# 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.

- [Spain confronts EU criticism as Ceuta death toll reaches at least 83 after mass crossing](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): At least 83 people died and thousands remain stranded after tens of thousands of migrants surged into the Spanish enclave from Morocco last 
- [Ariana Grande announces break from spotlight after Eternal Sunshine tour, drops out of Sondheim revival](https://pollar.news/en/event/grande-steps-back-from-spotlight): The pop star's representative says she will take a 'much-deserved break' from public-facing work after her Eternal Sunshine tour ends in Lon
- [Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross in Naypyidaw, first visit by a foreign official since Myanmar's 2021 coup](https://pollar.news/en/event/suu-kyi-meets-red-cross): Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the ICRC's resident representative Arnaud de Baecque in Naypyidaw on 3 August 202
- [Venezuela earthquake death toll surpasses 6,000 as missing persons estimates range up to 29,500](https://pollar.news/en/event/6125-dead-in-venezuela-quakes): The confirmed death toll from the June 24 twin earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 6,125, with officials reporting 61,000 hospital visits 
- [25 US states sue Trump administration over new tariffs, calling them illegal pretext](https://pollar.news/en/event/states-challenge-trumps-new-tariffs): A coalition of 25 states, mostly Democratic-led, filed suit Monday arguing the 10–12.5% levies on 60 trading partners are a pretext to repla
- [Trump says Iran talks are happening 'right now', calls it Tehran's last chance for a deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/tanker-strike-trump-warns): The U.S. president said negotiations with Iran are taking place on Monday, contradicting Tehran's denial of direct talks, as oil prices tumb
- [Michigan and Missouri primaries test Democratic direction on Israel and progressive clout](https://pollar.news/en/event/el-sayed-defies-aipac-spending): Voters in Michigan and Missouri cast ballots Tuesday in primaries that will measure the strength of the party's progressive wing, the influe
- [Wildfires destroy hundreds of homes in Spokane, Washington, forcing 65,000 to evacuate as three blazes burn uncontrolled](https://pollar.news/en/event/spokane-wildfire-forces-mass-evacuations): Three wind-driven wildfires that ignited near Spokane, Washington, on Saturday have burned more than 5,390 acres, destroyed between 700 and 
- [Seven killed, including three children, as Ukrainian drone crashes on crowded Russian beach resort near Gelendzhik](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-kills-seven-on-russian-beach): A Ukrainian drone crashed onto a crowded beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik on Monday, killing at least seven people, including three
- [Trump's Board of Peace tells Israel withdrawal from Gaza will wait for full Hamas disarmament](https://pollar.news/en/event/gaza-strikes-defy-ceasefire-deal): The assurance came after Israel objected to a roadmap that called for a phased pullout and an immediate halt to strikes, while 18 Palestinia
- [Michigan reports first two US deaths in cyclospora outbreak as cases top 11,000](https://pollar.news/en/event/cyclospora-outbreak-kills-two): Both victims had significant underlying health conditions, state officials said, as the nationwide outbreak surpasses 18,000 cases.
- [Iran denies talks with US as Trump threatens to maintain Hormuz blockade until 'total surrender'](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): Tehran flatly denied any negotiations with Washington on August 3, hours after President Trump said talks were underway and a deal on the St
- [Wales and England withdraw support for Infantino re-election as FIFA crisis deepens and Trump outreach fails](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): Wales and England have withdrawn support for Gianni Infantino's re-election as FIFA president, deepening the crisis triggered by his abandon
- [Blanche rescinds $1.776 billion fund to secure AG confirmation, but Trump's retroactive IRS immunity stays](https://pollar.news/en/event/cornyn-blocks-blanche-vote): Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche formally nullified the Justice Department's $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' on Sunday, satisfy
- [Warsaw hospital audit lands on Trzaskowski's desk as 21 KO politicians quit party over scandal](https://pollar.news/en/event/audit-lands-21-ko-politicians-quit): Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski received the long-awaited audit of the Southern Hospital on Monday and will present its findings on Wednesday, as th
- [US and Japan stage rare joint yen-buying intervention, yen jumps from 40-year low to 157](https://pollar.news/en/event/yen-won-surge-on-intervention): The US Treasury sold euros to buy yen on Friday in its first yen-buying intervention since 1998, coordinated with Japan to halt the currency
- [Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin flees to Paris after 'foreign agent' label and administrative penalty](https://pollar.news/en/event/nadezhdin-flees-russia): Boris Nadezhdin, one of the last prominent opposition voices to oppose the Ukraine war from inside Russia, announced his departure in a vide
