The tit-for-tat trade war between the US and China earlier this year cooled by late October after President Trump and President Xi agreed to a trade truce that, so far, appears to be holding. There are early signs that the truce is beginning to restore rare earth trade between China and the West, as Beijing has started approving some rare earth export license applications this week. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic told Bloomberg TV earlier this week that industry chatter suggests China is granting so-called general licenses, a shift from a highly…

19 de diciembre de 2025.- Unas 55 mil familias fueron afectadas por las recientes lluvias de la tormenta Byron, que destruyeron refugios y pertenencias en distintos puntos de la franja de Gaza, informó ayer el vocero adjunto de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU), Farhan Haq. La defensa civi...

FTSE 100 oil major BP has replaced its top boss after just two years in the role as the energy giant targets a major turnaround. BP will swap out incumbent boss Murray Auchincloss, who has been in the role since the start of 2024, for Woodside Energy chief Meg O’Neil. Auchincloss will step down with immediate effect with O’Neil to take the helm in April 2026. Executive vice president Carol Howle will serve as the interim chief. Albert Manifold, chair of BP, said: “O’Neil’s relentless focus on business improvement and…

19 de diciembre de 2025.- El Premio Nobel de la Paz 1980, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, instó este viernes 19 de diciembre a denunciar ante la Corte Penal Internacional los crímenes perpetrados por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en el marco de su política exterior, con el fin de que el mand...

Russia is heading into 2026 with a familiar problem wearing a sharper edge: the oil revenues that bankroll its budget — and its war — are shrinking fast. According to Reuters calculations released Friday, Russia’s tax proceeds from crude oil production in January could fall to about 380 billion roubles ($4.7 billion), the lowest monthly take since late 2022. That would mark a 16% drop from December and a collapse of more than 50% compared with January last year. For a government that still leans heavily on oil income to fund military…

Es 19 de diciembre de 2025. Han transcurrido 353 días del año y faltan 12 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cie...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 6 this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US  to 542 this week, down 47 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs fell by 8 in the reporting period, according to the data, after US drillers added 1 rig in the week prior. Oil rigs are now at 406, which is 77 below this same time last year. The number of gas rigs stayed the same at 127, which is 25 more than this time last…

19 de diciembre de 2025.- El Instituto Socialista de la Pesca y Acuicultura (Insopesca) informó que desde el 15 de diciembre entró en vigor la veda para la captura, comercialización y transporte de la sardina en todo el territorio nacional. La medida se extenderá hasta el 15 de marzo de cada año,...

El desprecio que ha generad Donald Trump, lo ha llevado a que sea objeto y representación del mal concentrado en un ser humano: mentiroso, mafioso, racista, clasista, irrespetuoso, grosero, ofensivo, vulgar, ladrón, acusado de ser pedófilo y de abusar de cantidad innumerable de mujeres y es al...

19 de diciembre de 2025.- Tras viajar durante millones de años por la galaxia, el cometa interestelar 3I/ATLAS alcanza hoy su punto de máxima aproximación a la Tierra, lo que ofrece a los científicos una oportunidad única de estudio. Según la NASA, 3I/ATLAS no es un cometa común, es apenas el ter...

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El deseo de Navidad de Nisrín Antone es volver a celebrar Nochebuena con su marido y sus tres hijas, en torno a una mesa y en una casa de verdad. Desde octubre de 2023, esta cristiana palestina de 45 años vive confinada con su familia en un pequeño despacho de la parroquia de la Sagrada Famili...

And Japan makes it five for the C5 in 2025. The heads of state of the five Central Asian countries are traveling to Japan for a December 19-20 summit hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takachi under a format dubbed C5+1. It marks the fifth such “C5+1” summit for Central Asian leaders this year, following similar gatherings each involving a different major global power — China, the European Union, Russia, and the United States. Each C5+1 meeting has followed roughly the same script with bilateral meetings, a plenary session,…

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19 de diciembre de 2025.- «Se han batido todos los récords de solicitud de ingreso a la Universidad Nacional de la Seguridad (UNES) este año (…) hay más de 32 mil solicitudes de muchachos y muchachas que quieren ingresar a los cuerpos policiales», así lo destacó el vicepresidente sectorial de Políti...

SHANGHÁI, CHINA. – En el marco de la Feria International Travel Mart (CITM), la ministra del Poder Popular para el Turismo, Leticia Gómez, sostuvo un encuentro estratégico con Li Liyang, Gerente General de Marketing de Air China, con el objetivo de consolidar a Venezuela como un destino ...

The economics of shipping additional volumes of heavy crude from Iraq to compensate for a potential loss of Venezuela’s supply are just not there at present, Shafaq News reported on Friday, quoting Iraqi economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi. Concerns in the heavy crude market are that the U.S. blockade of tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and heightened tensions in the Caribbean would reduce supply of the extra heavy crude.   In theory, the sour and heavy grades from the top producers in the Middle East could be substitutes for Venezuela’s…

The economics of shipping additional volumes of heavy crude from Iraq to compensate for a potential loss of Venezuela’s supply are just not there at present, Shafaq News reported on Friday, quoting Iraqi economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi. Concerns in the heavy crude market are that the U.S. blockade of tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and heightened tensions in the Caribbean would reduce supply of the extra heavy crude.   In theory, the sour and heavy grades from the top producers in the Middle East could be substitutes for Venezuela’s…

Brent is clinging to $60 per barrel, but markets have become even less sensitive to geopolitical risk. Friday, December 19, 2025 Things are not looking good for oil, with Trump’s belligerent rhetoric vis-à-vis Venezuela only pushing ICE Brent futures to $60 per barrel after a slide below that psychological threshold earlier in the week. Sanctions against Russia or threats thereof have by now desensitized the market towards Russian supply risks, once again demonstrated by the lack of price movements after Ukraine targeted another shadow…

Las sanciones tienen el objetivo de elevar los costos de exportación de petróleo iraní y reducir los ingresos que Teherán obtiene por cada barril vendido. El Gobierno de Estados Unidos incluyó este jueves a 2...