The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is once again edging toward a fiscal breaking point. Officials in its Erbil-based semi-autonomous regional government (KRG) say they are receiving only a fraction of the budget transfers they are owed under the current oil-for-budget payments arrangement with the Federal Government of Iraq (FGI) in Baghdad. This revives the same dispute that triggered the collapse of the deal in March 2023 and shut down the crucial Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) for more than two years. Erbil argues that Baghdad’s shortfalls…

Martes, 20 de enero de 2026.- Haciendo un poco de recuento recordamos lo que pasó en los últimos días del mes de diciembre: Dias antes del ataque a Venezuela, que culminó con la captura y el secuestro a sangre y fuego de su presidente, Nicolás Maduro y su esposa Cilia Flores, Donald Trump, en u...

20 de enero de 2026.- La presidenta encargada de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, designó al periodista Hernán Canorea como nuevo presidente de Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), de acuerdo al decreto N.º 5.216 publicado en la Gaceta Oficial N.º 6.969 que entró en vigencia el pasado viernes 16 de enero. ...

China has filed requests to reserve orbital slots for almost 200,000 satellites, prompting concerns it may be positioning itself to control large swathes of near-Earth space, according to the Daily Mail. The applications, submitted on December 29 by the newly formed Institute of Radio Spectrum Utilisation and Technological Innovation, outline two constellations—CTC-1 and CTC-2—each with 96,714 satellites spread across thousands of orbits. If built, the system would dwarf SpaceX’s Starlink plans and could restrict access for rival…

20 de enero de 2026.- El Gobierno Nacional reafirmó este martes que la República es y seguirá siendo la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, en respuesta a la circulación de un mapa manipulado con inteligencia artificial publicado en redes sociales por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, e...

Octopus chief Greg Jackson has said choosing London as the destination for the blockbuster IPO of tech spin-off Kraken would be a “no brainer” if the exchange maintains its world-leading performance in 2025 and demonstrates it can lure fresh capital into the UK. In the biggest signal yet that the firm may select London over New York for its eagerly anticipated £7bn IPO of Kraken, Jackson told City AM he would prefer to make his stock market debut in the Square Mile, and keep his “cutting-edge tech company” on British…

El grupo Estado Islámico (EI) ha reivindicado la explosión en un restaurante chino de la capital afgana en la que murieron al menos siete personas, entre ellas un ciudadano chino. En un comunicado publicado en su agencia de noticias Aamaq a última hora del lunes, el grupo militante ...

20 de enero de 2026.- Alejandro Grisanti, director socio fundador de Ecoanalítica, indicó que los cuatro bancos privados ya recibieron las divisas que comenzarán a venderse este martes 20 de enero. De los 300 millones de dólares disponibles, la firma estima que unos 150 millones se coloquen en la...

20 de enero de 2026.- El Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (Saime) anunció el inicio de una jornada de cedulación sin cita dirigida a ciudadanos mayores de 18 años que requieran renovar su documento de identidad. A través de su cuenta oficial en Instagram, el ente...

A new discovery in the Permian Basin is challenging the narrative that shale oil and gas in the United States is declining. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released its assessment of undiscovered gas and oil in the Woodford and Barnett shales in the Permian Basin, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources of 28.3 trillion cubic feet of gas — enough to supply the United States for 10 months at the current rate of consumption — and 1.6 billion barrels of oil, or 10 weeks’ supply.If that doesn’t…

Equatorial Guinea is looking to strike prepaid oil and LNG delivery deals with commodity traders as OPEC’s smallest oil producer needs money to maintain operating fields and revive its upstream sector, anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans told Bloomberg on Tuesday.   The central African country has been struggling to attract upstream investments in recent years and has seen its oil production drop. The country has also been an LNG exporter for two decades.  But Equatorial Guinea needs capital to cover expenses and…

20 de enero de 2026.- Los trabajadores de Petroperú, de conjunto con las centrales sindicales de la Confederación General de Trabajadores de ese país (CGTP) y la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT), se movilizan nuevamente este martes en rechazo al proceso de privatización de dicha empresa que im...

Nationwide protests in Iran are threatening to disrupt the country’s upstream sector and underscoring a deeper economic crisis that has fueled domestic turmoil. Iran has restored output and exports despite sanctions, but at a rising cost: deeper discounts to China, expensive ‘shadow’ logistics and shrinking fiscal buffers, including the near depletion of its National Development Fund (NDF). Rystad Energy’s analysis shows Iranian crude production is expected to remain stable at around 3.2 million barrels per day (bpd) this…

U.S. natural gas prices surged sharply on Tuesday, posting one of the largest single-day gains seen this winter as the market quickly repriced near-term supply risk. Front-month Henry Hub futures spiked more than 25 percent and briefly traded near $3.90 per million British thermal units. It is a level not seen in weeks. The immediate driver is the weather. Forecast models over the past 48 hours flipped decisively colder, showing a sustained Arctic outbreak in the Midwest and Northeast into late January. That matters because heating demand had already…

U.S. natural gas prices surged sharply on Tuesday, posting one of the largest single-day gains seen this winter as the market quickly repriced near-term supply risk. Front-month Henry Hub futures spiked more than 25 percent and briefly traded near $3.90 per million British thermal units. It is a level not seen in weeks. The immediate driver is the weather. Forecast models over the past 48 hours flipped decisively colder, showing a sustained Arctic outbreak in the Midwest and Northeast into late January. That matters because heating demand had already…

La representante Yassamin Ansari, demócrata por Arizona, afirmó el lunes en una publicación en X que el presidente Donald está «mentalmente enfermo» y debería ser destituido «de inmediato» de tu cargo mediante la 25.

Pakistan’s state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Tuesday said it had made an oil and gas discovery at its exploratory well Baragzai X-01 in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which would boost domestic supply and Pakistan’s energy security.  A Cased Hole Drill Stem Test at in Samana Suk and Shinawari formations showed the well flowed at the rate of 3,100 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 8.15 million standard cubic feet per day of gas, OGDC said. “This discovery will contribute towards mitigating the…

Pakistan’s state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Tuesday said it had made an oil and gas discovery at its exploratory well Baragzai X-01 in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which would boost domestic supply and Pakistan’s energy security.  A Cased Hole Drill Stem Test at in Samana Suk and Shinawari formations showed the well flowed at the rate of 3,100 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 8.15 million standard cubic feet per day of gas, OGDC said. “This discovery will contribute towards mitigating the…

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, publicó este martes en su red social una fotografía de una reunión que mantuvo con dirigentes europeos a la que ha incorporado una imagen generada con Inteligencia Artificial (IA) de un mapa de América en el que Venezuela, Groenlandia y Canadá apa...

20 de enero de 2026.- La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, continúa realizando cambios en el tren ministerial. En esta oportunidad, anunció la designación de la Dra. Nuramy Josefa Gutiérrez González como nueva ministra para la Salud y el nombramiento de Calixto Ortega Sánchez como presidente de...