At least two tankers carrying Russian diesel to Brazil have made unusual U-turns in the Atlantic and are now traveling east toward the Suez Canal as sellers are likely chasing spot sales where the fuel fetches higher prices, traders told Reuters on Monday. Since the EU ban on imports of Russian oil products in 2023, Brazil has emerged as a key buyer of Russia's diesel and other refined petroleum products. But some supplies recently loaded at the Russian port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea will not reach their original destinations in Brazil, according…

At least two tankers carrying Russian diesel to Brazil have made unusual U-turns in the Atlantic and are now traveling east toward the Suez Canal as sellers are likely chasing spot sales where the fuel fetches higher prices, traders told Reuters on Monday. Since the EU ban on imports of Russian oil products in 2023, Brazil has emerged as a key buyer of Russia's diesel and other refined petroleum products. But some supplies recently loaded at the Russian port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea will not reach their original destinations in Brazil, according…

It has been said by many from the very start of the U.S.’s ‘Epic Fury’ war against Iran that no clear endgame was in sight whereby U.S. President Donald Trump could achieve his stated aims at the outset of the conflict. These were to change regime, permanently nullify Iran’s nuclear threat, destroy the country’s ballistic missile capabilities, and halt its support for terrorist proxies. It has also been said by many that Washington unaccountably failed to anticipate Iran’s blockade of the vital global transit…

Japan's biggest LNG importer and largest power producer, JERA, has secured its LNG supply through July and will adjust its procurement strategy to be more flexible amid the Middle East conflict that has trapped LNG supply behind the Strait of Hormuz. “At present, we have sufficient stock to last until July,” Masato Otaki, JERA's Executive Officer and Head of the Financial Strategy and Planning Division, said on Monday, as carried by Reuters. “Depending on how long the blockade continues, we will need to adjust our procurement…

Japan's biggest LNG importer and largest power producer, JERA, has secured its LNG supply through July and will adjust its procurement strategy to be more flexible amid the Middle East conflict that has trapped LNG supply behind the Strait of Hormuz. “At present, we have sufficient stock to last until July,” Masato Otaki, JERA's Executive Officer and Head of the Financial Strategy and Planning Division, said on Monday, as carried by Reuters. “Depending on how long the blockade continues, we will need to adjust our procurement…

El pueblo de Irán está luchando heroicamente por "su independencia y soberanía", manifestó este lunes el presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, durante su reunión con el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores iraní, Abbas Araghchi, en San Petersburgo. "Vemos con qué valentía...

US President Donald Trump said that Tehran "can call us" if it wants to talk, but he added that it must give up any plans to build a nuclear weapon or "there's no reason to meet." Meanwhile, Abbas Araqchi, Iran's foreign minister and key negotiator, arrived in St. Petersburg, where he is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally, on April 27 as the future of Pakistani-mediated peace talks between the US and Iran remains clouded. "If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone.…

Bamako | 27 de abril de 2026 – El Gobierno de Malí confirmó este fin de semana el fallecimiento del ministro de Defensa, el general Sadio Camara, quien fue víctima de un ataque terrorista perpetrado contra su residencia privada. La noticia fue difundida por el portavoz del Ejecutivo, Ous...

Caracas | 27 de abril de 2026 – El Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMEH) informó que para este lunes se espera un incremento significativo de la nubosidad en la mayor parte del territorio nacional, originando precipitaciones de intensidad variable, algunas de ellas aco...

The Iran war and the loss of oil and gas supply from the Middle East have upended the stock performance of the biggest international majors. BP, the laggard of the past six years, has moved ahead of all others, while the top performer since 2020, ExxonMobil, has seen the worst stock showing among Big Oil since the war began. To be sure, none of the five supermajors – ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Shell, and TotalEnergies – have been close to replicating the 45% surge in crude oil futures since February 28, according to stock market data…

27-04-26.-El presidente ucraniano, Volodímir Zelenski, recordó este domingo la tragedia de Chernóbil, de la que se cumplen 40 años, y advirtió del «terrorismo nuclear» ruso que con sus ataques pone al mundo al borde de una nueva catástrofe atómica. “Hace cuarenta años, el mundo se enfrentó a uno ...

27-04-26.-El investigador y profesor venezolano Vladimiro Mujica falleció el sábado 25 de abril en México a los 71 años de edad, según informaron la Escuela de Ciencias Moleculares de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona (ASU) y la Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (ACAL). La noticia generó rea...

27-04-26.-Las labores de rescate en el sitio del accidente de autobús ocurrido en la carretera nacional Mérida-Barinas fueron suspendidas la tarde de este domingo, tras una segunda jornada de intensas maniobras por ...

27-04-26.-La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reiteró que el próximo 1 de mayo el Gobierno dará un «nuevo paso» dentro de la estrategia de ajustes económicos, en medio de las expectativas sobre un posible incremento de los ingresos de los trabajadores. Duran...

27-04-26.-El Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) exigió la separación del cargo del ministro de Servicio Penitenciario, Julio García Zerpa, tras condenar el silencio que ha mantenido sobre los hechos de violencia ocurridos en la cárcel de Yare III, en el estado Miranda. La oenegé hizo un b...

27-04-26.-Los padres de Juan Pablo Pernalete, joven asesinado durante las protestas antigubernamentales de 2017, exigieron al nuevo fiscal general, Larry Devoe, la reapertura de los casos de víctimas de ese año que aún permanecen en la impunidad. En una declaración pública respaldada por el Progr...

27-04-26.-Un trabajador del Instituto de Previsión y Asistencia Social para el Personal del Ministerio de Educación (Ipasme), identificado como Juan Luis Guédez, fue excarcelado bajo medidas cautelares horas después de ser detenido en el estado Guárico. La organización Fundehullan Venezuela infor...

27-04-26.-Declaración de la Liga Internacional Socialista (LIS) por el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores Hace treinta y cinco años, tras la caída de la URSS, las clases burguesas de todo el mundo anunciaron una nueva era de paz, prosperidad y progreso. Pero ...

27-04-26.-La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, llegó este domingo a Barbados junto a una comitiva de su Gobierno, en su segundo viaje oficial desde que asumió las funciones del Ejecutivo en enero, tras el secuestro de Nicolás Maduro por parte de fuerzas estadounidenses. Según el...

Chinese Hengli Petrochemical saw its shares drop sharply by 10% today following the United States’ imposition of sanctions on the company, alleging it bought crude oil from Iran despite U.S. sanctions on the industry. Hengli Petrochemical is one of China’s largest independent refiners. The company denied the allegations, saying it “has never engaged in any trade with Iran,” and that its suppliers “guaranteed that the origins of the crude oil supplied do not fall within the scope of U.S. sanctions,” as quoted…