From 1999 to the present day, I have yet to encounter a Terrorist.

I have encountered impossible situations, complex scenario’s, irredeemably intractable riddles, frustrating puzzles, difficult agenda’s...but I have never encountered a Terrorist.

The man you see here is Sahin, he’s a man with a cause, the liberation of Balochistan. He committed suicide in Islamabad this morning and took 24 others with him.

The International Community would see this kind of thing and see separatism, which is, an issue which is important to him, and his people and not so much the International Community.

So this is merely a difficult situation, it isn’t the end of the world.

The only way to deal with this, is through objectivity and diplomacy, not through making an assessment about how popular you are with your electorate, and then hiding behind your military to try to convince your electorate that somehow, and in some way, the number of people you kill directly correlates with political strength and re-election, all that does is breed stupidity and ethnic hatred.

You in the American Government and Military, grow the fuck up and start behaving like adults, the rest of the World is not going to wait for you. The longer you delay and fail, the more you have to explain.

We support the British re-entry to the European Union, as it is a far more healthy prospect for the British people for the future.

Courtesy TASS/The Russian Agency.

BEIJING, May 15. /TASS/. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his discussed in detail trade and economic cooperation during the latter’s visit to China, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said.

"The two heads of state discussed in detail Chinese trade and economic relations, outlined directions of cooperation between the People’s Republic of China in this sphere, and ensured its stability," the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs quoted Wang as saying on its website.

Xi highlighted "the essence of Chinese trade and economic relations that lies in mutual benefit and shared prosperity" at the summit. "Negotiations on an equal basis" are the only right choice in case of disagreement, the Chinese leader emphasized.

According to China’s top diplomat, at the summit, the two sides "reached broadly balanced and positive results, including in further implementation of all agreements reached during previous consultations." Among other things, they reached consensus on establishing a council on trade and a council on investment, and resolving issues of concern to both sides, including the provision of access to agricultural markets and efforts to increase bilateral trade with a mutual lowering of tariffs.

Working government groups of the two countries have continued consultations on corresponding issues "to build on the results and jointly provide for their practical implementation," China’s top diplomat confirmed.

The 2026 English local Election, and the 2026 Welsh Election of the Senedd has now concluded. 

For me, I am not a Millionaire, or a Billionaire, but a normal person. But if I did have that kind of wealth I would not have any cause that would need to be displayed in public politically. If I had that kind of wealth, anything I did would be working in close proximity to Government for no other reason than seeking every last drop of advice to make sure that my work would work for the people that would be working for me.

Next year, I will be celebrating 20 years of an online presence.

Going forward I plan and expect to be speaking not about War, but about the UK’s proper function domestically and internationally.

The public will be expecting this too.

Hungary has reached a historic moment: the MPs elected in the April elections took their oath, thus the new Parliament was officially formed. At the inaugural meeting, President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok announced that he had asked Péter Magyar to form the new government, who accepted the request.

The ceremonial session began with the entry of the historic flags and the justification of the mandates of the Member States. The National Assembly unanimously confirmed the mandates of the Members of Parliament and national minority advocates, and then the Members of Parliament jointly took an oath to serve Hungary and the Fundamental Law.

The representatives of the national minority said their oath in their own language, including in Lovar, digging, Romanian and Croatian, indicating that the new parliament also represents the diverse communities of the Hungarian nation.

A 199 fős parlamentben a TISZA 141 képviselővel rendelkezik, ami kétharmados többséget jelent. A választók ezzel egyértelmű mandátumot adtak a demokratikus megújulásra, az állam működésének helyreállítására és egy emberségesebb, működő Magyarország felépítésére.

We are detecting increased support to rejoin the European Union, while some part of the population continues to hold onto ideas of separatism and dissonance, it is far from clear what separatism and dissonance actually means to the UK at this point.

The issue here does not revolve around simple minded beliefs about immigration, nor the false fear induced by American ideas about class, but by what the naturally existing British identity actually equates to.