- [Ceuta migrant surge: 50,000 cross from Morocco, 72 dead, EU split over Schengen suspension](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migrant-surge-kills-72): A mass crossing of 50,000 to 60,000 migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week left at least 72 dead, mostly drowned,
- [AstraZeneca shares slide 7% as investors and analysts pan reported Bristol Myers merger talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/astrazeneca-bms-merger-talks): Shares in the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker fell as much as 8.8% on Monday after the Financial Times reported preliminary discussions with US riva
- [Spain investigates whether Ceuta migrant crisis was a 'concerted action' as death toll reaches 90](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-probes-ceuta-migrant-deaths): At least 90 people died attempting to swim from Morocco to Ceuta on 30-31 July, as Spain's Audiencia Nacional opens an investigation into wh
- [Spain collects three more medals on 'Super Monday' at European Aquatics Championships in Paris](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-medal-rush-in-paris): Iris Tió and Jordi Cáceres each took solo free bronze before the Spanish team added a free team silver at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, bring
- [Trump's acting AG kills $1.8 billion victim fund to win over Republican rebels ahead of Tuesday committee vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/blanche-kills-trump-victim-fund): Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche formally rescinded a $1.8 billion compensation fund for Trump supporters, clearing the way for two R
- [Berlin places electronic ankle monitors on four Islamist threats after deadly Pride attack](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-ankle-monitors-for-islamists): Four individuals classified as dangerous Islamists in Berlin have been ordered to wear electronic ankle monitors for 30 days, following a ve
- [Pogacar to ride Vuelta a España in bid for elusive Grand Tour treble](https://pollar.news/en/event/pogacar-beaten-by-german-doctor): Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will race the Vuelta a España starting August 22, aiming to become the ninth man to win all 
- [Edin Džeko, 40, signs one-year Schalke extension ahead of Bundesliga return](https://pollar.news/en/event/deko-stays-at-schalke): The 40-year-old Bosnia captain, who scored six goals in 11 games to help Schalke win promotion, has signed a one-year deal and will face Aug
- [Romania blasts Danube rock to save nuclear plant from drought shutdown as Hungary faces similar crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-blast-saves-reactor): Romanian naval forces used 180 kg of explosives to clear a rock in the drought-stricken Danube, aiming to raise water levels for the Cernavo
- [Four injured in Cologne-Mülheim shooting after street dispute escalates late Monday](https://pollar.news/en/event/shooting-wounds-four-in-cologne): A dispute among several people escalated into gunfire on a street in Cologne's Mülheim district late Monday evening, leaving four people wit
- [Pacific nation Nauru officially becomes Naoero, reclaiming traditional name](https://pollar.news/en/event/nauru-becomes-naoero): The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the
- [Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens to $360 million in North America, beating Avengers: Endgame's domestic record](https://pollar.news/en/event/spidey-stays-critics-split): Sony's fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man film took $360 million in the U.S. and Canada, surpassing the $357 million mark set by Avengers: Endgam
- [Qatar, Egypt and Turkey condemn Israel's 'continued violations' in Gaza after weekend strikes kill over 20](https://pollar.news/en/event/mediators-condemn-israels-gaza-strikes): Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, the three mediators of the Gaza truce, issued a joint statement overnight condemning Israel's 'continued violations
- [Met Gala 2027 to honor John Galliano, reigniting debate over his antisemitic past](https://pollar.news/en/event/galliano-met-honor-sparks-backlash): The Metropolitan Museum of Art will stage a solo exhibition of John Galliano's work in May 2027, making him only the third living designer t
- [Conte wants primaries to decide Ukraine policy, Schlein says 'program first'](https://pollar.news/en/event/conte-blocks-ukraine-arms): Giuseppe Conte said the centre-left coalition should let voters decide its Ukraine stance through primaries; Elly Schlein insisted a shared 
- [Junts joins the European Democratic Party, ending seven years of political isolation in Brussels](https://pollar.news/en/event/junts-enters-european-democratic-party): The Catalan pro-independence party led by Carles Puigdemont has been accepted into the European Democratic Party, a centrist, federalist gro
