockis-first-year-in-review): President Karol Nawrocki marked the first anniversary of his swearing-in on 6 August 2026 with a speech at the Presidential Palace courtyard
- [RWE exits US offshore wind in $1.22 billion Trump administration settlement, redirects funds to gas](https://pollar.news/en/event/rwe-quits-us-wind-for-gas-deal): German energy giant RWE agreed to surrender all three of its US offshore wind leases for a $1.22 billion Interior Department settlement, red
- [Colombia inaugurates far-right De la Espriella as Petro era ends with diplomatic and policy reversals](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombia-inaugurates-far-right-president): Abelardo de la Espriella is sworn in as Colombia's president on August 7 in Cali, promising to restore Israel ties, close 14 embassies, and 
- [US Senate committee declares Fauci in contempt of Congress after 100+ Fifth Amendment pleas](https://pollar.news/en/event/senate-panel-cites-fauci): A US Senate committee voted 8-7 along party lines on 6 August 2026 to declare Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fif
- [All 27 Italian cities hit red alert as fourth heatwave peaks near 40°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/fourth-heatwave-hits-italy): All 27 cities monitored by Italy's health ministry are on red alert for the first time in 2026, as the fourth heatwave pushes temperatures n
- [Danube drought forces nuclear plant shutdowns in Hungary and Romania](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-drought-shuts-cernavod): Record-low Danube levels from prolonged heatwaves have pushed Hungary's Paks plant toward its first full shutdown in its 44 years of service
- [Rodri rejects Real Madrid, gives green light to Barcelona transfer talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/rodri-says-yes-to-barcelona): Spanish World Cup captain Rodri has told Barcelona he wants to join them, snubbing Real Madrid and opening negotiations with Manchester City
- [Senator Mitch McConnell discharged from rehab center after 53-day absence, will recover at home](https://pollar.news/en/event/mcconnell-leaves-rehab-center): Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, said on August 6 he was discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue recovering at home
- [Vinícius Júnior extends Real Madrid contract to 2032, ending Arsenal interest](https://pollar.news/en/event/vinicius-extends-real-madrid-deal): Brazil winger Vinícius Júnior has agreed a new six-year contract extension with Real Madrid through June 2032, ending months of speculation 
- [Ayuso's 6.3 million euro luxury penthouse scandal deepens as explanations unravel](https://pollar.news/en/event/ayuso-penthouse-purchase-criticised): The Community of Madrid's purchase of a 485-square-meter luxury penthouse for 6.3 million euros through a public company has drawn criticism
- [Power failure at Manchester signalling centre halts trains across north-west England, disruption expected into Friday](https://pollar.news/en/event/manchester-power-cut-halts-rail-services): A power failure at the Manchester Rail Operating Centre on Thursday afternoon knocked out signalling across north-west England, halting trai
- [Vinicius Jr extends Real Madrid contract to 2032 amid Arsenal interest](https://pollar.news/en/event/vinicius-extends-madrid-deal-to-2032): Real Madrid announced a six-season contract extension for Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr on 6 August, ending 18 months of talks and fending o
- [Felipe VI receives Ceuta president Vivas at Marivent after mass migrant crossing crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/king-meets-ceuta-leader): King Felipe VI received Ceuta president Juan Jesús Vivas at Marivent Palace on August 6, one week after more than 70,000 migrants crossed th
- [Houthi drone and missile attacks kill at least 38 Yemeni government troops in Marib and Hadramaut](https://pollar.news/en/event/houthis-kill-38-yemeni-troops): Houthi drone and missile strikes on military camps in Marib and Hadramaut on August 6 killed at least 38 government troops and wounded 29, t
- [Conte tells Covid commission it is a 'firing squad' against him, attacks €100M mask settlement with JC Electronics](https://pollar.news/en/event/conte-clashes-with-covid-commission): Former PM Giuseppe Conte told the parliamentary Covid commission the body was a firing squad against him, presented an anonymous document al
- [Stanford-Arc Institute team uses AI to design 16 viable synthetic viruses not found in nature](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-creates-first-synthetic-viruses): Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto used generative AI models Evo 1 and Evo 2 to design 16 viable bacterio
- [Hantavirus Andes strain detected in Franco-Argentine tourist isolated in Spain after France transit](https://pollar.news/en/event/hantavirus-case-isolated-in-spain): A Franco-Argentine tourist who transited through France in July tested positive for the Andes hantavirus variant and has been isolated with 
- [FLNC-UC threatens non-Corsicans in clandestine press conference, French anti-terror prosecutor opens investigation](https://pollar.news/en/event/flnc-threats-spark-terror-probe): France's anti-terror prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation after the Corsican separatist group FLNC-UC held an armed press conferenc
- [Ugandan football captain David Owori dies after stone attack in Kampala](https://pollar.news/en/event/footballer-owori-dies-after-attack): David Owori, captain of Ugandan record champions SC Villa, succumbed to injuries on Wednesday after being ambushed and bludgeoned with pavin
- [Spanish far-right and left unite to demand Morocco's exclusion from 2030 World Cup amid final-hosting dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-challenges-moroccos-world-cup): FIFA denied reports that president Gianni Infantino promised Morocco the 2030 World Cup final, as Spanish parties from Vox to Sumar demanded
- [FCC votes 2-1 to eliminate national TV ownership cap, replacing 39% limit with case-by-case merger review](https://pollar.news/en/event/fcc-scraps-tv-ownership-cap): The FCC voted 2-1 along party lines to eliminate the national TV ownership cap that since 2004 barred any company from reaching more than 39
- [PiS proposes deporting draft-age Ukrainians not legally employed, sparking backlash from government and business groups](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-proposes-deporting-draft-age-ukrainians): PiS announced at its 6 August 2026 programmatic conference that a future government would deport Ukrainian men of conscription age who do no
- [Spain prepares for first total solar eclipse in 121 years on 12 August 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/century-long-eclipse-drought-ends-in-spain): Spain will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1905 on 12 August 2026, with the band of totality crossing from Galicia to the Bal
- [Benfica 3-0 Hearts at half-time: Rafa Silva, Araújo and Pavlidis on target](https://pollar.news/en/event/benfica-3-0-hearts-at-break): Benfica built a 3-0 first-half lead over Hearts, with goals from Rafa Silva, Tomás Araújo and a Vangelis Pavlidis penalty in a one-sided ope
- [El-Sayed wins Michigan Democratic Senate primary, Republicans pounce on progressive victory](https://pollar.news/en/event/el-sayed-defies-aipac-spending): Progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated centrist Representative Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, setting up a Nov
- [Italy's Antitrust fines Bird, Dott and Lime €2.675M for blocking free rides in Rome](https://pollar.news/en/event/antitrust-fines-scooter-firms-2675m): Italy's competition authority fined Bird, Dott and Lime a total of €2.675 million for obstructing free ride packages owed to Metrebus annual
- [Francesco Guccini dies at 86: Italy mourns the 'Maestrone' of cantautori](https://pollar.news/en/event/guccini-dies-at-86): Francesco Guccini, the Italian cantautore who soundtracked over 50 years of the country's social and political transformation, died on 6 Aug
- [US expands social media screening of visa applicants to include foreign journalists](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-vets-journalists-social-media): The State Department is expanding social media vetting of visa applicants to include foreign journalists and certain Canadian and Mexican wo

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