La actriz italiana Claudia Cardinale, considerada una de las grandes musas del cine europeo de los años 60 y 70, falleció este miércoles en Francia a los 87 años. La noticia fue confirmada por su agente, Laurent Savry, quien detalló que murió en Nemours, rodeada de sus hijos. La par...

The Global Precious Metals MMI (Monthly Metals Index) moved sideways, trending up by a slight 1.14%. Despite the sideways movement, precious metals prices have been anything but stale. The past two weeks have been dramatic for the precious metals market, as gold set new records, silver touched levels not seen since 2011 and palladium and platinum moved higher on supply concerns.  Graph prices are from Trading Economics: tradingeconomics.com Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point rate cut at its September meeting, along…

24 de septiembre de 2025.- El presidente brasileño, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, cuestionó hoy en Nueva York el auge de la extrema derecha, en una reunión con otros líderes sobre la defensa de la democracia y la lucha contra el extremismo. «Lo que me importa hoy es que nos respondamos a nosotros mi...

Jimmy Kimmel no ofreció disculpas en su regreso a la televisión nocturna y, en un monólogo emocional donde parecía estar al borde de las lágrimas, dijo que no estaba tratando de bromear sobre el asesinato del activista conservador Charlie Kirk. También rindió homenaje a la viuda de Kirk. ...

Oil and gas activity in the Dallas Fed’s Eleventh District slipped again in the third quarter, with the headline business activity index at -6.5 versus -8.1 in Q2 as executives pointed to elevated uncertainty and higher costs, according to the latest release on Wednesday of the Dallas Fed’s Energy Survey.   Company outlook deteriorated to -17.6, according to the survey, while production also edged lower. The oil production index held at -8.6 and natural gas at -3.2. Oilfield services weakened, with equipment utilization at…

Oil and gas activity in the Dallas Fed’s Eleventh District slipped again in the third quarter, with the headline business activity index at -6.5 versus -8.1 in Q2 as executives pointed to elevated uncertainty and higher costs, according to the latest release on Wednesday of the Dallas Fed’s Energy Survey.   Company outlook deteriorated to -17.6, according to the survey, while production also edged lower. The oil production index held at -8.6 and natural gas at -3.2. Oilfield services weakened, with equipment utilization at…

Martes,24 de septiembre de 2025.- ¡Congreso estadounidense está furioso! La indignación se desató como un incendio luego de que Donald Trump ordenara ataques indiscriminados contra embarcaciones venezolanas, dejando víctimas mortales y sembrando dudas sobre su legalidad. Veinticinco senadores fi...

TenneT, the Dutch state-owned grid operator, has agreed to divest 46% in its unit TenneT Germany to major institutional investors for up to $11.2 billion (9.5 billion euros), the company, whose sole shareholder is the Dutch state, said on Wednesday.  With the deal, TenneT and the Dutch state secure the equity requirement for the expansion of TenneT Germany’s high-voltage grid, the operator said.   The three large institutional investors are APG, investing on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP, Singapore’s sovereign wealth…

TenneT, the Dutch state-owned grid operator, has agreed to divest 46% in its unit TenneT Germany to major institutional investors for up to $11.2 billion (9.5 billion euros), the company, whose sole shareholder is the Dutch state, said on Wednesday.  With the deal, TenneT and the Dutch state secure the equity requirement for the expansion of TenneT Germany’s high-voltage grid, the operator said.   The three large institutional investors are APG, investing on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP, Singapore’s sovereign wealth…

TenneT, the Dutch state-owned grid operator, has agreed to divest 46% in its unit TenneT Germany to major institutional investors for up to $11.2 billion (9.5 billion euros), the company, whose sole shareholder is the Dutch state, said on Wednesday.  With the deal, TenneT and the Dutch state secure the equity requirement for the expansion of TenneT Germany’s high-voltage grid, the operator said.   The three large institutional investors are APG, investing on behalf of Dutch pension fund ABP, Singapore’s sovereign wealth…

Martes, 24 de septiembre de 2025.- Rusia selló una alianza directa en el Caribe para reforzar su presencia en la región. Serguéi Lavrov firmó acuerdos con Donetsk, Lugansk, Jersón, Zaporozhie y Sebastopol. Y esta es la entrada oficial de Vladímir Putin en el Caribe. Sin duda, una bofetada a Dona...

The Trump administration is looking to take some equity ownership of another large publicly traded company. The decision comes after the administration began re-evaluating a $2.3 billion loan approved by President Biden for the development of a Nevada lithium deposit. As Bloomberg reports, the record-high loan to Lithium Americas Corp., finalized in 2024, would have provided most of the capital for the construction of a processing plant adjacent to the company’s Thacker Pass mine, on one of country’s largest lithium deposits. However,…

El 21 de enero se creó mucha polémica en EEUU, como reacción tras la decisión del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, de indultar al dos veces sentenciado a cadena perpetua + 40 años, Ross Ulbricht, quien fue condenado por trafico de drogas a través del sitio web «Silk Road», ...

Turkey’s state energy company, BOTAS, has signed a landmark 20-year U.S. LNG supply agreement with Mercuria, anchoring Ankara’s strategy to reduce dependency on pipeline gas and reposition itself as a regional hub, according to the Daily Sabah.  The deal, signed in New York during President Erdogan’s U.N. visit, will deliver around 4 billion cubic meters annually from 2026 onward, cumulatively totaling about 70 bcm.  A separate preliminary nine-year LNG pact was also agreed with Australia’s Woodside, calling for…

Turkey’s state energy company, BOTAS, has signed a landmark 20-year U.S. LNG supply agreement with Mercuria, anchoring Ankara’s strategy to reduce dependency on pipeline gas and reposition itself as a regional hub, according to the Daily Sabah.  The deal, signed in New York during President Erdogan’s U.N. visit, will deliver around 4 billion cubic meters annually from 2026 onward, cumulatively totaling about 70 bcm.  A separate preliminary nine-year LNG pact was also agreed with Australia’s Woodside, calling for…

El presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, pidió este miércoles en medio de su discurso ante la Asamblea General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en Nueva York, que se abra un proceso penal en contra de su homólogo estadounidense Donald Trump por bombardeos en el Caribe. ...

El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab

Miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2025.- Rusia condena sanciones contra Venezuela: son una “amenaza para los derechos humanos” La misión permanente de Rusia ante la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en Ginebra lanzó un contundente alegato contra las sanciones internacionales impuestas a Ven...

Crude oil inventories in the United States decreased by 600,000 barrels during the week ending September 19, after shrinking by 9.3 million barrels in the week prior, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The move brings commercial stockpiles to 414.8 million barrels according to government data, which is 4% below the five-year average for this time of year. The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which suggested that crude oil inventories…

Miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2025.- Ari Lijalad editorializa, entre otras cosas, sobre la visita que está haciendo Milei a la ciudad de Nueva York, donde en reunión con el presidente Trump, recibe su respaldo en lo que aparentemente fue un error, al Trump mencionar que estaba seguro de la reelecc...