Day: December 13, 2025

The United States, South Korea and other partners on Friday adopted the “Pax Silica” Declaration for cooperation to build a “trusted” supply chain ecosystem for artificial intelligence (AI), critical minerals and other areas, as Washington seeks to counter China’s growing heft in those fields, Azernews ​reports, citing Yonhap.

Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with crypto exchange Binance to explore the “tokenisation” of up to $2 billion in sovereign bonds, T-bills and commodity reserves to boost liquidity and attract investors, the finance ministry said, Azernews reports, citing Tribune.

An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said on Friday, Azernews reports, citing Tribune.

Topography of silence at the frontline of Armenia’s future  The Armenian Weekly

China will continue to implement a moderately loose monetary policy and strengthen financial support for key areas such as expanding domestic demand, technological innovation, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a senior Chinese official said on Friday, Azernews reports, citing Xinhua.