# 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. - [Apollo outbids Castlelake for easyJet with £5.7 billion offer, board switches recommendation](https://pollar.news/en/event/apollo-outbids-castlelake-for-easyjet): The US private equity firm offered £7.15 per share, topping Castlelake's £6.90 bid and triggering a potential takeover battle for the London - [Ryanair window shatters after Thessaloniki takeoff; passenger partially sucked out and hospitalised](https://pollar.news/en/event/ryanair-window-breaks-mid-flight): A Friday morning Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Germany returned to the airport minutes after takeoff when a passenger window fractured - [German parliament scraps 65% green heating mandate, allows new oil and gas boilers from 2029 with rising biofuel quota](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-scraps-green-heating-mandate): The Bundestag voted 322 to 272 on Friday to pass the new Building Modernisation Act, removing the requirement that new heating systems use 6 - [Xavier Niel buys Vodafone's 16.2% stake from UAE's E& for £4.4bn, becoming the British telecom's top shareholder](https://pollar.news/en/event/niel-takes-top-vodafone-stake): French billionaire Xavier Niel is acquiring the entire 16.2 percent stake held by Emirates Telecommunications in the British telecom giant f - [Teenager crushed to death by truck during celebrations of France's 2-0 World Cup win over Morocco](https://pollar.news/en/event/teen-dies-celebrating-france-win): A 17-year-old girl was crushed to death after falling from a truck during celebrations in Aulnoye-Aymeries, northern France, following the n - [OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent that stays with a project for hours to produce finished documents and web apps](https://pollar.news/en/event/chatgpt-work-agent-launched): Powered by the new GPT-5.6 model family, the agent can gather context across a user's apps and files, schedule its own tasks, and deliver co - [Kaczyński calls police 'ruling party militia', vows citizen guard and life sentences after Smolensk memorial clashes](https://pollar.news/en/event/kaczynski-vows-citizen-guard): Jarosław Kaczyński clashed with police and counter-protesters at Warsaw's Piłsudski Square on 10 July, then announced plans for a 'citizen g - [San Fermín's fourth bull run leaves nine injured as bulls outpace steers in chaotic dash through Pamplona](https://pollar.news/en/event/nine-hurt-in-pamplona-bull-run): The Álvaro Núñez bulls broke ahead of the steers from the Santo Domingo corrals, setting a furious pace that caused pile-ups in Estafeta and - [Typhoon Bavi kills five in Philippines landslide, forces Taiwan evacuations and market shutdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/typhoon-bavi-hits-taiwan): The storm, described as the largest to threaten the island since 1995, triggered a fatal landslide in the Philippines and prompted Taiwan to - [Milan court convicts ex-unionist in '30 seconds' case that overturned two acquittals, gives 14-month sentence](https://pollar.news/en/event/conviction-in-30-seconds-case): An Italian appeals court has handed a 14-month prison sentence to a former Malpensa Airport trade unionist in a case that drew national outr - [SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in largest-ever US listing by a foreign company, pricing ADRs at $149 each](https://pollar.news/en/event/sk-hynix-raises-record-265bn): South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in its Wall Street debut, pricing 177.9 million American Depositary Shares at $149 each - [Bayer sells minority stake in contraceptives unit to Apollo for €3bn to ease litigation debt load](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayer-secures-3bn-apollo-deal): The German pharmaceuticals group will retain majority ownership and full operational control of its fast-growing long-acting reversible cont - [France advances to World Cup semis after 2-0 win over Morocco; Paris peaceful, London clashes, teen dies in celebration](https://pollar.news/en/event/les-bleus-into-semifinals): France beat Morocco 2-0 in Boston on Thursday to reach the 2026 World Cup semifinals. Celebrations in Paris were largely peaceful with 5,000 - [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 - [Derecho y Relaciones Internacionales tops Catalonia's 2026 university cut-off marks with 12.972](https://pollar.news/en/event/uab-degree-tops-pau-scores): The joint programme in Law and International Relations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona claimed the highest entry bar in Catalonia - [EU warns Meta over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram design, threatening