Three years ago, Germany led an EU-wide offensive against Russian pipeline gas imports. These imports were no longer wanted in Europe because of the war in Ukraine. They would be replaced with LNG—for a short while—because the EU, and Germany, were firmly on their way to net zero. Now, Germany is in the LNG game for the long haul, building import terminals with a target of over 70 million tons annually—including from Russia. Reuters this week published an overview of Germany’s efforts to boost imports of liquefied natural…

E-waste is a massive and rapidly growing issue as more and more of our electronic devices reach the end of their life and end up in landfills. Today, e-waste is the fastest growing solid waste stream on the planet.  Finding new ways to breathe life into old electronics or to harvest their valuable components for upcycling, such as costly metals and rare earth minerals, is not only critical to closing this wasteful loop, but could also be an enormous economic advantage for the tech manufacturing sector. One of these newest innovations tackles…

MP Materials shares surged on Wednesday after the company announced a joint venture with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden to build a rare-earths processing and magnet manufacturing hub in the kingdom, a move that positions the U.S. producer inside one of the world’s fastest-growing critical-minerals investment programs. The partnership will give MP a new downstream base in the Gulf as Saudi Arabia accelerates its bid to become a major player in the global rare earth supply chain.The companies will establish a refinery and separation plant…

Iraqis voted in a parliamentary election on 11 November and, though pre-election surveys predicted a record-low turnout, the final total turnout was 56.11% according to the Independent High Electoral Commission.  (Turnout for the 2021 parliamentary election was 43.3%.) Incumbent prime minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani’s Construction and Development Coalition, won 46 seats in the 329-seat Council of Representatives of Iraq. Now the election is over and Sudani faces the task of building a governing coalition. (After the 2021 election,…

Miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2025.- En una ocasión de gala, Victor Manuel le soneó al gran Raphael de España y este no aguantó y se puso a bailar, genio y figura y un gran ejemplo para todos. [yt=iEvklz3qgsU]...

Es 19 de noviembre de 2025. Han transcurrido 323días del año y faltan 42 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...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- «Tenemos que buscar formas de tratar a las personas con humanidad», declaró en inglés a los periodistas frente a su residencia secundaria cerca de Roma. Aunque afirmó que «todos los países tienen derecho a determinar quién, cómo y cuándo entra la gente», hubo personas qu...

Is AI in a bubble? When will the bubble burst? Are there signs? Well, we don’t have a crystal ball, but there are signs. On the markets, several prominent investors have spoken. Peter Thiel, one of the best-known tech investors, has sold his entire position in Nvidia. SoftBank, a huge Japanese tech investor is unloading its shares, too. Meanwhile, Michael Burry, of Big Short fame, warns of an impending bubble burst. And the head of Swedish fintech Klarna, a man with major AI holdings, said that he’s thinking of hedging his positions…

Miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2025.- Hay un asesino en El Caribe, fue una de las frases lapidarias del embajador de Venezuela ante la ONU, Samuel Moncada en la reciente reunión de urgencia del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas solicitada por Venezuela para denunciar y frenar la amenaza real ...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- Este día retornó al territorio nacional un nuevo grupo de 167 migrantes venezolanos provenientes de Phoenix, capital del estado de Arizona, Estados Unidos. En el vuelo N° 88 arribaron al país 129 hombres, 30 mujeres, siete niños y una adolescente. Este retorno constit...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- Un femicidio cada 55 horas ocurre en el país, según datos aportados por el Monitor de Feminicidios de Utopix. La cifra, tomada entre enero y agosto de 2025, arrojó que al menos 106 femicidios fueron consumados, mientras que 139 quedaron en grado de frustración y 80 ocurr...

One week ago we said that "hundreds of billions" of dollars are about to be loaned out to nuclear projects by the US government. Well, the first billion is about to be wired.  The Wall Street Journal reports Constellation Energy has secured a $1 billion federal loan from the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office (LPO) to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island reactor plant in Pennsylvania, recently renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center. Constellation has said it would pay about $1.6 billion to restart the plant in 2027. …

Miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2025.- Ya han pasado un poco más de 60 días desde que se inició la presencia naval de EEUU en el Caribe. Sin embargo, aún no se ha dado la orden. Raro, ¿no? Venezuela, a pesar de tener una fuerza armada modesta, sí que es capaz de propinar una derrota táctica a EEUU s...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- La Universidad de Harvard reabrió una investigación sobre las conexiones entre su ex presidente Larry Summers y Jeffrey Epstein, anunció este miércoles un portavoz de la universidad, al tiempo que la oficina de Summers informó que renunciaría al consejo de administración de...

Alaska’s production outlook is shifting for the first time in nearly a decade, with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday projecting that North Slope crude output will rise by some 13% next year as two large fields move into high-volume phases.  This would mark the strongest annual increase since the 1980s and a rare break from the long decline that has steadily reduced throughput on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS). The agency ties the anticipated jump to new wells and extended-reach drilling tied to major North…

Alaska’s production outlook is shifting for the first time in nearly a decade, with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday projecting that North Slope crude output will rise by some 13% next year as two large fields move into high-volume phases.  This would mark the strongest annual increase since the 1980s and a rare break from the long decline that has steadily reduced throughput on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS). The agency ties the anticipated jump to new wells and extended-reach drilling tied to major North…

19 de noviembre de 2025.- Ataques directos contra civiles, viviendas, tiendas de campaña, barrios residenciales, asesinatos, detenciones contrarias a las leyes internacionales y un sinnúmero de crímenes. El Gobierno de Gaza denunció este día que Israel ha violado 393 veces el alto el fuego vigente d...

Renewable energies are exploding in emerging economies as the economics of wind and solar make it the obvious choice in most national and regional contexts. What’s more, the rapidly changing economics of renewables are not just saving money for developing countries, they could soon be making money in considerable sums in many emerging economies. A recent study from Oxford University finds that low- and middle-income countries stand to benefit the most from adopting renewable energies, with potential GDP gains of around 10 percent in the next…

19 de noviembre de 2025.- Google presentó la nueva versión de su modelo de inteligencia artificial, Gemini 3, que la compañía describe como su herramienta "más inteligente” hasta la fecha y "el mejor modelo del mundo en comprensión multimodal”. El sistema puede procesar texto, imágenes, audio y v...

Poland suspects Russian intelligence services were behind an explosion on a major Polish railway line used to transport military goods and aid to Ukraine, an act Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an "unprecedented act of sabotage." In the first comments where a Polish official suggested Moscow was behind the attack over the weekend, Jacek Dobrzynski, a spokesperson for Poland's special services minister, said the blast was an attempt "to destabilize" and "spread fear." In a speech to Polish lawmakers after the extraordinary meeting, Tusk said that…