2026-08-08
3 分钟The Economist.
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a military pact to try to avoid further
conflict in a region rocked by the Iran war.
Following nearly a year of negotiations, the leaders of the three countries signed
a trilateral defence agreement pledging to retaliate together if any of them is attacked.
Pakistan's foreign ministry said the deal would, quote, strengthen collective deterrence.
Donald Trump is trying once more to fire Lisa Cook,
a Federal Reserve governor, after the Supreme Court suspended his first attempt in June.
The White House reportedly informed Ms Cook this week that the president was, quote,
considering removing her and asked her to respond to previous allegations of mortgage fraud.
Ms Cook has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
Her lawyer called the allegations, quote, baseless.
America's labour market showed signs of strain.
In July, the economy lost 23,000 jobs, whereas many economists had expected a modest gain.
The Bureau of Labour Statistics also revised down the gains for May and June.
A weaker jobs market makes it less likely the Federal Reserve will raise rates at its next meeting in September.
OpenAI said it was pausing some internal activities around a yet-to-be-released AI model,
Astra, citing its, quote, critical cyber capabilities.
A model reaches the firm's critical threshold when it can identify and develop severe bugs,