# 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 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. - [France evacuates 63,000 as wildfires consume 10,000 hectares on Atlantic coast](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-wildfire-evacuates-12000): Two major fires in Gironde have forced the evacuation of 63,000 people, with boats rescuing tourists from the Cap Ferret peninsula and EU fi - [PiS split: Morawiecki says 40 MPs, one senator, three MEPs stand with him after loyalty ultimatum](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-ultimatum-on-associations): Former PM Mateusz Morawiecki announced that 40 MPs, one senator and three MEPs are leaving PiS after refusing to sign a loyalty pledge regar - [Trump imposes forced labour tariffs on 60 nations as temporary 10% levy expires](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-tariffs-canada-50): The duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, took effect at midnight Eastern Time, replacing a 150-day stopgap levy and covering 99.4% of American - [Trump threatens EU with new tariffs after $1 billion Google fine, opens Section 301 investigation](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-threatens-eu-tariffs): The US president announced a Section 301 investigation and promised a 'substantial tariff' after Brussels fined Google 890 million euros for - [ICC member states vote to dismiss Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations](https://pollar.news/en/event/icc-fires-karim-khan): The secret ballot at UN headquarters ended 82-13 with 15 abstentions, the first removal of a sitting chief prosecutor in the court's 24-year - [20-year-old German held for murder after fatal knife attack in Regensburg bank](https://pollar.news/en/event/one-dead-in-regensburg-bank-attack): The 20-year-old German national had turned himself in to police less than 24 hours before the attack, but was released. He now faces murder - [Merz reshuffles German cabinet: Warken becomes first female chancellery chief, transport minister in limbo after last-minute cancellation](https://pollar.news/en/event/merz-reshuffles-cabinet): Nina Warken moves from health minister to become the first woman to head the German chancellery, while the planned dismissal of transport mi - [India's 'Cockroach' protesters hold talks with government as activist ends 26-day hunger strike](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-rejects-activists-release-bid): Activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike after ministers guaranteed no police repression, as Cockroach Janta Party leaders met - [Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over 2023 London nightclub bottle attack](https://pollar.news/en/event/brown-pleads-guilty-to-affray): The US singer entered the plea at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, with more serious assault charges dropped. Sentencing is set for 26 Octob - [Jürgen Klopp named Germany head coach, warns media he will quit if family harassed](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopp-to-coach-germany): The 59-year-old former Liverpool and Dortmund manager signed a four-year deal until the 2030 World Cup, with his first match against the Net - [Spain wildfires: Madrid faces 'worst fire in history' as 20,000 evacuated and national emergency declared](https://pollar.news/en/event/12000-ha-burned-in-guadalajara): Over 25,600 people have been evacuated and 63,500 confined across Spain this summer, with the Madrid region facing its most severe fire on r - [Poland's Law and Justice party splits as over 30 MPs leave after power struggle between Kaczyński and Morawiecki](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-conservatives-split): Jarosław Kaczyński announced the departure of more than 30 MPs from Poland's largest opposition party after former prime minister Mateusz Mo - [Saarland hunters cull record 12,500 roe deer in past hunting year, wild boar numbers also rise](https://pollar.news/en/event/record-roe-deer-cull): The Saarland Hunting Association reported a record bag of over 12,500 roe deer for the hunting year ending 31 March, the sixth consecutive y - [King Charles III opens 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with Doctor Who TARDIS entrance](https://pollar.news/en/event/tardis-opens-commonwealth-games): The 23rd Commonwealth Games began in Glasgow with a ceremony featuring the King and Queen emerging from a Doctor Who TARDIS, as 3,000 athlet - [Wildfires force 75,000 evacuations across France and Spain as EU sends firefighting planes](https://pollar.news/en/event/southern-europe-wildfires-rage): Fires in Gironde and Landes have burned over 15,000 hectares, while Madrid declares a national emergency as flames threaten to merge. - [Radomiak Radom spoils Wieczysta Kraków's Ekstraklasa debut with 2-1 win in season opener](https://pollar.news/en/event/wieczysta-loses-ekstraklasa-debut): Wieczysta Kraków's first-ever Ekstraklasa match ended in a 2-1 defeat at Radomiak Radom on Friday evening, as the hosts used their top-fligh - [UK consumer confidence surges six points to -17 in July, largest gain since 2023, amid new PM and World Cup](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-bounce-lifts-uk-confidence): GfK index rises to -17, the largest monthly