21 de octubre de 2026.- La carretera hacia Choroni, en el estado Aragua, se abre a plazos mientras se realizan trabajos en la vía. Este día el paso estuvo abierto desde las 4:00 hasta las 7:00 de la mañana. Luego se empezaron las labores para el despeje en la zona de montaña. Se tiene previsto...

Back in July, UK oil and gas major BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) announced that it was putting its entire UK North Sea oil and gas business up for sale as part of a broader $20-billion portfolio overhaul, marking the end of a 60-year era as a leading player in Europe's largest oil basin. BP's North Sea operations produced about 117,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025 (roughly 5% of BP's total global output) and employed around 1,100 people. BP is hardly alone. Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) have sold their UK North Sea assets in recent…

21 de octubre de 2026.- El médico Abdul el Sayed parece estar al borde de convertirse en el próximo senador federal del estado electoralmente clave de Michigan, y con ello incrementar la posibilidad de que los demócratas retomen control de la Cámara alta del Congreso, y al mismo tiempo comprobar que...

21 de octubre de 2026.- De acuerdo a las declaraciones de la abogada Katherine Wellington, quien representa a PDVSA ante los tribunales estadounidenses, la petrolera venezolana estaría trabajando en la designación de nuevas juntas directivas para sus filiales estadounidenses PDV Holding y Citgo, seg...

Asia-bound Russian crude and fuel supplies are being rerouted as the US-Israeli war on Iran and disruptions in the straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab choke off traditional crude flows from the Persian Gulf. Indeed, Russia increased oil and LNG shipments via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and utilized shadow fleets to bypass chokepoints and fulfill Asian demand. Reuters reports that Russia’s oil exports through its NSR in 2026 have already exceeded last year’s by nearly 50%, with 20 million barrels shipped to Asia from the July to mid-October…

21 de octubre de 2026.- Tras los incidentes violentos registrados el pasado fin de semana, el Consejo de Ministros de Italia ratificó este martes una serie de reformas en materia de seguridad ciudadana. La nueva normativa no solo agrava las penas para los manifestantes violentos, sino que traslad...

21 de octubre de 2026.- El valor de la canasta de servicios públicos en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (AMBA) disminuyó 0,7 por ciento en octubre; sin embargo, acumula un alza del 860 por ciento desde 2023, advierte un centro de estudios económicos. El gasto promedio de los servicios públ...

Central Asia’s two economic drivers, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, seem satisfied with the results of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to the region. But Astana and Tashkent both want to see more done to “translate political agreements into concrete investments.” Rubio led a large American delegation that participated in a business forum in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on October 19. The same day he met with the foreign ministers of all five Central Asian states within the C5+1 format and held one-on-one talks with…

Con una mirada puesta en el bienestar integral y el calor humano, avanza la dignificación de 740 familias, que tras haber permanecido en carpas bajo la atención del Sistema de Naciones Unidas en Venezuela, hoy trascienden hacia una solución habitacional segura, moderna y profundamente humana.

Saudi Arabia's crude exports rose about 7.9% in August from July to 4.451 million barrels per day, the highest since March, while its oil production fell to a record low of 6.24 million bpd, the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed Wednesday, Reuters reported. Production was 8.135 million bpd in July and 6.560 million bpd in May. Exports were 4.125 million bpd in July. In March, they were 4.974 million bpd, JODI data showed in May. Refinery crude throughput fell by 181,000 bpd to 2.297 million bpd in August from 2.478 million bpd in…

Saudi Arabia's crude exports rose about 7.9% in August from July to 4.451 million barrels per day, the highest since March, while its oil production fell to a record low of 6.24 million bpd, the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed Wednesday, Reuters reported. Production was 8.135 million bpd in July and 6.560 million bpd in May. Exports were 4.125 million bpd in July. In March, they were 4.974 million bpd, JODI data showed in May. Refinery crude throughput fell by 181,000 bpd to 2.297 million bpd in August from 2.478 million bpd in…

Here is a question that should be harder to answer than it is: China still controls the rare earth spigot, the latest Trump-Xi summit did nothing to loosen its grip, Japan is about to run out of yttrium, Washington has put a $110/kg floor under NdPr, and Western buyers are paying anywhere from 5x to 346x the Chinese price for heavy rare earths. So why are rare earth stocks down on the year? That is the question Canaccord's critical minerals team led by Reg Spencer asks in an overnight note titled "Rare Earths: Equity disconnect from strong…

Más de 150 personalidades del mundo de la cultura y del espectáculo expresaron este miércoles su apoyo a la escritora irlandesa Sally Rooney, cuyos libros dejaron de distribuirse en Reino Unido debido a su respaldo al grupo proscrito Palestine Action. "Sally Rooney es una escri...

CHARIKAR, Afganistán (IPS) Las mujeres afganas han recurrido a las protestas en línea como único recurso disponible para expresar su descontento con el régimen talibán, a pesar de que los riesgos de ser descubiertas son elevados y acarrean consecuencias enormes. El amanecer aún no h...

Un amigo llamó a Jorge Bastidas para avisarle de los terremotos en Venezuela. Aunque se escuchaba asustado, Jorge dudó que fuera grave. El país había vivido tantas crisis que desestimó la posibilidad de volver a sorprenderse. Este desarrollador venezolano de 32 años, residente en Ar...

General Motors will add hybrids in multiple segments, CEO Mary Barra told analysts Oct. 20, with US gasoline at $4.28 a gallon, up from $3.04 a year earlier. GM's US sales fell 6% in the third quarter, while Toyota's sales of electrified vehicles rose 28.5%. "We will have hybrids," Barra said on the company's third-quarter earnings call, in answer to UBS analyst Joe Spak. She said GM will give more detail closer to launch. Barra said the hybrids will come in segments where GM already competes. She said much of today's hybrid activity is in compact…

General Motors will add hybrids in multiple segments, CEO Mary Barra told analysts Oct. 20, with US gasoline at $4.28 a gallon, up from $3.04 a year earlier. GM's US sales fell 6% in the third quarter, while Toyota's sales of electrified vehicles rose 28.5%. "We will have hybrids," Barra said on the company's third-quarter earnings call, in answer to UBS analyst Joe Spak. She said GM will give more detail closer to launch. Barra said the hybrids will come in segments where GM already competes. She said much of today's hybrid activity is in compact…

Expertos de la Naciones Unidas criticaron la realización de festejos en Villa Bavaria, antiguo recinto de la tristemente célebre Colonia Dignidad de Chile, donde se cometieron actos de tortura, desapariciones forzadas y otras graves violaciones de los derechos humanos durante y después de la d...

Los compromisos globales para reducir las emisiones que calientan el planeta son insuficientes y han encaminado al mundo a un calentamiento de 2,6 °C en este siglo, advirtió la ONU este miércoles. El informe anual del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) so...

La aerolínea italiana ITA Airways inició este martes la venta de boletos para sus vuelos directos entre Roma y Caracas, una conexión que comenzará a operar el 30 de marzo de 2027 y marcará el regreso de una aerolínea de bandera italiana al mercado venezolano. Lea tam...