23 de abril de 2025.- China prevé impulsar su Sistema de Pagos Transfronterizos (CIPS, por sus siglas en inglés) como alternativa en al SWIFT en el comercio internacional, además de fortalecer el yuan en medio de la creciente guerra comercial con Estados Unidos. Así queda estipulado en el plan, publ...

Blue Origin’s star-studded space flight caused more backlash than awe, but is all space tourism frivolous? Two writers hash it out in this week’s Debate Yes: A single space flight emits more carbon than 1bn individual will in their lifetime Tourism is not the harmless middle-class pastime we’ve all been brainwashed into believing, thanks to a never-ending diet of slick, over-produced adverts. No. Tourism is an insidious scavenger. While you tramp through some chapel searching for enlightenment and culture, your sweat and breath…

23 de abril de 2025.- Los hospitales de Estambul están tratando este día a 151 personas heridas tras saltar desde los edificios debido al pánico causado por el terremoto de magnitud 6,2 que ha sacudido a la ciudad. "El terremoto no ha causado víctimas. Unos 151 ciudadanos están en tratamiento en ...

The latest U.S. sanctions on Iran suggest a “lack of goodwill and seriousness” from the United States in the talks with Iran over its nuclear program, according to the spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry. After tightening the screws on Iran’s oil trade and oil flows, the Trump Administration is seeking negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, determined to never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. The U.S. and Iran started indirect talks via mediators last week, but it isn’t clear where the dialogue…

23 de abril de 2025.- Desde primeras horas, una multitud de feligreses iniciaron, de este miércoles, el ingreso a la Basílica de San Pedro del Vaticano para despedirse del papa Francisco, cuyo féretro quedará expuesto hasta el 26 de abril. Se prevé que a lo largo de los tres días que durará el fu...

The ongoing trade war is poised to deliver a negative shock to US growth, prompting the International Monetary Fund to slash its 2025 forecast earlier Tuesday. This gloomier outlook has sharpened our focus on the once high-flying industrial metals market—now showing signs of weakness—particularly the copper market. Goldman analyst Adam Gillard provided clients with a snapshot of current conditions in the copper market, highlighting tight physical supply in China and continued strength in domestic demand. However, Gillard cautioned that…

23 de abril de 2025.- El presidente de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP), Mahmoud Abbas, instó este miércoles a Hamas a entregar sus armas a su gobierno y liberar a todos los rehenes, y afirmó que su cautiverio proporciona a Israel "excusas" para atacar Gaza, donde los rescatistas recuperaron ca...

The world installed a record-high wind power capacity last year, but this isn’t enough to meet the goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a new report on Wednesday. Globally, a total of 117 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy were installed in 2024—a record year for new capacity, the wind industry body said in its 2025 Global Wind Report. New wind capacity boomed despite policy uncertainty and instability, GWEC said. It also noted “Yet, this momentum is not…

The world installed a record-high wind power capacity last year, but this isn’t enough to meet the goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a new report on Wednesday. Globally, a total of 117 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy were installed in 2024—a record year for new capacity, the wind industry body said in its 2025 Global Wind Report. New wind capacity boomed despite policy uncertainty and instability, GWEC said. It also noted “Yet, this momentum is not…

23 de abril de 2025.- Los directores y representantes de prestigiosas universidades y sociedades académicas de Estados Unidos, en la que se incluyó Harvard, Yale y Princeton, firmaron un documento contra el mandatario estadounidense, Donald Trump, y denuncian su “interferencias políticas sin precede...

Top-level Ukraine peace talks that were set to take place in London have been abruptly postponed, Britain's Foreign Office said, after several top diplomats pulled out at the last minute. The announcement was made just hours before the April 23 meetings, which were to include Ukraine's foreign minister, had been scheduled to begin. "This is to confirm that the Ukraine Peace Talks meeting with Foreign Ministers today is being postponed," the Foreign Office said in a statement to RFE/RL. "Official level talks will continue but these are closed to…

Chinese state-controlled refining giant Sinopec has returned to buying Russian crude oil after halting purchases last month due to concerns about the U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil trade and shadow tanker fleet imposed in January, trade sources told Reuters on Wednesday.  Sinopec, the biggest refiner in Asia by processing capacity, has bought its first ESPO blend from Russia for May loading since the February loading plans, after refraining from buying the grade for loading in March and April until it assesses the risk from the U.S.…

El canciller de Venezuela, Yván Gil, informó este martes que analizó con el embajador de Moscú en Caracas, Sergey Mélik-Bagdasárov, «nuevas oportunidades» para establecer acuerdos entre ambos países en materia económica, energética y social. En un mensaje publicado en su...

Kazakhstan has sparked fresh tensions within OPEC+ by asserting that its oil production strategy will be governed by national interests rather than group quotas, raising questions about future compliance and cohesion within the cartel. Kazakh Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov told Reuters on Wednesday that the Central Asian producer, which pumps around 2% of the world’s oil, cannot reduce output at key projects led by foreign majors such as Chevron and ExxonMobil. Megaprojects such as Tengiz, Kashagan, and Karachaganak make up 70% of Kazakhstan's…

Kazakhstan has sparked fresh tensions within OPEC+ by asserting that its oil production strategy will be governed by national interests rather than group quotas, raising questions about future compliance and cohesion within the cartel. Kazakh Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov told Reuters on Wednesday that the Central Asian producer, which pumps around 2% of the world’s oil, cannot reduce output at key projects led by foreign majors such as Chevron and ExxonMobil. Megaprojects such as Tengiz, Kashagan, and Karachaganak make up 70% of Kazakhstan's…

Kazakhstan has sparked fresh tensions within OPEC+ by asserting that its oil production strategy will be governed by national interests rather than group quotas, raising questions about future compliance and cohesion within the cartel. Kazakh Energy Minister Erlan Akkenzhenov told Reuters on Wednesday that the Central Asian producer, which pumps around 2% of the world’s oil, cannot reduce output at key projects led by foreign majors such as Chevron and ExxonMobil. Megaprojects such as Tengiz, Kashagan, and Karachaganak make up 70% of Kazakhstan's…

La candidata del movimiento Revolución Ciudadana, Luisa González, presentó el martes un total de 1.729 actas que las autoridades electorales deben examinar antes de ratificar los resultados de la segunda vuelta electoral que otorgaron la reelección del actual presidente, Daniel Noboa. ...

El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, no descartó bajar los aranceles impuestos a mercancías chinas, pero al mismo tiempo señaló que la tasa no será del 0 %. «Es cierto que el 145 % es muy alto. No será tan alto», dijo el mandatario durante una rueda de prensa. «B...

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw an increase of 200,000 barrels during the week ending April 18, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday. Crude oil prices were trading down prior to the crude data release by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, continuing the price slide that began when the Liberation Day tariffs were announced. On Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a different story: one that showed a large draw of 4.565 million barrels in U.S. crude…

El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, alertó este miércoles que herramientas como los aranceles o las propias guerras comerciales afectan a los derechos e intereses legítimos de todos los países del mundo, recoge Xinhua. Durante un encuentro con su homólogo de Azerbaiyán, Iljam ...