CENTCOM commander said the U.S. is working with partners to increase shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Trump plans to create an artificial intelligence task force and to appoint an "AI czar" to oversee AI affairs.

The State Administration for Market Regulation said it will tighten food safety risk controls in key areas and refine supervision across food, pharmaceuticals, industrial products and special equipment. It will establish a full-chain food-safety regulatory mechanism, strengthen risk prevention in priority food sectors, and roll out Internet+AI supervision to improve sampling and testing quality and enable earlier detection and remediation of hazards. The agency will raise drug-safety safeguards, improve pharmaceutical safety accountability and support industry innovation. For industrial products it will strengthen source controls, expand quality-risk monitoring and spot checks, and align online and offline oversight. It will implement full-lifecycle supervision for special equipment to raise inherent safety and keep overall safety conditions stable and controllable.