Sat, 17 Oct 2026
Saturday 17 October: Russia sanctions paused, oil soars
Trump pauses Russia sanctions, EU budget talks stall, Brent tops 110 dollars, and the cabinet picks old bridges over new roads. Plus AI news and showers in Groningen.
World news
Russian strikes cut power in Kyiv and Volyn
NOS | Euromaidan Press | bne IntelliNews
More tankers hit near the Strait of Hormuz
The National | Saudi Gazette | Democracy Now
UN climate panel suspends talks without a deal
IPCC | NOS | Reuters via Internazionale | Climate Action Network
World politics
Trump puts new Russia sanctions on hold
NOS | ABC News | US News | SCMP
EU summit ends without budget deal; Zelensky asks for 70 billion euro
NOS | NOS | Euronews | Euobserver
World economy
Brent crude tops 110 dollars for the first time since May
Bloomberg | The Hill | Trading Economics
Tech sell-off drags Wall Street lower
ABC News | TheStreet | Bloomberg
Dutch news
Farms and firms near Lelystad Airport must move for F-35 base
TU Delft may not reserve study places for women
Thousands of insulin pens stolen from Dutch wholesaler
Dutch politics
Cabinet picks old bridges and locks over new projects
Compensation for widows of Dutch East Indies soldiers and civil servants
Cloud sector demands answers on server seized for the US
Dutch economy
Albert Heijn deliveries halted until at least Tuesday after hack
ABN Amro caught in US sanctions on the ICC
AEX closes at a record high
AI news
OpenAI rolls out GPT-Live-1.1 with new voices
OpenAI Developer Community | OpenAI on X
Meta releases open-weight Muse Spark Open
Microsoft finishes training MAI-Base-2
Microsoft AI | Business Insider
Tesla shows its 'flying' Roadster
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Sport
Croatia condemns Nazi chants by Hajduk Split fans before Ajax match
NOS | Al Jazeera | Euronews | Croatia Week
Nature
The Orionid meteor shower is under way
On this day
The London Beer Flood of 1814
On the agenda today
US early voting opens in Nevada and Massachusetts; Vancouver votes
Nevada Secretary of State | Massachusetts Elections | City of Vancouver