"As Qatar prepares for the post-oil era, I hope AI cooperation will move forward in a substantive and future-oriented way so that South Korea can play the role of reliable partner in helping Qatar achieve its digital artificial intelligence national future vision m.koreaherald.com/article/1072...

Perhaps we’re wrong to think that the threat to pull back troops from Germany is ‘punishment’ for Merz’ stance on Iran, because Trump also ordered to remove a rocket shield system from South Korea. Maybe he just wants US weapons for his own use and stopped caring about making his allies vulnerable?

Putin’s pal does Putin’s bidding. This posturing, puffed-up, Putin-loving, puppet making enemies everywhere else because that’s what Putin wants. America.. Do you have no shame?

So, the UAE will leave OPEC on May 1st. - Stability in oil deliveries and prices is arranged in a quota system, so countries have to wait their turn. - The UAE has a capacity of 4.8 million barrels per day and the ambition to produce more. aje.news/0khld2 1/2

Perhaps Carney’s message in Davos was heard in Europe after all? Canada will take part in the Summit of the European Political Community as the first non-European country ever.

Rwanda🇷🇼 leads the world in women’s parliamentary representation. In the 80-seat Chamber of Deputies, women hold 51 seats (63.8%), while the Senate is about 46% female. These figures, driven by post-genocide reforms and constitutional gender quotas, far exceed the global average of roughly 27.5%.

A silver lining to the Iran war: it pushes Europe to double down on renewable energy.

"If Kyiv appears to have given up on the United States — and it looks as though it is — it may be worse news for the United States than it is for Ukraine." A bit breathless but still. Hope Americans take note. You are 350 million. We Europeans are 600 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/o...

Morocco just activated the #NoorAtlas Mega Complex — a 20,000-megawatt #solar installation across 45,000 hectares of Saharan plateau. It's capable of generating up to 160 MW, making the first stage alone one of the world's biggest solar thermal power plants unfccc.int/es/node/21533 #ActOnClimate

Hoe de media Rusland in de kaart spelen. In België iemand van Defensie. Wordt het geen tijd dat de media mee verantwoordelijk zijn voor de effecten van hun berichten? Estland in een moeilijk parket terwijl de bron over Narva een Russische Telegram-groep met 60 volgers was. vrtnws.be/p.RaBwwkN5M

The real problem isn't the pace of governance. It's the unrealistic expectations of pace from public and media. #r4today

A "Linux moment" is coming for AI. Right now deploying open source is hard work, out of reach for most people. Operating systems for open source AI are coming which are plug and play. Superior performance and lower cost. Double tap.

One EU defence: I was at a book presentation on defence yesterday (Dutch book “Komt er oorlog?” by Michelle Haas, and the Belgian minister of defence took part in a discussion. He and others said to forget about an EU army. In the situation that the US would leave NATO, 🧵1/3

Rusland en de VS eigenen zich de term vrede toe en spelen Europa uiteen. Europa reageert amper. We kunnen lessen leren van Moldavië.

I thought about this too: in 2022 the EBU decided to exclude Russia from Eurovision because “in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry would bring the Contest into disrepute”. And Israel doesn’t bring disrepute??? Double standards!

If you value that your data is processed in the EU, you need to know about a new setting in Microsoft: flex routing allows routing your data through the US. Turn it off: Copilot > Settings > Flex routing during load periods > Do not allow

Israel has been engaged in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists ever-documented since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based non-profit.

The #EU sovereign cloud tender has been awarded. What’s interesting is that the winners make threshold SEAL3 (the highest is SEAL4, but no candidates made that threshold). The document detailing the 4 levels of sovereignty is (see page 3): commission.europa.eu/document/dow...

We need to move beyond the discussion about security guarantees to Ukraine. For their own security, European NATO members should pursue a real alliance. In this video, I explain why Ukraine is so important for Europe's ability to deter Russian aggression.

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

Let’s all breathe a sigh of relief on this one.

Chills…

So it seems Magyar will win the election in Hungary. Orban is out! I feel happy and hopeful for the #EU, but truth is I know very little of what Magyar wants. Reporting in the West seem to find it hard to read him. So anyone an idea of what we can expect?

Net ook eens een donatie gedaan voor Oekraïne. Zij vechten daar, waardoor wij in Europa veilig(er) zijn. Daarnaast leert Oekraïne ons wat een moderne defensie nodig heeft. Oekraïne verliezen zou voor Europa heel schadelijk zijn.

Russia claims that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are helping Ukraine? No, Putin can’t use fake allegations to show aggression against these countries.

