from the comments from Rins himself: today is El Dia De los Santos Inocentes in Spain, our April Fools day...
Guintoli posted a video that EWC is continuing too, despite them saying earlier that the program was dead. Maybe someone at Suzuki had second thoughts.
Suzuki is not running the team. They are supporting SERT (in which the S no longer stands for Suzuki) and Yoshimura.
Eff em! They're dead to me... Even they did come back (whenever that is) I don't see how anyone could ride or work for them. Their word doesn't mean squat and a contract with them is worthless.
SERT (Factory Suzuki) and Team Yoshimura Japan were two wholly separate teams until recent years when they partnered up as Team Yoshimura SERT Motul. The team will continue to run the name Yoshimura SERT Motul but they will be independent as Team Yosh Japan was before. https://www.yoshimura-jp.com/en/race/2023_ewc-race_release In retrospect the partnership may even have been pre-planned to ease the transition. Who knows.
Well gas gas is using their hospitality truck and they don't have many new bikes to sell anyway so i wouldn't hold my breath.