A US Section 301 probe into Brazil’s central-bank payment system Pix has triggered 25% tariffs and put state-run instant payments on trial.

The US and China are reportedly preparing another round of AI talks in September, covering safety, governance and the shadow of chip export controls.

Kanishka Narayan becomes the first UK AI minister to attend cabinet as new PM Andy Burnham scraps DSIT and reorganises Whitehall around the technology.

The FAA is moving to speed electric air taxis and civil supersonic flight to market, ending the 1973 overland Mach ban and fast-tracking eVTOL trials.