It is obvious that the mostly London centric media do believe in a Transatlantic ideology, America First as they say, but we aren’t convinced by this, and we don’t think the rest of the population is convinced either.

OK, so yes, the Nation of Wales has just had an election and you will be pleased to learn that a group called Plaid Cymru has won that election, Plaid Cymru is a localised and specialist form of polity which relates to all of us here in Wales, Plaid promotes the Welsh language but also represents the people of Wales in local and Government form, others in the United Kingdom have often referred to Plaid as a Welsh Nationalist Party which is broadly untrue, in fact there is nothing in Plaid that overtly relies on Nationalism as a political model. In fact, Plaid Cymru is noted more for its tolerance and inclusion than anything else.

But there is another form of polity which attempted to stand in Wales but ultimately failed, that group is the ‘reform’ party, an anti-immigration right wing populist group that doesn’t actually have any polity, but is more a reactionary movement based on the right wing populist American Republican movement, a group which is banned here at the Peace, largely due to its murderous, criminal and highly dubious political nature. Reform is broadly attached to an English political reactionary movement based in Kent, England, led by Mr Nigel Farage. Kent is the location of the closest point to the European mainland, the English Channel, where small scale immigration occurs from the coast of France. This has been the case for much longer than Mr Nigel Farage has been alive and is usually dealt with and controlled by the Border Agency, which, despite what the media will tell you, routinely keeps the issue of immigration under control. Immigration to the UK is not a broader issue to the people of the United Kingdom, excepting to some whom are more concerned with ethnicity and racism than the UK’s broader security. The polity of Reform has done enormous damage to the United Kingdom as a whole, both reputationaly and economically in recent years, all under the false guise of associated Patriotism.

Just a few years ago the Reform movement, and its associated splinter polities, were trying to convince the people of the United Kingdom that they were being taken over by the religion of Islam, all while western militaries were being removed from their invasion and occupation sites in Islamic nations. The people of the United Kingdom more broadly had no say in this, and weren’t even asked if they possessed the required religious knowledge to muster a conversion, in that sense.

So reform as a polity isn’t legitimate in any known sense, excepting to those whom believe that something must change, but don’t know why or what to.

In England they have also gone through an election, a local election. Local elections usually are notoriously low voter attendant, and don’t really say anything politically. I have personally seen local elections in the UK that have fewer than 7% constituent turnout. In an environment where no-one actually shows up, it is obvious smaller, perhaps even minute, groups tend to do well, but only temporarily. So to the media we say your Conservative Party is unable to stage a comeback from its electoral losses in the last General Election, in fact the Conservative movement continues to see its political vote segmented by the very same political far right wing populism that you yourselves are promoting.

For the Labour Party, the currently governing polity, it is true that your party has been a bit wishy-washy over recent events, none of which has actually occurred in the UK. And the people are frustrated over this, they wanted a more strident form of opposition to things like the human rights incident in the Holy Land, and wanted a far more strident form of opposition to the US Republican movements actions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, an action we clearly advised against here.

All of this is the tidy sum of polity as it is seen in the wider sense, we the Peace work at much lower levels. We act in the interests of the people at a fundamental level, for the safety of the people at a fundamental level, for the well-being of the people at a fundamental level.

We agree with Cassie, Billionaires aren’t going to solve your very substantial problems.

We feel that the US has come to the end of its Wars, and so we look forward to what comes up next on the Horizon. Which is a good thing, of course. The Horizon is the Bringer Forth of your next History, and what that History looks like after you have encountered it is, of course, the definition of who you are. The general idea is that what you encounter is the best of what you are capable of, and it is not you that determines what history looks like after it has passed.

We wish the best for the American people, and of course, wish our friends in the Democratic Socialists of America, whom we have long supported, the best as they move further in their own story. We want to say, to Cassie especially, just how much we have enjoyed watching your videos, they are funny, astute, clever, aware and more than welcome in this day and age.

To the others.

