16-07-26.-El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Jorge Rodríguez, presentó este miércoles un nuevo balance oficial sobre las consecuencias de los terremotos registrados el pasado 24 de junio, en el que informó que la cifra de fallecidos ascendió a 4.829 personas, mientras que el número de heridos se...

16-07-26.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este miércoles 15 de julio 2026 en Bs.727,45 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales. ...

Global private investments in nuclear fusion hit a record $4.48 billion in 2025, in large part driven by the booming energy demands of AI data centers and rising global energy security concerns. According to the Fusion Industry Association (FIA), confidence in the viability of nuclear fusion technology is growing, with ~71% of fusion companies now expected to deliver commercial power to the grid by the 2030s. And that confidence is now translating into tangible dollars and infrastructure with fusion companies now inking site selection and Power…

Since March, Ukraine has systematically dismantled Russia’s refining system, driving crude processing to its lowest level in 21 years and forcing Moscow to ban exports of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. Russian refineries processed an average of 3.91 million barrels of crude per day in early July, according to Energy Aspects data cited by Bloomberg. That was more than 1.4 million barrels per day below the previous year’s average and the lowest national processing rate since March 2005. Ukraine has hit at least 24 of Russia’s 34…

15 de julio de 2026.-Cantv ha construido más de 2.300 puertos ópticos en el estado Portuguesa, como parte del proceso de modernización tecnológica que desarrolla en los municipios Acarigua, Guanare y Araure para ampliar progresivamente la cobertura de Aba Ultra, informó Comunicaciones Externas...

U.S. electricity consumption set a new record high last year and is on track for new all-time highs this year and next, as the AI boom has ended America’s decade of stagnant power use. Rising electrification rates are partly responsible for the higher power demand, but the AI boom and the data centers that support it are the key drivers of growing electricity demand and will remain so over the next few years. As power demand grows, generation is also increasing to record highs, with natural gas remaining the mainstay of the U.S. power mix.…

Two shocks are hitting energy investors at once, and they point in opposite directions.  The first is obvious. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on July 11, the U.S. answered with three straight nights of strikes, and roughly a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil trade is once more moving in a trickle or not at all.  Brent punched back above $86 this week, a one-month high, and crude is up around 40 percent since January.  Repeated U.S. bombing has not broken Tehran’s grip on the…

The oil market is treating another US-Iran escalation as background noise. The U.S. launched another wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, expanding attacks on military targets along the country's southern coast. Brent crude barely flinched. The global benchmark traded around $84.65 per barrel Wednesday afternoon, down slightly on the day despite another escalation in the fight over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said Wednesday's operation targeted Iranian coastal defense systems, cruise missile storage sites, launch positions,…

The oil market is treating another US-Iran escalation as background noise. The U.S. launched another wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, expanding attacks on military targets along the country's southern coast. Brent crude barely flinched. The global benchmark traded around $84.65 per barrel Wednesday afternoon, down slightly on the day despite another escalation in the fight over the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said Wednesday's operation targeted Iranian coastal defense systems, cruise missile storage sites, launch positions,…

The face of energy security is changing. Historically, fossil fuels have represented security thanks to their established supply chains and round-the-clock production potential, while renewable energies represented risk and variability. But that equation is reversing as consecutive global oil shocks throw the fossil fuels industry into turmoil and energy storage systems make wind and solar more dependable options at any time of day. The offensive in Iran, led by the United States and Israel, has led to a near-total blockage of the oil industry’s…

15 de julio de 2026.- El mandatario de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, insistió en que hubo fraude en los comicios presidenciales en Colombia, en los que resultó electo el ultraconservador Abelardo de la Espriella, e indicó que se presentarán nuevas demandas al respecto. "Yo he dicho que hubo un fraude"...

It’s not often that wind power and oil and gas are mentioned in the same breath. The rare occasion concerns a new type of offshore wind turbine launched in China that will power the extraction of fossil fuels by offshore oil platforms. Developed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the world’s first 16-megawatt tension-leg platform (TLP) floating offshore wind turbine set sail at the end of June from Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, southern China. It will be used at the Lufeng oil fields in the South China Sea. The…

15 de julio de 2026.- Cientos de manifestantes se congregaron en el barrio de Mt. Agradables en Washington, D.C. para rendir homenaje a las víctimas de la violencia del ICE y demandar que se termine la violencia por motivos raciales contra los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos. La nueva campaña de de...

Caracas.- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha vuelto a amenazar a Irán con ataques contra la infraestructura civil del país "a menos que se sienten a la mesa de negociaciones", declaró en una e...

15 de julio de 2026.- Al menos dos soldados murieron y cinco más resultaron heridos durante una operación del Ejército colombiano que permitió la liberación de 39 personas secuestradas por la guerrilla del ELN. A tres semanas de la toma de posesión del presidente electo, Abelardo de la Espriella...

RÍO DE JANEIRO (IPS) Las olas de calor mataron a 120 000 personas en Brasil entre 2000 y 2019, según un estudio inusual en una América Latina

The chairman of Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, Almassadam Satkaliyev, is on an extended tour of nuclear-power facilities in China, gaining insight into PRC management techniques covering the entire development cycle, from designing to construction to operation of such entities. Satkaliyev visited a wide range of sites, from the Tianwan nuclear plant, which is fully operational, and the Xuwei nuclear facility, currently under construction, to uranium mining and fuel production sites and research and training entities. He also met with…

Caracas.- El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, criticó con dureza a los jugadores de la selección brasileña después de que apenas uno de los 26 convocados regresara al país tras la humillante eliminació...

A massive data breach has exposed approximately 19,000 highly sensitive files related to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) on the dark web. The documents mainly involve Units 3 and 4 of the 2,400 MW plant, both still under construction and slated to become operational by 2027. The data breach occurred on a server managed by third-party data center provider Yotta, which detected suspicious activity on a server belonging to Reliance Infrastructure, a subsidiary of India’s Reliance Group. World Leaks (formerly Hunters International),…

A massive data breach has exposed approximately 19,000 highly sensitive files related to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) on the dark web. The documents mainly involve Units 3 and 4 of the 2,400 MW plant, both still under construction and slated to become operational by 2027. The data breach occurred on a server managed by third-party data center provider Yotta, which detected suspicious activity on a server belonging to Reliance Infrastructure, a subsidiary of India’s Reliance Group. World Leaks (formerly Hunters International),…