gain since November 2023, driven by optimism over new PM Andy Burnham, England's World Cup run, - [Israel orders settlement legalisation and 'vast operation' after West Bank clashes kill two Israelis, four Palestinians](https://pollar.news/en/event/west-bank-clashes-kill-six): Clashes near the settlement of Havat Gilad left two Israelis and four Palestinians dead on Friday, prompting Prime Minister Netanyahu to ord - [France evacuates 63,000 as wildfires rage; EU sends planes, Spain declares emergency](https://pollar.news/en/event/63000-evacuated-in-france-wildfires): France is battling severe wildfires along its Atlantic coast, forcing the evacuation of 63,000 residents and tourists. President Macron has - [Ukrainian drones set Wildberries warehouse ablaze near St. Petersburg in third strike on Russia's e-commerce giant within a week](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-hit-russias-amazon-again): Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse near St. Petersburg early Friday, injuring three and forcing a hours-long suspension of flights - [German court rules mass cancellation of Afghan admission promises unconstitutional, orders case-by-case review](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-blocks-mass-afghan-visa-revocations): The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the Interior Ministry's December 2025 order voiding about 640 promises without individual review - [Bon Jovi halts Madison Square Garden concert after 90 minutes, blames sinus infection and vows to reschedule](https://pollar.news/en/event/bon-jovi-cuts-concert-short): The frontman apologised to the New York crowd after 90 minutes, saying he was 'hurt' and not giving his best, and asked fans to keep their t - [Pirelli Calendar 2027 set in India for first time, with Avani Rai and Sølve Sundsbø behind the lens](https://pollar.news/en/event/indias-first-pirelli-calendar): The 2027 edition of the iconic Pirelli Calendar is shot in India for the first time, with Norwegian photographer Sølve Sundsbø and Avani Rai - [Irish review finds no proof Aughinish alumina reaches Russian arms, but cannot rule it out](https://pollar.news/en/event/aughinish-review-inconclusive): Enterprise Minister Peter Burke said the investigation could not confirm or deny that alumina from the Limerick plant enters Russian militar - [Madrid wildfire at 'worst level' as 40,000 affected and EU sends planes](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-wildfires-force-mass-evacuations): More than 40,000 people have been evacuated or confined as three fires merge into one front in the Madrid and Ávila regions, with authoritie - [Sassuolo's Cristian Volpato allegedly tests positive for cocaine after two speeding stops in Sydney](https://pollar.news/en/event/volpato-cocaine-test-positive): The 22-year-old Australia midfielder was stopped twice on the Anzac Bridge within two hours, first for driving up to 94 km/h and then 109 km - [Wildfire devastates Biscarrosse: 2,500 hectares burned, 18,000 evacuated as flames threaten French Atlantic coast town](https://pollar.news/en/event/18000-flee-biscarrosse-wildfire): A massive wildfire ignited by a broken-down van has scorched over 2,500 hectares of pine forest and forced the evacuation of 18,000 resident - [President Nawrocki and PM Tusk mark Police Day in Warsaw, call for strong force serving citizens](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrocki-tusk-at-police-day): Ceremony on Warsaw's Piłsudski Square saw promotions, tributes to 104,000 officers, and calls for a strong police force that serves citizens - [Trump imposes 10–12.5% tariffs on 60 trading partners, citing forced labour, as temporary levy expires](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-tariffs-hit-60-nations): The United States will impose tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from about 60 trading partners at midnight Washington time, replacing a tem - [Houthis attack Saudi tankers in Red Sea, opening new front in US-Iran war as oil surges past $100](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis declared a blockade on Saudi ports and struck two oil tankers in the Red Sea, drawing threats of 'major military - [Volkswagen profit drops 32.9% in Q2 as China sales collapse; group cuts full-year revenue forecast and plans up to 50,000 more job cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/vw-profit-plunges-33): Net income fell to €1.54 billion in the second quarter, down from €2.29 billion a year earlier, while deliveries in China tumbled more than - [Spain coach de la Fuente slams Argentina's 'unbearable' behaviour after World Cup final brawl](https://pollar.news/en/event/de-la-fuente-blasts-argentina): Spain's World Cup-winning coach Luis de la Fuente condemned the scuffles that erupted after the final against Argentina, as FIFA opened a di - [Venezuela marks one month since twin quakes: 5,398 dead, up to 44,000 missing, and a state accused of failure](https://pollar.news/en/event/thousands-missing-after-venezuela-quakes): A month after twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes devastated La Guaira and Caracas, the official death toll stands at 5,398, but citizen - [Ukraine hits Wildberries warehouses in St. Petersburg and Crimea in third major drone strike this