People familiar said UBS will require graduates and interns joining its Global Banking and Markets division in 2027 to demonstrate how they would use AI to boost performance and efficiency. The requirement signals AI is reshaping campus hiring at major European banks.

UNCTAD says services trade is reshaping global commerce; digital-deliverable services grew 7.1% annually over the past decade and now account for 56% of global services exports. Least-developed countries’ share of global services trade has fallen to 0.6%, and digital-deliverable services represent just 16% of their services exports. UNCTAD identifies weak network connectivity and inadequate digital payments infrastructure as key constraints and calls for stepped-up digital infrastructure to help developing economies, particularly LDCs, integrate into global digital services trade.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman BAGHAEI said Peru's decision to sever diplomatic ties with Tehran has no substantive impact because there were no relations between the two countries to begin with.