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The Danish navy's inspection ship HDMS Vaedderen sails off Nuuk,
Greenland, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.
Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix Foto/AP
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/19/nx-s1-5682038/trump-greenland-
nobel-peace-prize
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https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/european-cloud-providers-local-market-share-now-holds-steady-at-15
AWS, Azure, and Google
Cloud together have 70%
cloud market share in
Europe.
The largest European
cloud providers (SAP,
Deutsche Telekom) have
2% market share each
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“A year ago, it would have been absurd to worry about European
access to American technology. As [Donald Trump] recklessly exploits
the transatlantic alliance over Greenland, an executive order limiting
American AI firms’ business in Europe no longer seems unthinkable.
Some European restrictions on American technology, including the
computing clouds where AIs reside, are also plausible.”
– The Economist, 22 January 2026
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https://apnews.com/article/trump-icc-sanctions-israel-
order-01beee050ae84d0d9eae66d00bc8ead9
February 2025
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May 2025
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-
khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
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June 2025
https://www.politico.eu/article/microsoft-did-not-cut-services-international-criminal-court-president-american-sanctions-trump-tech-icc-amazon-google/
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July 2025
https://www.cyberincontext.ca/p/microsoft-admits-us-law-supersedes
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