multibillion-dollar fine](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-targets-meta-design): The European Commission has issued a stark warning to Meta, stating that the 'addictive' design of Facebook and Instagram may violate EU dig - [China recovers Long March 10B booster at sea in first reusable rocket landing, narrowing SpaceX gap](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-lands-reusable-rocket): The Long March 10B's first stage was caught by a net-equipped floating platform six minutes after liftoff from Hainan Island, a milestone fo - [Polish soldiers to collect uniforms from parcel lockers as pilot reaches over 20,000 personnel](https://pollar.news/en/event/soldiers-get-uniforms-by-locker): Over 20,000 soldiers now receive their gear via InPost parcel lockers, with plans to scale to 60,000 by the end of 2026 and full deployment - [NBP projects Polish inflation falling to 2.2% by 2028, GDP growth at 3.7% this year](https://pollar.news/en/event/nbp-22-inflation-by-2028): Poland's central bank released its July projection on Friday, showing CPI declining from 2.9% at end-2026 to 2.2% by end-2028, while GDP exp - [Polish tax office runs 1,054 undercover purchases in West Pomerania, finds violations in 60% of checks](https://pollar.news/en/event/tax-sting-hits-60): Officers from the National Revenue Administration in West Pomerania conducted 1,054 test purchases in shops and restaurants from January to - [Bayeux Tapestry returns to England after 950 years: 100,000 tickets sold for British Museum's best-selling show](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayeux-tapestry-crosses-channel): The 70-metre medieval embroidery arrived in London under police escort early on 10 July 2026, the first time it has left France since its cr - [Mbappe scores 8th of tournament as France beats Morocco 2:0 to reach World Cup semi-final](https://pollar.news/en/event/mbappe-fires-france-into-semis): Kylian Mbappe struck his eighth goal of the 2026 World Cup and Ousmane Dembele added a second as France dominated Morocco 2:0 in Foxborough, - [Klopp reveals Liverpool's secret private-jet pursuit of Mbappé before his 2017 PSG move](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopps-mbappe-jet-chase): Jürgen Klopp disclosed that Liverpool flew Kylian Mbappé's family on a private jet from Nice in 2017, circling over France to avoid detectio - [Head-on bus collision near Trzebnica kills one driver, three passengers hospitalised](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-bus-crash-in-lower-silesia): A Citroën bus crossed into oncoming traffic on a bend in Ujeździec Mały and struck a Mercedes bus carrying six people. The Citroën driver di - [Wind turbine blade falls onto A4 motorway near Rzeszów, blocking arterial route towards Ukraine border](https://pollar.news/en/event/turbine-part-blocks-a4-at-rzeszow): A giant wind-turbine element being hauled by a heavy-goods vehicle on the A4 slipped from its mountings early Friday at Terliczka, blocking - [China recovers its first reusable orbital rocket booster, catching the Long March 10B at sea](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-catches-reusable-orbital-rocket): The booster was captured by a net on a sea platform about six minutes after liftoff, marking China's first success with technology key to cu - [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 - [Belgium faces Spain in World Cup quarter-final as White House weighs in on Red Devils' last rout](https://pollar.news/en/event/belgium-challenges-unbeaten-spain): The Red Devils take on Spain in Los Angeles on Friday evening, while their demolition of the USA still echoes in Washington and Rudi Garcia' - [Mediaset launches dual legal offensive to seize 'Pasapalabra' name and block Antena 3's 'AlaZ' game](https://pollar.news/en/event/mediaset-opens-new-pasapalabra-legal-front): Mediaset has launched a two-pronged legal offensive to claim the name and core game of 'Pasapalabra', currently Atresmedia's top-rated show, - [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 - [DFB chiefs fly to New York to sign Klopp as Schweinsteiger demands alternatives to 'hectic' coach pursuit](https://pollar.news/en/event/dfb-flies-to-sign-klopp): DFB President Bernd Neuendorf and his deputy Hans-Joachim Watzke departed for New York to finalize terms with Jürgen Klopp as Germany's next - [Mitsotakis announces 10-cent petrol cut until August after fiery Greek parliament clash over living costs](https://pollar.news/en/event/greece-cuts-fuel-prices): A parliamentary showdown over the cost-of-living crisis produced an immediate oil-price intervention and sharp personal attacks, with the Pr - [Belgium to launch