The Treasury Department has quietly issued an exception to its own Russian sanctions list, allowing transactions with Lukoil-branded gas stations that are outside Russia through April 29, 2026. On paper, it’s a small and specific waiver. In practice, it’s Washington acknowledging a problem that it can’t actually solve without creating another. Lukoil’s retail footprint stretches far beyond Russia’s borders. It has around 200 stations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York—all of which would have been stymied…

4 de diciembre de 2025.- Los estudiantes chilenos no podrán ingresar teléfonos celulares a las aulas a partir de marzo próximo. El Congreso aprobó una ley que prohíbe estos dispositivos en los colegios con el objetivo de mejorar la convivencia y el rendimiento escolar. La norma regirá en todos lo...

As the global energy transition accelerates, the race to secure critical minerals is shifting from remote mines to battery recycling facilities.  A new report projects the global circular battery economy will surge from $23.29 billion in 2024 to nearly $78 billion by 2032. However, this aggressive growth forecast comes amid a turbulent period for the industry, characterized by volatile commodity prices and a race to build infrastructure before a tidal wave of spent electric vehicle (EV) batteries hits the market. From Environmental Niche to…

4 de diciembre de 2025.- La Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (Dgcim) alerta a la ciudadana sobre las trampas colocadas en redes sociales para vulnerar los datos personales y ‘’vulnerar la seguridad de nuestra patria’’. En ese sentido, la Dgcim difundió un audiovisual a través de su...

4 de diciembre de 2025.- Tras una jornada de debate nacional iniciado en el mes de octubre, el ministro del Poder Popular para la Educación, Héctor Rodríguez, anunció que las tareas escolares serán reguladas para disminuir el impacto negativo que generan en las familias y garantizar el tiempo libre ...

U.S. data center power demand could reach 106 GW in 2035, BloombergNEF said Monday in one of the more aggressive load growth estimates to date. The report comes as some energy industry analysts and executives warn that an artificial intelligence bubble or speculative data center proposals could be fueling excessive load growth projections.  A report from Grid Strategies released last month said utility forecasts of 90 GW additional data center load by 2030 were likely overstated; market analysis indicates load growth in that time frame is…

The daily rates for chartering a vessel to transport commodities have surged this year, with oil tanker rates skyrocketing by 467%, as shippers of a growing commodity supply are grappling with a series of route disruptions and sanctions.   Despite the typically weaker commodity demand period toward the end of each year, the last weeks of 2025 don’t show any weakness in the vessel rates for transporting crude oil, LNG, iron ore, or wheat.   The unusual strength at the end of the year has seen oil tanker rates on the key…

The daily rates for chartering a vessel to transport commodities have surged this year, with oil tanker rates skyrocketing by 467%, as shippers of a growing commodity supply are grappling with a series of route disruptions and sanctions.   Despite the typically weaker commodity demand period toward the end of each year, the last weeks of 2025 don’t show any weakness in the vessel rates for transporting crude oil, LNG, iron ore, or wheat.   The unusual strength at the end of the year has seen oil tanker rates on the key…

Crude oil exports from the Russian terminals on the Black Sea were much lower in November than originally planned as bad weather and Ukrainian attacks on infrastructure have delayed loadings and departures, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting sources in the industry. Both the port of Novorossiysk and the CPC terminal loading most of Kazakhstan’s crude have been hit by drone attacks in recent weeks, with damaged infrastructure delaying loadings of the Russian grades Urals and Siberian Light, as well as Kazakhstan Export Blend Crude…

The daily rates for chartering a vessel to transport commodities have surged this year, with oil tanker rates skyrocketing by 467%, as shippers of a growing commodity supply are grappling with a series of route disruptions and sanctions.   Despite the typically weaker commodity demand period toward the end of each year, the last weeks of 2025 don’t show any weakness in the vessel rates for transporting crude oil, LNG, iron ore, or wheat.   The unusual strength at the end of the year has seen oil tanker rates on the key…

4 de diciembre de 2025.- 259 migrantes venezolanos pisaron de nuevo su tierra natal tras ser repatriados desde México Con la firme convicción de acoger a sus hijos e hijas, el Gobierno Bolivariano, a través de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria (GMVP), vivió este jueves, un momento de profunda e...

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Argentina’s state-run energy firm YPF expects to take together with its foreign partners the final investment decision for the $20-billion Argentina LNG project in the middle of 2026, YPF’s chief executive Horacio Marin told Reuters on Thursday. YPF, Italy’s Eni, and XRG, the new energy investment company of Abu Dhabi’s national oil firm ADNOC, are developing the Argentina LNG (ARGLNG) project. Argentina LNG will be an integrated upstream and midstream gas development project designed to develop the resources of the huge…

4 de diciembre de 2025.- Como respuesta a la convocatoria del presidente Nicolás Maduro, se ha hecho un llamado a toda la Clase Trabajadora para involucrarse en las reuniones de trabajadores, con el objetivo de crear espacios políticos que faciliten la participación y el debate de la Constituy...

"Hemos recuperado el Lago de Guanoco en el estado Sucre, con capital, tecnología propia, y ya está al mil por ciento, el lago de asfalto más grande del mundo y he apartado el 25 % para entregárselo a las Comunas del país y al Plan Petare Guanoco, asfalto total", anunció el presidente...

Ukrainian negotiators were set to meet with European officials in Brussels, and later US officials in Florida, days after a five-hour Kremlin meeting with a visiting White House delegation where President Vladimir Putin doubled down on his hard-line conditions to end the war on Ukraine. Ahead of the December 4 meetings, Putin repeated longstanding and unbending demands on Ukraine’s sovereignty and military force in an interview with India Today. "It all comes down to this: Either we liberate these territories by force or Ukrainian troops…

As concerns mount about looming heating and electricity shortages in Kyrgyzstan this winter, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have pledged to help Bishkek avert a crisis. Fears about shortages stem from extremely low water levels in the Toktogul reservoir, a major source of hydropower in Central Asia, as well as for water used by downstream states for irrigation during the summer.  Top-level government officials from all three states signed an agreement in late November in Almaty, under which Kyrgyzstan agreed to minimize…

La orden del juez Leonard P. Stark de la Corte de Distrito de Delaware, para cerrar la subasta y autorizar la venta de la matriz de CITGO Petroleum Corporation a la empresa Amber Energy por la suma de 5.900 millones de dólares, ha expuesto el debate sobre la parcialidad de EEUU sobre el derech...

Edison will launch next year renewable power projects worth more than $700 million (600 million euros) that will add over 500 megawatts to its renewables capacity in Italy, the Italian energy group said on Thursday.  The Italian firm, part of France’s EDF Group, currently has another 250 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy projects under construction.  The new construction will launch in 2026 and, according to estimates, will employ a total of around 1,000 workers and 200 supplier companies. The new projects, most of which would…

El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela expresó su agradecimiento a la contundente posición de la República Popular China ante las amenazas de Estados Unidos (EE. UU.) contra la soberanía territorial, independencia y autodeterminación de los venezolanos y venezolanas, establecidas...