Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict A UK High Court ruling has ended Nord Stream AG’s attempt to recover $662 million in insurance claims from the September 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, with a judge ruling it a standard war-risk exclusion and relieving insurers of liability (Lloyd’s and Arch). The court also rejected Nord Stream AG’s argument that separate damage to one section of the pipeline had been caused by a ship’s anchor rather than explosives. This ruling establishes an important legal precedent…

The U.S. launched another major round of strikes across Iran this week, targeting roughly 90 military sites, including coastal radar installations, anti-ship missile batteries, drone launch positions, command networks and IRGC naval assets around Hormuz.  Tehran responded within hours with missile and drone attacks against U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar while insisting it will continue enforcing its own navigation regime through the Strait.  For Tehran, control of Hormuz is now the top strategic objective. Western…

ADNOC Logistics and Services has placed a $900-million order for four newbuild LNG carriers to expand its fleet as Abu Dhabi’s national oil company seeks to boost gas exports to seize the global rise in LNG demand. ADNOC Logistics and Services on Friday announced a newbuilding order for an additional four next-generation LNG carriers with a total value of approximately $900 million, or 3.3 billion UAE dirhams. The newly-built vessels will be constructed at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, China, and are expected to be delivered in 2029. This…

10-07-26.-La ola de calor que azotó Alemania a finales de junio provocó más de 4.000 muertes, según estimaciones preliminares del Instituto Robert Koch (RKI). Con este balance, el número de fallecimientos relacionados con el calor en el primer semestre del año supera los 5.100. Entre el 22 y el 2...

10-07-26.-Ocho profesionales de la salud pertenecientes al equipo de una clínica privada en La Guaira murieron a causa de los terremotos registrados el pasado 24 de junio en el territorio nacional. Los decesos corresponden a personal médico y operativo de la Clínica Alfa, cuyas identidades fuero...

10-07-26.-Durante la entrevista (0:38:07 - 1:05:46), el periodista y dirigente socialista democrático Manuel Isidro Molina expuso una visión sumamente crítica sobre la situación actual de Venezuela. Sus puntos principales fueron los siguientes: ???? Tragedia h...

10-07-26.-Cuando se cumplen trece días del doble terremoto que sacudió a Venezuela, pero principalmente a La Guaira, Aloa González y Juan Paz viven con la frustración e incertidumbre de no haber podido recuperar los cuerpos de quienes aman. Los dos descubrieron que, además del dolor, existe otra bar...

10-07-26.-En este episodio especial de Red Internacional analizamos las consecuencias del devastador terremoto en Venezuela, la respuesta del gobierno de Delcy Rodríguez y el papel de la solidaridad popular frente a una de las mayores catástrofes que atraviesa el país. &iquest...

10-07-26.-Hasta el 9 de julio, el balance por los terremotos en Venezuela registraba 3.685 personas fallecidas y 16.740 heridas que han recibido atención médica. Entre estas últimas se encuentra un grupo de pacientes que, debido a las graves lesiones por aplastamiento sufridas bajo los...

Mientras en las ruinas de Tanaguarena se lucha por un cuerpo, el estado vive una dualidad: a pocos kilómetros, en zonas como Macuto, algunos comercios han vuelto a levantar sus santamarías. En contraste, hay personas que esperan en los refugios improvisados d...

10-07-26.-El Instituto Nacional de Transporte Terrestre (INTT) informó que suspenderá temporalmente sus servicios digitales y de atención al público entre el viernes 10 de julio a las 6:00 pm y el domingo 12 de julio a las 6:00 pm. La medida, anunciada a través de un comunicad...

10-07-26.-El número de fallecidos a causa del doble terremoto registrado en Venezuela el pasado 24 de junio aumentó a 3.899, de acuerdo con el balance actualizado divulgado este jueves por el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Jorge Rodríguez. El reporte mantiene en 16.740 la cantidad de persona...

10-07-26.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este  jueves 09 de julio 2026 en Bs. 709,69 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales.  &nbs...

Every great economic era has been defined by a fight over a single resource. In the 19th century, it was coal, and the British Empire was built on top of it. In the 20th century, it was oil, and the modern Middle East and American postwar dominance were both shaped by who controlled the flow. In the early 21st century, semiconductors became the world’s most critical asset, sparking the rise of Taiwan, growing trade tensions with China, and the creation of several multi-trillion-dollar tech giants. The next fight is already underway, and almost…

Un legislador pidió eliminar por completo el programa de visas H-1B para trabajadores extranjeros con el fin de priorizar la contratación de trabajadores estadounidenses. 9 de julio de 2026.Una popular marca de videojuegos estadounidense propiedad de Microsoft se enfrenta a un...

Carrizal, 8 de julio de 2026.- En aras de continuar fortaleciendo el marco jurídico local, con una visión significativamente humanista, el Concejo Municipal de Carrizal aprobó en segunda discusión la reforma parcial de la Ordenanza de la Orden "Luisa Cáceres de A...

While financial desks obsess over paper structures and Brent crude briefly flirted with contango, the broader market is missing the forest for the trees. Brent crude’s recent rebound from $71 to $79 a barrel is not merely a brief short-covering bounce; it is the first tremor of an underlying structural deficit. The financial side of the market has become completely decoupled from a complex, fragmenting physical reality. The real story isn't a long-term supply glut—it is an artificial, short-term distortion masking critically low inventories…

Oil prices spiked again on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the ceasefire deal with Iran is over and vowed to strike Iran again, effectively ending the tentative peace deal barely a month after signing. Iran struck three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday that were using an alternative route near Oman's coast rather than the northern corridor controlled by Tehran, prompting retaliatory attacks by the United States. Iran has threatened to completely close the Strait of Hormuz again and strike twice as…

The Federal Reserve still thinks energy prices are headed lower even as missiles are flying again in the Middle East. New York Fed President John Williams said Thursday that the market's expectation for oil prices to ease over the next six to 12 months remains "a pretty reasonable baseline," despite the collapse of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire framework and renewed attacks threatening energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz. That optimism may prove difficult to maintain. Oil markets have spent the past week whipsawing between hopes for diplomacy and…

A United States firm just got one step closer to realizing the development of a thorium reactor – using a 3D printer. The Florida-based advanced nuclear energy company AMPERA successfully fabricated a nuclear reactor module using a 3D printer, which will serve as the basis for what the firm hopes will be the first thorium-powered nuclear power system that is entirely factory-built, subcritical, and solid-state. “This next-generation nuclear core and pressure vessel sets the foundation for factory-built, mass-produced nuclear energy,”…