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🌍 The world in 24 hours Talks over Hormuz, new boundaries for AI, vaccines that can take the heat — and a legal battle over two words on a drinks can. Hormuz is back on the agenda Qatari mediators are expected to meet separately with Iranian and US representatives on Monday or Tuesday, an official told Reuters. Discussions would focus on an amended Iranian proposal involving an end to hostilities, sanctions relief and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. A reopening remains part of the proposed deal. Nvidia puts a fence around AI Nvidia announced a platform designed to control what AI agents can access and do. Its OpenShell software enforces permissions, while a separate monitoring system can isolate agents that step outside their boundaries, the company says. As AI gets more responsibility, keeping it within its brief is becoming a business of its own. Vaccines that can take the heat MIT researchers reported experimental dried mRNA vaccines that remained stable for a year at room temperature, or two months at 37°C. After storage, they produced strong immune responses in mice. The work is still experimental. If it translates to human use, it could make vaccine delivery easier in places without reliable cold storage. Red Bull fights for its “energy” Reuters reported today that Red Bull is challenging India's restrictions on the term “energy drink.” In a court filing submitted on Friday, the company argued that regulators had not followed the proper legal process. Apparently, even the can needs a lawyer.

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Washington widens the sanctions net The US Treasury has sanctioned ten people and entities it accuses of helping Iran obtain weapons and components. The action targets procurement intermediaries, including networks linked to electronics and defence companies. The immediate effect is financial: their property under US jurisdiction is blocked, and US persons generally cannot transact with them unless authorised or exempt. That restricts access to business and money; it does not prove shipments have stopped. Treasury says the measures aim to raise the cost of rebuilding Iran's weapons programmes. AP reports that the new penalties arrive while prospects for renewed diplomacy remain uncertain. The distinction matters: Washington has tightened its sanctions, but the alleged procurement activity remains an attributed US government claim. Whether the networks are disrupted in practice is a separate test.

🌍 The world in 24 hours An $8.2 billion AI deal, a rough session on Wall Street, and a spacecraft borrowing speed from Earth. AMD wants a world model AMD announced an agreement to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for about $8.2 billion in stock. The startup develops AI that can generate and simulate interactive 3D environments, with potential uses in robotics and design. AMD says that research will help shape its future chips and systems. The deal still needs regulatory approval and is expected to close by year-end; Li would then become AMD’s chief scientist. Oil rises. Stocks feel it. The S&P 500 closed Monday down 0.8%, while the Nasdaq lost 0.9%. Brent rose 0.9% to $105.28 a barrel, although it finished below its session highs. Higher oil prices and rising US Treasury yields weighed on shares as uncertainty over the Iran war persisted. For investors, the concern is that expensive energy keeps inflation—and borrowing costs—higher. Earth gives Juice a push ESA’s Jupiter-bound Juice probe completed an Earth flyby, gaining 3.5 km/s while using very little fuel. Its closest pass was 8,640 km above the Indian Ocean. The manoeuvre saves propellant for exploring Jupiter’s icy moons. Arrival is planned for 2031, after another Earth flyby in 2029. Even spacecraft appreciate a lift.

Europe's energy bill buys no extra energy EU countries have spent over €100 billion extra on energy imports since the Iran war began, EU energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen said in Dublin. He said the additional spending had brought no extra oil or gas. At the gathering of European energy ministers, Jørgensen urged a faster shift towards electricity and expanded power infrastructure to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels. The Irish presidency's agenda puts affordability, market disruption and energy security at the centre of the meeting. These are informal discussions ahead of formal energy-council meetings in October and December, rather than an announcement of a completed policy package. The practical test is what follows: funded projects, stronger grids and alternatives that households and businesses can actually use. An energy strategy will only ease the pressure when it changes the bill.