Hmmmm, you didn’t do as well. I am of the opinion that a reactionary is absolutely the most useless commodity in politics. If you believe in something then all well and good, no-one has to agree with you, or everybody can agree with you, maybe some people can believe in you, but if you believe in nothing, then you are nothing, let the Peace be, always, the light to the World in the face of your bitter ignorance. There is no such thing as a ‘Just War’, the Peace does not work with warmongers and most especially does not work with warmongers with a sense of misplaced entitlement.

As for Nationalists, you will be horrified to learn that every pure nationalist movement starts as a simple reaction to something or other, with simple folks rising into life with a common, if naive, sense of destiny. But as Nationalist movements take on the public sentiment, and grow, those whom move forward with it, with more puritanical beliefs, rise to the top, and from there hurl themselves and their people into the full vile frenzy of ethnic hatred and zealous persecution.

Enjoy your Nationalist leaders, if your movements become globally relevant, every last one of them will be dead.

I don’t know what relevance this has to the English, American or any other nationalist, its a question of basic competence I suppose, but I do know the Peace has its part to play, as it has always done...in every time and place.

Why would it be any other way?

The Wars seem to be over, there are a few hangers on of course, these things do not resolve so straightforwardly which is to be expected, but it is comforting to know that suitable defences are in place for those involved. No-one wants to see a global conflict suddenly exploding all over the place, least of all in sight of the Peace. That would be confusing.

So what now?

Economy, social welfare, good governance, societal respect, tolerance, ethnic freedom, responsible healthcare, representation, public/private planning, science and industry, human development, ethnic harmony, human growth, international peace and security, environmental exploration, law, international diplomacy, industrial automation, local and national determination, local and international adaptability, politics and political relations, employment and taxation, employment and investment and on and on it goes.

Is it difficult?

Nope.

DELOITTE ON THE DOT

The Manilla Times

THE rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has been consistently blurring the lines between people and machines. Last year, this caused tensions that needed navigation of the polarities at play: agility or stability, automation or augmentation, personalization or standardization. Across organizations, business leaders commonly find themselves constantly weaving equilibrium — holding opposing forces in motion without letting either unravel.

This year, it’s not just the pace of change and the balancing of forces that leaders are trying to manage; they are also being faced by fundamental choices: to hold on to what has worked or to step into something new. This drives decision-makers to harmonize these polarities sooner rather than over time.

Competitive advantage then doesn’t come from scale but from speed, fast and nimble systems that entail shorter decision cycles, faster learning, numerous pilot initiatives, and talent, tech and work condition reconfiguration. This is the tipping point where leaders stand now — a critical juncture where hesitation could mean missed value or lost advantage.

For growth measurement, this means a compression of the S-curve, which entails a quicker leap to the next one to remain competitive. Historically, organizations jumped the curve by integrating new technology in their systems. This time, this might not be enough.

Leaping ahead of the curve is increasingly shaped less by technology differentiation and more by the advancement of the human edge — the idea that humans create their distinction from machines through their creativity and their capability to adapt and judge amidst uncertainty. This underscores the idea that AI is replaceable; humans aren’t.

The three tripping points

According to Deloitte’s 2026 Global Human Capital Trends survey, three tipping points are starting to define how organizations create value, build trust and unlock human potential in an AI-powered world: from human + machine to human x machine, from cost-efficiency to value creation and from static plans to dynamic orchestration.

The first tipping point is the move from human + machine to human x machine. For years, people and technology were treated as separate forces, but that boundary is now blurring. Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool — it is becoming a collaborator, influencing decisions, shaping outputs and participating in how work gets done.

This evolution surfaces challenges without easy solutions, as accountability must be factored when outcomes are cocreated and an additional layer of judgment must be added when machines are part of the process. At the same time, cultures and governance models need to balance opportunity and risk that AI brings. What matters now is not simply how fast organizations adopt AI and how humans interact with it, but how leaders will redesign their organization’s human-machine collaboration structurally.

The second tipping point is a shift that many leaders have been feeling for some time: from cost efficiency to value creation. Efficiency has been the focus for years, but many organizations are starting to see the limits of this model. The question is no longer how to do things faster or cheaper but where to add distinct, irreplaceable value.