week](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukraine-strikes-wildberries-again): Drone attacks set logistics centres ablaze in Novosaratovka, Shushary and Simferopol, killing at least two and injuring eight, as Kyiv targe - [Queen Letizia visits Adolfo Domínguez factory in Ourense for brand's 50th anniversary, wearing a new 99-euro dress](https://pollar.news/en/event/letizia-marks-dominguez-anniversary): The Queen toured the Galician headquarters, saw the design process, and debuted a printed cotton dress now half-price at 99 euros. - [Zapatero's first interview since indictment adds no new facts, prosecutor seeks expanded jewelry report](https://pollar.news/en/event/zapatero-silent-on-jewels): Former Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero broke two months of silence on TVE but offered no new evidence, while Anticorruption prosecut - [Italian tourist Sidney Serpetri, 52, killed in head-on collision with truck on Kenya's Mombasa-Malindi road; husband and son injured](https://pollar.news/en/event/italian-tourist-killed-in-kenya-crash): Sidney Serpetri, 52, from Florence, died when the taxi she was traveling in with her husband and son collided with a truck on the coastal ro - [El Corte Inglés shareholders ratify Javier Catena as CEO and preview ambitious strategic plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/el-corte-ingles-names-ceo): Shareholders of Spain's largest department store group unanimously approved Javier Catena as CEO on Friday, while president Cristina Álvarez - [Telecinco taps Carlos Sobera for 'Rueda la letra', the new home of 'El Rosco' after Supreme Court ruling](https://pollar.news/en/event/sobera-hosts-new-rosco-show): The Mediaset network announced Friday that veteran host Carlos Sobera will front 'Rueda la letra', a Bulldog TV production that revives the - [Bangladesh President Shahabuddin resigns under pressure, weeks after Hasina announces return to face death sentence](https://pollar.news/en/event/bangladesh-president-resigns): President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a close ally of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, stepped down Friday citing illness, weeks after Hasina - [French left and greens challenge emergency farm law before Constitutional Council over pesticide and water provisions](https://pollar.news/en/event/farm-law-appeal-filed): La France insoumise and Les Écologistes asked the Constitutional Council on Friday to strike down the emergency agricultural law adopted Tue - [St. Gallen shocks Benfica 2-1 in Europa League qualifying as Tom Gaal's late header stuns Portuguese giants](https://pollar.news/en/event/st-gallen-stuns-benfica): Tom Gaal's 80th-minute header gave Swiss Cup winners St. Gallen a 2-1 first-leg victory over Portuguese record champions Benfica, who were m - [Salman Rushdie testifies at federal terrorism trial of man who stabbed him, recalls 'lake of blood'](https://pollar.news/en/event/rushdie-testifies-at-terrorism-trial): The author described the 2022 knife attack that blinded him in one eye, as federal prosecutors argue Hadi Matar acted on behalf of Hezbollah - [Russian drones detected 33 km from Romanian border; RO-Alert issued in Tulcea, helicopter scrambled](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-near-romanian-border): Romanian radar picked up a group of aerial targets at 00:10 on 24 July, about 33 km north of the Danube border, following Russian strikes on - [France sends four decrees to cut state health reimbursements for dental care, drugs and transport](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-cuts-health-reimbursements): Health minister Stéphanie Rist announced on 24 July that four decrees have been sent to the health insurance council, aiming to lower the sh - [Driver dressed as Spider-Man pushes wheelchair user across six-lane road in Jonesboro, Arkansas](https://pollar.news/en/event/spider-mans-roadside-rescue): Christopher Hellenthal, 20, was driving home from a superhero event when he saw a man in a wheelchair struggling to cross a six-lane road in - [Greek agricultural figure 'Frapes' to stand trial for false testimony in OPEKEPE scandal, hearing set for February 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/frapes-trial-set-for-february): Giorgos Xylouris, known as 'Frapes', will appear before an Athens misdemeanor court on 16 February 2027, charged with false testimony after - [ZUS president Liwiusz Laska: Society not ready for retirement age hike, but women's average exit age hits 61.5](https://pollar.news/en/event/poles-not-ready-for-age-hike): ZUS president Liwiusz Laska told Rzeczpospolita that Polish society is not ready for a debate on raising the retirement age, citing polls. H - [RTVE confirms Spain's participation in Junior Eurovision 2026 after adult contest boycott](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-back-in-junior-eurovision): RTVE will send a representative to the 24th edition of the junior song contest on 24 October in Ta' Qali, Malta, alongside 15 other countrie - [Three German hikers die in separate Alpine falls on same day](https://pollar.news/en/event/three-dead-in-alps-falls): Three German nationals died in separate mountain accidents in the Alps on Thursday, authorities said. 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