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,”…

Iraq just bought itself another year. Turkey and Iraq are expected to sign a 12-month extension of the agreement governing the Iraq-Turkey crude oil pipeline within days, preventing a July 27 expiration that threatened one of Baghdad's few remaining viable oil export routes. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said the agreement is in its final stages and will ensure crude continues flowing from Iraq to the Mediterranean export terminal at Ceyhan. It's only a one-year extension, but right now that's enough. Before the Iran war, the pipeline…

Iraq just bought itself another year. Turkey and Iraq are expected to sign a 12-month extension of the agreement governing the Iraq-Turkey crude oil pipeline within days, preventing a July 27 expiration that threatened one of Baghdad's few remaining viable oil export routes. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said the agreement is in its final stages and will ensure crude continues flowing from Iraq to the Mediterranean export terminal at Ceyhan. It's only a one-year extension, but right now that's enough. Before the Iran war, the pipeline…

9 de julio de 2026.- La Cámara Inmobiliaria del estado Aragua informó que ha crecido la demanda de los alquileres en la entidad y que mantiene una evaluación permanente del comportamiento del sector con el objetivo de ofrecer datos fiables y oportunos a la colectividad. El presidente del gremio, ...

Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali Al-Zaidi, will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on 14 July - shortly after America’s Independence Day on July 4th. Trump will no doubt highlight America’s struggle for independence and will press Al-Zaidi to make Iraq independent of Iran, but is Trump ready for an Iraq that is independent of America? It’s a good question because the same day the White House released the terms of the 14-point U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), The New Arab reported the U.S. delivered…

9 de julio de 2026.- La antigua cúpula directiva del Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), incluido el ex presidente Francisco González, se sentarán en el banquillo de los acusados por una serie de delitos, entre ellos el del cohecho continuado y la revelación de secretos, en el marco de la trama ...

9 de julio de 2026.- La directora gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Kristalina Georgieva, habló esta semana con la presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, para que el país pueda acceder a parte de sus activos retenidos por el organismo internacional para afrontar la emerge...

Citi's Robotics & Physical AI Leadership Conference wrapped up on Tuesday. The annual Citi Research event brings together robotics founders, investors, operators, and industry executives to assess the state of "physical AI." Analyst Heath Terry summarized the key takeaways Wednesday morning, painting a picture of the robotics industry moving from proof of concept to commercial deployment, while warning that scaling robots remains challenging. "Labor shortages, reshoring, and favorable regulatory tailwinds are accelerating enterprise demand,…

9 de julio de 2026.- Como parte de las acciones desplegadas para garantizar la continuidad de la atención durante la contingencia, Cantv mantiene operativos sus canales de contacto para brindar respuesta a los requerimientos de los usuarios en todo el territorio nacional. ...

9 de julio de 2026.- Tras los sismos de magnitud 7.2 y 7.5 registrados el pasado 24 de junio, la Misión Nevado ha logrado el rescate de 449 animales en las zonas más afectadas del estado La Guaira. Los equipos especializados, junto a voluntarios y organizaciones comunitarias, trabajan en la evaluaci...

China has walked away from the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project, ending speculation over one of Georgia’s most important infrastructure projects. The Georgian government now says it wants to develop and operate the port on its own. Few infrastructure projects in the Caucasus have been as geopolitically embattled as Anaklia. The project was launched in 2016, with a consortium of Georgian and US companies taking the lead in construction. The Georgian Dream government eventually canceled the $2.5 billion contract in 2020 and hit pause for a few…

While much of the world spent 2025 debating peak oil, the United States was busy setting another production record. New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed that U.S. crude oil production, including lease condensate, averaged a record 13.6 million barrels per day last year, extending America’s run as the world’s largest crude producer. That streak began in 2018, when the United States overtook Russia. Since then, shale has done what shale does best: annoy OPEC, defy forecasts, and keep pumping. The 2025 figure…

9 de julio de 2026.- Efectivos de la Brigada de Respuesta Inmediata capturaron a 10 ciudadanos, entre hombres y mujeres, en la parroquia Caraballeda del estado La Guaira, informó el Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Relaciones Interiores, Justicia y Paz (MPPRIJP), en su cuenta de la red social I...

When the UAE said it was leaving OPEC so it could boost production as much as it wanted, it sparked speculation, yet again, that OPEC was falling apart. The peace deal between the United States and Iran was a done deal in the eyes of oil traders, and the race for market share was on. Then the missiles started flying again, the U.S. president said the ceasefire is dead, and long-term oil disruption in the OPEC heartland came to the fore. Reuters’ Ron Bousso earlier this week suggested OPEC was on course to turn “from market manager to…

9 de julio de 2026.- China afirmó hoy que la decisión de la Asamblea General de la ONU de debatir el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero de Estados Unidos contra Cuba refleja el amplio respaldo internacional a la defensa de la soberanía de la isla. La portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones E...

9 de julio de 2026.- El Instituto Nacional de Transporte Terrestre (Intt) informó que suspenderá temporalmente sus servicios digitales y de atención en línea debido a la ejecución de labores de mantenimiento en su plataforma. A través de un comunicado publicado por el ente de transporte en sus re...

It is fair to say that the final day of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8 got off to a tense start. Overnight, the United States had resumed strikes on Iran after an uneasy cease-fire. The entire conflict had shaken the military alliance, with US President Donald Trump slamming European allies for not helping out and questioning their “loyalty.” In his joint press appearance with the NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on July 8, he again ripped into European nations for delaying or preventing US airplanes from using bases on the continent…

Indonesia has recently welcomed the first cargo of Russian crude oil under a deal Southeast Asia’s biggest economy struck with Moscow in April. About 770,000 barrels of Russian crude oil was delivered to Indonesia’s port of Balikpapan at the end of June, per customs data by Big Trade Data cited by Bloomberg. This was the first shipment of crude oil from Russia to Indonesia since the two countries agreed in April, at peak Hormuz crisis, on a regular supply deal. Indonesia produces some 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd), but…