Norway has temporarily halted its deep-sea mining plans by postponing the first licensing round until at least 2029, following a political agreement with the Socialist Left Party for the state budget. The four-year delay to exploration and extraction activities in Norwegian waters was achieved through budget negotiations, although the government maintains its underlying policy has not changed. The decision has been welcomed by environmental groups like the WWF and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition as a major win for environmental protection,…

Norway has temporarily halted its deep-sea mining plans by postponing the first licensing round until at least 2029, following a political agreement with the Socialist Left Party for the state budget. The four-year delay to exploration and extraction activities in Norwegian waters was achieved through budget negotiations, although the government maintains its underlying policy has not changed. The decision has been welcomed by environmental groups like the WWF and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition as a major win for environmental protection,…

3 de diciembre de 2025.- Productores agrícolas de Puebla, Veracruz, Tlaxcala, Zacatecas y Chihuahua se movilizaron ayer, a la expectativa de la discusión del dictamen de la nueva Ley General de Aguas previsto para este miércoles en la Cámara de Diputados. Los agricultores de Puebla, Veracruz y Tl...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has floated an unusual but very creative plan to quickly expand U.S. grid capacity: tapping the industrial diesel generators already sitting at data centers, big-box retailers, and other commercial sites. The proposal comes as multiple regional grids strain under the explosive power demand driven by the data-center boom. Leveraging these idled generators could serve as a short-term bridge until new generation comes online. Bloomberg quoted Wright on Tuesday morning at the North American Gas Forum in Washington, where…

Es 3 de diciembre de 2025. Han transcurrido 337 días del año y faltan 28 días para su terminación. Hoy es miércoles. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la ci...

Hungary has reported that oil flows from Russia via the key Druzhba oil pipeline have continued after it came under attack by Ukraine on December 1. According to Mol Nyrt, Hungary's main oil company, imported crude flows through the Transneft-owned pipeline have so far been unaffected. Previously, the Kyiv Independent had reported that Ukraine used remote-controlled explosives to destroy the pipeline. "The Russian oil network, as the main source of income for the aggressor state and financing for the military-industrial complex, will continue to…

3 de diciembre de 2025.- El Ejecutivo nacional, a través del Inac, extendió este martes la suspensión del permiso de vuelo a otras dos aerolíneas: Air Europa y Plus Ultra, por sumarse al boicot impulsado por Donald Trump. Tras el anuncio el pasado sábado del mandatario de Estados Unidos de ordena...

3 de diciembre de 2025.- Con el título «Pensamientos críticos desde el Sur Global: Tejiendo resistencias, futuros y horizontes al sistema-mundo desde Venezuela», dio inicio la V Conferencia del Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (Clacso) en Caracas, que se llevará a cabo hasta el 5 de dici...

Tajikistan is seeking Russia’s help in containing raids by Islamic militants operating out of Afghanistan. Two attacks within the past week have left five Chinese nationals working on road construction and gold mining projects in Tajik border areas dead. The Reuters news agency reported December 2 that Tajik officials are negotiating with their Russian counterparts on mounting joint patrols along the almost 850-mile-long frontier with Afghanistan. Moscow maintains military facilities housing thousands of troops in and around Dushanbe, the…

El analista petrolero, Alejandro Terán, denuncia a través de un reel de Instagram, que la venta de CITGO constituye una de las componendas más graves contra los activos venezolanos. Terán describe el proceso judicial estadounidense como "fraudulento" y "claramente contrario a de...

3 de diciembre de 2025.- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha publicado su primera guía sobre el uso de una nueva clase de medicamentos para bajar de peso, lo que implica un cambio en su política hacia la obesidad, condición con la que viven más de 1000 millones de personas, una de cada ocho...

Austrian businessman Bernd Bergmair, former majority owner of Pornhub, has approached the U.S. Treasury about buying assets of Russian oil major Lukoil after the Trump administration sanctioned the company.  "Obviously Lukoil International GmbH would be a great investment and anybody would be fortunate to have the privilege of owning those assets,” Bergmair told Reuters. "I don’t comment on potential investments as a matter of course," he added. Last month, U.S. Treasury issued the greenlight for companies to begin talks with Lukoil…

The Vaca Muerta shale play in southern Argentina continues delivering strong production growth. In a mere decade, shale oil and gas production have regularly soared to all-time highs, boosting Argentina’s hydrocarbon output to new records. Even waning output from the Latin American country’s aging conventional oil fields has had little impact on overall production volumes, with growing unconventional hydrocarbon output filling the gap. October 2025’s numbers, like the month prior, reflect those trends and the rising outsized contribution…

Austrian businessman Bernd Bergmair, former majority owner of Pornhub, has approached the U.S. Treasury about buying assets of Russian oil major Lukoil after the Trump administration sanctioned the company.  "Obviously Lukoil International GmbH would be a great investment and anybody would be fortunate to have the privilege of owning those assets,” Bergmair told Reuters. "I don’t comment on potential investments as a matter of course," he added. Last month, U.S. Treasury issued the greenlight for companies to begin talks with Lukoil…

For the fifth time this year, Cuba suffered a massive power outage after a partial collapse of the electrical grid early on Wednesday.  The capital city of Havana and many of the western provinces are without power, according to a state media reporter who spoke to Reuters.  It was not immediately clear what caused the grid collapse. Cuba’s power system has deteriorated in recent years as the fuel and oil supply crisis has hit heavily the old oil-fueled power plants.   Cuba’s power generation is heavily dependent…

For the fifth time this year, Cuba suffered a massive power outage after a partial collapse of the electrical grid early on Wednesday.  The capital city of Havana and many of the western provinces are without power, according to a state media reporter who spoke to Reuters.  It was not immediately clear what caused the grid collapse. Cuba’s power system has deteriorated in recent years as the fuel and oil supply crisis has hit heavily the old oil-fueled power plants.   Cuba’s power generation is heavily dependent…

Crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 600,000 barrels during the week ending November 28, after adding 2.8 million barrels in the week prior, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 427.5 million barrels according to government data, which is 3% 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…

3 de diciembre de 2025.- En este episodio de Escuela de Cuadros conversamos con Atilio Borón sobre la figura de Hugo Chávez y su lugar en la historia revolucionaria de Nuestra América. A partir de una reflexión que articula estructura y liderazgo, Borón examina cómo Chávez —co...

Fue una de las noticias más sonadas del año pasado. No era para menos. Se trataba de la detención en Estados Unidos de dos de los líderes del Cartel de Sinaloa, uno de los más poderosos y conocidos dentro y fuera de México. Joaquín Guzmán López, hijo de Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán —...

La cantante y estrella del pop Sabrina Carpenter cuestionó con dureza a la Casa Blanca de Donald Trump luego de que su canción "Juno" fuera utilizada en un video que exhibe redadas del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE). El material violento se difundió por todos los ...