digital road vignette for all vehicles from May 2027, with prices tied to CO2 emissions](https://pollar.news/en/event/belgium-adopts-road-vignette): Belgian drivers and foreign visitors will need a digital vignette to use motorways and major regional roads from 1 May 2027, following an in - [Fidesz rallies thousands in Budapest against Péter Magyar's plan to remove president and reshape courts](https://pollar.news/en/event/fidesz-protests-magyars-reforms): Fidesz, the party of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, mobilized thousands in Budapest on Thursday to protest a constitutional overhaul by - [Ann Widdecombe, former Conservative minister and Reform UK figure, dies at 78](https://pollar.news/en/event/ann-widdecombe-dies-at-78): The former Conservative minister, a fierce Eurosceptic who later joined Nigel Farage's Reform UK, made one of her final interventions in a J - [American Horror Story season 13 set photos confirm Coven return, Jessica Lange among cast](https://pollar.news/en/event/ahs-coven-returns): Production images from New York City on July 9 show Sarah Paulson, Emma Roberts and other franchise regulars reprising their witch roles for - [Mitsotakis hails arrests in Thessaloniki arson-murder case: 'The state honours Vagia Nestora's memory'](https://pollar.news/en/event/mitsotakis-on-terror-arrests): Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis opened his parliamentary address by welcoming the first arrests in the deadly arson attacks in Thessaloni - [France leaves Switzerland with CHF30 million G7 security bill after failed cost-sharing talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-stiffs-switzerland-on-g7-bill): Three weeks after the G7 summit in Évian, negotiations have collapsed: France will not help pay the CHF30 million Swiss security bill for pr - [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 - [Trump clears out independent US Election Assistance Commission, leaving zero commissioners ahead of November midterms](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-fires-election-commissioners): The president terminated all remaining commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, leaving the bipartisan federal body - [Tesla driver filmed apparently asleep at 100 km/h on Canadian highway with two children aboard, RCMP opens investigation](https://pollar.news/en/event/tesla-driver-asleep-at-100-kmh): Footage shot on the Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke shows a woman with her head slumped and hands off the wheel while the - [Météo-France puts 9 western departments on red alert as heatwave intensifies and wildfires kill a firefighter](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-heatwave-reaches-red-alert): Météo-France has placed nine departments in western France on red alert for heat from midday on 10 July, as the country endures its third ex - [France beat Morocco 2-0 as Mbappé scores and assists after missed penalty to reach World Cup semi-finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-morocco-quarter-final): A goal and an assist from captain Kylian Mbappé powered France past Morocco 2-0 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, sending Le - [Duchess Meghan makes surprise UK return with Archie and Lilibet as royal reunion hopes build](https://pollar.news/en/event/meghan-brings-children-to-uk): Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is set to return to the United Kingdom this week with her children, Archie and Lilibet, after a four-year abs - [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 - [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 - [Wolf attacks 4-year-old girl in Arrone park, mayor confirms sighting in town centre](https://pollar.news/en/event/child-attacked-by-wolf-in-arrone): A four-year-old girl was bitten and dragged several metres by a wolf while playing near sports facilities in Arrone, Umbria, on Thursday eve - [VW CEO Blume's restructuring plan stalls as works council issues ultimatum and minister slams uncertainty](https://pollar.news/en/event/vw-board-weighs-plant-closures): Volkswagen's supervisory board ended a tense meeting without approving job cuts or plant closures, as CEO Oliver Blume's 'Zielbild 2030' res - [Khamenei buried in Mashhad as US strikes resume and WSJ reports new Iranian plot to kill Trump](https://pollar.news/en/event/khamenei-buried-as-us-strikes-resume): Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was buried in Mashhad early Friday, four months after being killed by American bombs, while the Wall Stre - [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 ## Search and discovery - 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