Zelensky on European defence strategy

Israeli aircraft reportedly sprayed glyphosate over border farmlands in southern Lebanon & Syria’s Quneitra in Jan–Feb ‘26. Lebanese tests & UNIFIL samples found concentrations 20–30x above normal, killing crops. Israel said it is to deny militants cover. UN warned of humanitarian/environmental harm

I hope Americans are prepared for a very violent future. If we do not do something about this President and his threats/actions then we will not have peace. Globally we will be ostracized even after he is long gone. I don’t think people realize how bad this is.

Globalisering ging wederzijdse afhankelijkheid brengen via handel, waardoor oorlog niet meer aantrekkelijk zou zijn. Momenteel lijkt het daar niet op, of zouden ze eerst de pijn moeten ervaren voordat ze beseffen dat globalisering hier echt toe heeft geleid?

Canada has been repeatedly insulted by the US for over a year, so please understand why the country is not jumping to assist in a war anyone with a brain would have indicated was a bad idea

Interesting discussion: esp. if the Iran war goes badly for the US, will Trump throw Israel under the bus? A chart showed that it’s a common belief in Israel that the war strengthens the ties between the US and Israel, but that’s only true if Trump continues to respect their partnership.

Europe steps up on defence and support for Ukraine 🇪🇺🇺🇦 We've just approved a €1.5 billion investment plan to strengthen Europe’s defence industry and boost cooperation with Ukraine.

We zitten tussen vrede en oorlog in Europa: cyberaanvallen, handelsoorlog, bedreigingen van Rusland, de VS en China. Rusland ziet de westerse democratie als existentiële dreiging, bv door het succes van de Poolse economie. Als Oekraïne en Georgië ook onze kant op willen, verliest Rusland invloed.

Things I’ve been told this week: * Recruiter said 99% of motivation letters are written with AI, so they invite the 1% job applicants who have written their own letter, just bc they put in the effort. * Freelance journalist told me he often gets impossible offers (low price or high volume) 1/6

A worthy European replacement for MS Office: good idea, certainly since Microsoft blocked people from the International Criminal Court from accessing their accounts. I still have the impression that Europeans don’t seem to realise how serious this is.

Politico: “The U.S. and Gulf countries used 800 Patriot missiles in the first five days of the Iran war”, says EU Defense chief Kubilius, but “their whole production is 750 per year."

Great article, but I’m still missing how Israel sees this. Did they expect the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and the bombing of gas and helium supplies? Or are they just as unprepared for Iran’s response as the US is?

Yes! The left needs a narrative about security and a vision that will uplift everyone. Eg., I’m pro trans rights etc., but how many people are affected by this? The trans community is not big enough to influence the outcome of an election. It’s not pragmatic to choose such a topic for campaigns.

Can someone explain to me how Hungary thinks? Countries in Russia’s circle of influence have far less to say than countries part of the EU. Why prefer Russia if it would cost you part of your freedom?

Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment

EU inc. seems to be coming! Today an announcement by the Commission about what it entails. I do believe this is good news: companies need to have access to the EU single market and not deal with 27 legal systems. commission.europa.eu/news-and-med...

It’s even worse: Russia is providing assistance to Iran (as Iran did with Russia), so Russia acts against American interests. Despite that, they get a relief of sanctions. Huh?

Orbán has filled the streets with posters attacking Zelensky, von der Leyen and Brussels. Hungarians are writing a message over those billboards: “Ruszkik haza!” – “Russians go home!”. The slogan of the 1956 revolution, when Hungarians got liberated from Soviet domination.

So the Iran war is now a pretext for the US to help Putin. Brilliant…

Costa is right, but so is VdL when she says that unanimity is a hindrance to #EU foreign policy. The solution, however, is to create an institutional body that can set out foreign policy, instead of taking matters into her own hands.

The fight about international law between VdL and Costa/Kallas: in a way we need both, don’t we? Within EU and with partners international law is guiding. When confronted with a party breaking international law, measures need to be taken and we need to protect 🇪🇺 Just keep a stick behind the door.

Apparently, Lindsey Graham's drunken Fox News bullshit isn't working in the more clear-eyed Middle East.

One long term prediction I think you can risk making is that this is the last conflict in which the Strait of Hormuz is such a concentration of risk for the global economy

It’s expanding across the region fast. Did the US and Israel take this into account when they started or are they losing grip on the situation already?

The US will end up adding their new war to their ‘wars we lost’ list. You know, together with Albania, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Laos, Cuba, Cambodia, Iraq, Niger and Afghanistan. I count Syria and Yemen as still ongoing. Military prowess =\= winning