- [Paris prosecutor opens inquiry into workplace bullying after two suicides and two attempts in French PM's services](https://pollar.news/en/event/suicides-probe-at-matignon): A preliminary inquiry has been opened after a civil servant attempted suicide, amid allegations of institutional bullying in departments und
- [Italy suspends Schengen with Spain after 60,000 migrants breach Ceuta border, leaving 88 dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-crisis-kills-88): Roughly 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on 30-31 July, prompting Italy to suspend its Schengen agreem
- [Over 1,000 German jurists urge government and Bundestag to initiate AfD ban proceedings](https://pollar.news/en/event/jurists-demand-afd-ban): The open letter, signed by at least 1,051 lawyers, judges, and prosecutors, cites a legal opinion that the far-right party's policies violat
- [FAA certifies Boeing 737 MAX 7 after nearly a decade of review, clearing path for 2027 deliveries](https://pollar.news/en/event/boeing-max-7-certified): The Federal Aviation Administration granted certification to Boeing's 737 MAX 7 on Monday, ending a process that stretched nearly ten years 
- [Cardinal Dziwisz denies knowledge of priest's abuse in Kraków court, plaintiff demands 20 million PLN](https://pollar.news/en/event/dziwisz-denies-abuse-knowledge): Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz appeared before the Kraków District Court on Monday as a witness in a civil suit brought by Janusz Szymik, who al
- [Ex-Ilva workers strike and block highway as Milan court orders hot area shutdown; Urso pushes for Italian consortium](https://pollar.news/en/event/ex-ilva-strike-blocks-highway): An eight-hour strike at the former Ilva steel plant in Taranto blocked the state road for an hour on Monday, as unions demanded public inter
- [Iran hangs two men for passing military coordinates to Mossad as executions hit highest level since 1989](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-executes-two-for-spying): Iran hanged two men on Monday after convicting them of passing military coordinates to Mossad during the ongoing war with the US and Israel,
- [Serena and Venus Williams awarded Cincinnati doubles wild card, Venus also enters US Open mixed doubles](https://pollar.news/en/event/williams-sisters-get-cincinnati-wild-card): Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together for the first time since 2022 after accepting a wild card into the Cincinnati Open, whi
- [Ukrainian drones hit Russian retailer Wildberries for 18th time, also strike Turkish cargo ship in Black Sea](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildberries-hit-again-ship-attacked): Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries logistics centre in Vladimir region for the 18th time since mid-July, while a separate attack on a Tur
- [Sirens stayed silent in 10 of 17 districts after Russian missile entered Polish airspace, governor orders remote activation](https://pollar.news/en/event/siren-failures-after-missile-incursion): Lublin governor Krzysztof Komorski said on Monday that air-raid sirens did not activate in 10 of the 17 districts placed under alert when a 
- [Union parliamentary leader rejects negotiation on 'Rente mit 63' as state premiers rebel](https://pollar.news/en/event/east-german-pension-revolt): CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei insists the abolition of the deduction-free pension after 45 years is non-negotiable, warni
- [Mattia Maestri dies at 13 after nine-year coma caused by E. coli in raw-milk cheese](https://pollar.news/en/event/raw-milk-cheese-coma-boy-dies): Mattia Maestri was four when a piece of raw-milk cheese contaminated with E. coli put him in a coma. Nine years later, the Italian boy has d
- [Min-jae Kim commits to Bayern Munich as Kompany hails 'monster' defender and faces squad puzzle on Asia tour](https://pollar.news/en/event/kim-commits-to-bayern): South Korean defender Min-jae Kim declared his commitment to Bayern Munich during the club's Asia tour, while coach Vincent Kompany describe
- [Rhine at Kaub to reach 18 cm, lowest since 1880, as Germany calls crisis meeting](https://pollar.news/en/event/europes-rivers-run-dry): Water levels in Europe's busiest waterway are forecast to fall to 18 cm at Kaub by Friday, the lowest since 1880, forcing cargo vessels to c
- [Trump blasts Chevron and ExxonMobil for 'making too much money' as gas prices stay high](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-vs-big-oil): President Trump on Monday criticized Chevron and ExxonMobil for earning too much from the Iran war-driven oil shortage, urging them to cut r
- [Residents return to fire-ravaged Gironde communes as Le Porge and Lège-Cap-Ferret reopen](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): Ten days after fleeing the wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares, residents of Le Porge and Lège-Cap-Ferret were allowed back on Monday to 
- [Morawiecki confirms new party by 15 October as PiS support slides to 16.9% in first post-split poll](https://pollar.news/en/event/kurski-silenced-after-rant): Former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed on Monday that his Rozwój Plus association will become a political party, with a founding

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