The businesses that stand out are not the ones automating everything in sight, but those who are fueling new forms of value creation and worker performance. Deloitte’s insights emphasize that cultivating the human edge means elevating human contribution, ensuring that AI amplifies their strengths rather than diminishes them.

The evolution of landscapes in unexpected ways leads into the third tipping point: from static plans to dynamic orchestration. Staying relevant requires organizations to continuously adapt — where learning is constant, experimentation is expected and culture is a living element guiding growth.

Deloitte’s survey connects this orchestration to the human edge, showing that resilience and relevance come from empowering people to shape change, not just react to it. Organizations should design for decision-making competence that they need — build human decision-making skill while measuring AI performance with rigor that matches their contributions. Dynamic orchestration, therefore, is about aligning human adaptability with technological acceleration to sustain trust and unlock potential.

Dealing with AI’s cultural debt

Deloitte’s 2026 Global Human Capital Trends survey connects dynamic orchestration to human edge, showing that resilience comes from enabling people to direct change, not just react to it. However, sustaining that edge requires clarity, and while many trends dominate today’s conversations, there are two that are often overlooked: the concept of cultural debt and the assessment of whether organizational functions have outlived their function.

In the many conversations about AI, dealing with the technology’s cultural debt is rarely spoken about. Much of the discussions today focus on how people interact with AI, but far less is said about how it is reshaping how people interact with each other. Leaders and workers are asking new questions: Is using AI a sign of initiative or cutting corners? What does hard work mean now? And if a business is AI first, does this mean human workers are second? When these questions go unaddressed, people start answering them on their own. Over time, those individual interpretations can pull culture in different directions.

What is being seen now is the slow erosion of trust between colleagues and sometimes even between workers and organizations. Many organizations are starting to recognize this, but recognizing it and addressing it are very different things.

When examined more closely, the conversation starts to extend beyond culture into structure. One human capital trend poses an important question: Have organizational functions outlived their function?

Many functional models were designed for a different era, one that was defined by stability, specialization and clear boundaries. Today, work organizations face AI transformation, innovation and new market entries, disruptive forces that don’t always fit neatly within them.

This causes the same frustration: businesses have talent and resources, but they can’t seem to bring them together fast enough. This is less a capability issue and more an orchestration one.

Functions have grown more efficient yet also more complex and siloed. Increasingly, they are further removed from the outcomes they are meant to drive and there is a shift away from functions as fixed pillars toward capabilities that move more fluidly across the organization.

That might mean separating the work that keeps the business running — repeatable, scalable, increasingly automated — from the work that grows the business, which depends on dynamic cross-disciplinary collaboration. However, functions are tied to identity, to expertise, to leadership structures that have been built over time and shifting them requires redesigning and a willingness to let go of familiar ways of working.

As the world continues to shift, staying relevant in a landscape that won’t sit still is a challenge all organizations are working through, but it’s not one they face alone. Teams and leaders across industries are now seeing a growing openness to rethink and make more intentional choices at these tipping points.

Making people-related decisions the same way as before risks reputational damage, financial consequences and even real harm. Leaders are encouraged to broaden their lens to recognize that choices now extend beyond traditional organizational boundaries and echo through surrounding ecosystems.

Rukhsana Pervez is the human capital leader of Deloitte Philippines, a member firm of the Deloitte network.

For the People of the United States of America, and its Commonwealth (yes, there is such a thing as a commonwealth of the United States), we prefer to believe that the people are intelligent, educated and responsive to the International Community, perhaps even socially, culturally and politically aware. And for those we have nothing but high praise and solidarity.

To the remainder of the U.S. population that are not children, disabled, mentally disabled, struck down in poverty, disadvantaged or simply isolated geographically or socially, we say clearly and most emphatically, only the people are your Government, you have no other means.

You have no need of a military, if the circumstances of War do not exist. And while there are some in America proper whom will do their utmost to convince you that there is another new threat you face, the Peace is telling you now, that your options in this World are few and far between.

Happy 3^rd May 2026.