Last week, Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to continue the country’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as the United States and Israel continue to wage war in the Middle Eastern nation. The closure of the Strait, through which over one-third of the world’s crude oil trade passed in 2025, is causing oil prices to skyrocket at a global scale, surging over USD $100 per barrel. The economic fallout from this development will be enormous, throwing into sharp relief how petro-dependent global markets continue to be. At the same time,…

The Trump administration is weighing a $1 billion payout to compensate TotalEnergies for canceled offshore wind leases, reports suggest, making what would be one of the clearest financial unwindings of Biden’s clean energy policy. According to a New York Times report cited by Reuters on Tuesday, U.S. officials are drafting agreements that would see the Interior Department cancel two offshore wind leases—Attentive Energy off New York and Carolina Long Bay off North Carolina—followed by a Justice Department payment of more than…

The Trump administration is weighing a $1 billion payout to compensate TotalEnergies for canceled offshore wind leases, reports suggest, making what would be one of the clearest financial unwindings of Biden’s clean energy policy. According to a New York Times report cited by Reuters on Tuesday, U.S. officials are drafting agreements that would see the Interior Department cancel two offshore wind leases—Attentive Energy off New York and Carolina Long Bay off North Carolina—followed by a Justice Department payment of more than…

A sus 81 años, Carmen Teresa Navas no debería estar recorriendo despachos oficiales buscando respuestas que no llegan. Sin embargo, desde el 1 de enero de 2025, su vida se detuvo. Ese día, su hijo, Víctor Hugo Quero Navas (51), fue detenido en las inmediaciones de la Vicepresidencia d...

17 de marzo de 2026.- El embajador de Cuba en Italia, Jorge Luis Cepero, acudió hoy al Aeropuerto Fiumicino, de Roma, para despedir a los integrantes del Convoy Europeo de Solidaridad con su país, que partió rumbo a La Habana. El diplomático destacó en declaraciones a reporteros en esa terminal a...

There's actually another hot war in the Middle East that has been raging, quite apart from the Iran-US-Israel war. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in a tense border conflict for weeks at this point. The Associated Press on Monday described the latest developments in the following: Afghanistan's Taliban government on Monday accused Pakistan's military of targeting a Kabul hospital that treats drug addicts in airstrikes that killed four people and wounded several others. The attack came hours after Afghan officials said the two sides exchanged…

17 de marzo de 2026.- Un incremento de pasaje a 80 bolívares se aprobó en el Metro de Caracas y en el sistema de transporte superficial Metrobús, según se pudo constatar en un recorrido efectuado por el equipo de Últimas Noticias. Este constituye el primer incremento del año, que equivale a 33,33...

The biggest airlines in Europe are seeking weaker EU rules on synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) amid very high costs and scarce supply of the fuel on the market, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.   Airlines for Europe (A4E), a trade group including IAG, the owner of British Airways, as well as Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, Ryanair, and EasyJet, is set to call for at least a delay to the planned EU rules on the share of eSAF, as the synthetic SAF is known.    Synthetic fuels (or e-fuels) will play a major role in the…

The biggest airlines in Europe are seeking weaker EU rules on synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) amid very high costs and scarce supply of the fuel on the market, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.   Airlines for Europe (A4E), a trade group including IAG, the owner of British Airways, as well as Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, Ryanair, and EasyJet, is set to call for at least a delay to the planned EU rules on the share of eSAF, as the synthetic SAF is known.    Synthetic fuels (or e-fuels) will play a major role in the…

The biggest airlines in Europe are seeking weaker EU rules on synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) amid very high costs and scarce supply of the fuel on the market, sources told Reuters on Tuesday.   Airlines for Europe (A4E), a trade group including IAG, the owner of British Airways, as well as Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, Ryanair, and EasyJet, is set to call for at least a delay to the planned EU rules on the share of eSAF, as the synthetic SAF is known.    Synthetic fuels (or e-fuels) will play a major role in the…

Un sismo de magnitud 6 fue registrado a las 00:28 hora local de este martes al este de Guantánamo, según reportes del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas (Cenais). Hasta el momento, no se han informado daños materiales ni pérdidas humanas. El evento telúrico se localizó ...

Los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel contra centros médicos de Irán constituyen crímenes de guerra, ha denunciado un alto cargo iraní. El presidente de la Organización del Sistema Médico de Irán, Mohamad Raiszade, en una carta al secretario general de la Organización Mundial de la...

Oil markets are increasingly pricing in a potential long-term disruption as the situation in the Strait of Hormuz chokes exports, overwhelms limited bypass capacity, and exposes Gulf supply routes to escalating attacks. Crude Awakening: When $200 Oil Starts to Sound Reasonable - Oil markets are warming up to the idea that crude could indeed reach $200 per barrel, a threat that Tehran’s military keeps on reiterating, after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz entered its third week.   - Most of crude tankers passing through the Hormuz…

Chinese state oil giants are back scouring the market for Russian crude, four months after halting purchases due to the U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, as China aims to offset losses of supply stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.  The U.S. last week issued a waiver allowing purchases by April 11 of Russian crude already loaded on tankers in a bid to calm the global oil market amid the biggest supply disruption in the history of oil markets.  Chinese state giants are taking advantage of this waiver and are now looking to buy Russian crude…

La presidenta encargada de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, celebró con entusiasmo la victoria de la selección nacional de béisbol, que logró un impresionante triunfo de 4-2 sobre Italia en el Estadio loanDepot Park de Miami. Este resultado no solo marca un hito en la hi...

El portavoz presidencial ruso, Dmitri Peskov, reiteró este martes el apoyo de Moscú a Cuba ante la difícil situación que enfrenta la isla debido al aument...

La Plataforma Patria inició formalmente este lunes la entrega del Bono de Ingreso Contra la Guerra Económica, destinado específicamente a los jubilados de la adminis...

El canciller de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Yván Gil, afirmó este lunes que el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, responde a la agenda del extremismo al ignorar el impacto de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales contra el pueblo venezolan...

El Cuerpo de Guardianes de la Revolución Islámica (IRGC) de Irán anunció que este martes lanzó la 57ª ola de la Operación Promesa Verdadera 4, atacando objetivos estratégicos en Israel, incluida la capital Tel Aviv. En un comunicado, el Cuartel General Central de Khatam al-Anbi...

Funcionarios del Cuerpo de Policía Nacional Bolivariana (CPNB) se desplegaron desde la madrugada en la ciudad de Caracas, para brindar asistencia y acompañamiento a los ciudadanos que se dirigían a sus trabajos y centros educativos este lunes.