Back in 2020, the electric vehicle sector witnessed a major evolutionary change after leading EV makers started using cobalt-free batteries at scale. Back then, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) officially shifted to Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) for its standard-range vehicles while its leading Chinese rival, BYD Company (OTCPK:BYDDF), introduced its famous "Blade" batteries, triggering mass adoption of LFP batteries for electric vehicles by other automakers. LFP batteries have helped EV manufacturers to lower production costs, eliminate reliance on expensive…

Threats from President Trump to bomb Iran again and Iranian negotiators leaving the talks in Switzerland once again clouded the outlook for one of the world’s busiest oil chokepoints. Talks are progressing, but the degree of uncertainty about global oil supply security remains high—because of the risk environment in the strait, of which most appear to be oblivious. Social media users have started calling Hormuz the Strait of Schrodinger, and with good reason. It is not only about whether the passage of vessels is unobstructed by Iranian…

El economista y consultor empresarial Asdrúbal Oliveros afirmó que la mayor parte de los ingresos petroleros que está recibiendo Venezuela este año se destina a cubrir necesidades internas de la industria y a sostener el mercado cambiario, lo que deja un margen reducido para otros usos fiscale...

For the past few years, hydrogen has suffered from a credibility problem. Not because the technology itself stopped making sense, but because expectations ran too far ahead of reality. Governments announced hydrogen strategies worth hundreds of billions of euros. Companies unveiled ambitious projects stretching from Portugal to Poland. Analysts forecast a future hydrogen economy that would decarbonize everything from steel and chemicals to shipping and aviation. Then came the inevitable correction. Costs remained higher than expected. Financing…

Panamá, 22 de junio de 2026. La República Bolivariana de Venezuela, en ejercicio de la Diplomacia Bolivariana de Paz, participó en la 31ª R...

Durante una jornada de trabajo llevada a cabo este fin de semana en el estado Sucre, la ministra de Transporte, Jacqueline Faría, en compañía de la gobernadora Jhoanna Carrillo, inspeccionaron los avances en las obras del puente Aricagua, en el municipio Montes, como parte de las orientaciones...

As the City of London Corporation marks the fifth instalment of the Net Zero Delivery Summit this week, I reflect on the world we were in back in 2022. Only four years ago businesses and communities were recovering from Covid, war had returned to the European continent with the invasion of Ukraine, and surging fuel and food prices were driving global inflation to historic levels. Since then, global instability has only deepened, with conflict in the Middle East and tariff wars disrupting global trade.  We have to face a difficult truth that…

Billions of dollars in investments are flowing into Greece’s energy sector as the country tries to establish itself as a vital energy transit hub for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe as the European Union prepares to completely phase out Russian gas imports by 2027. According to To Vima Finance, over €23 billion (~$26.3B) from major international investment funds and high-profile global entities including BlackRock, Capital, Covalis, QIA and K Group has poured into Greece's energy sector over the past one month alone as they…

Billions of dollars in investments are flowing into Greece’s energy sector as the country tries to establish itself as a vital energy transit hub for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe as the European Union prepares to completely phase out Russian gas imports by 2027. According to To Vima Finance, over €23 billion (~$26.3B) from major international investment funds and high-profile global entities including BlackRock, Capital, Covalis, QIA and K Group has poured into Greece's energy sector over the past one month alone as they…

The outline of conditions and topics for a negotiated settlement of the U.S.-Iran conflict, called a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and signed by both sides last week, in all probability won't prevent the approaching energy cliff. That cliff will be the result of fast-depleting commercial and strategic inventories of oil and oil products around the world that have acted as buffers in the wake of the suspension of almost all tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict - tankers believed to carry about 20 percent of the world's…

Saudi Arabia continues to snap up high volumes of Russia’s fuel oil as the Hormuz crisis has forced shut oil and gas wells and reduced domestic supply for power generation amid rising temperatures. Russia’s vessel shipments of fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) slumped in May by some 6% from April, due to the continued Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting shipment data on LSEG and traders. Despite the overall decline in Russian fuel oil exports, to about 3.2 million metric tons last month,…

After Washington snatched Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro, in a daring January 2026 night raid, the country’s long road to recovery began. Under the leadership of Maduro’s former vice-president, Delcy Rodriguez, economically crucial oil production and exports are rising. President Trump is pressing Caracas to raise output, all while the U.S. president urges big oil to invest in the near-failed state. While doubts linger over whether production can return to historic highs, Venezuela recently recorded its highest…

HOUSTON — Las autoridades policiales del condado de Harris, en el estado de Texas, iniciaron una investigación técnica tras registrarse un accidente vial de consecuencias fatales. Un automóvil de la empresa Tesla que presuntamente operaba bajo la modalidad de piloto automático se salió d...

U.S. airlines stand to save billions in dollars on jet fuel costs after the US-Iran peace deal sent oil prices sharply lower. Brent crude was trading at $79.22 per barrel at 6.05 am ET on Monday, nearly $20/bbl lower after Washington and Tehran agreed to a ceasefire and committed to 60 days of negotiations, while jet fuel spot prices fell to $2.85 a gallon, down sharply from $4.88.  The dip in fuel costs could slash the U.S. airline industry’s annual fuel bill by more than $40 billion, easing the pressure on carriers who were facing…

22 de junio de 2026.- Venezuela celebra el primer intento histórico de integración regional con la conmemoración de los 200 años del Congreso Anfictiónico de Panamá, que fue convocado por Simón Bolívar y celebrado en 1826. En la Escuela Venezolana de Planificación de Caracas se realiza el coloqui...

El expresidente de la Reserva Federal de los Estados Unidos,

Eric Schmidt es el ex director ejecutivo de Google y expresidente de la Comisión Nacional de Seguridad sobre Inteligencia Artificial (NSCAI) de EEUU. Actualmente es director ejecutivo de Relativity Space y ha participado activamente en el desarrollo de tecnología de drones militares con inteli...

Los beneficiarios del Sistema Patria esperan recibir nuevos depósitos durante la

-El Instituto Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía (Iaim), en una alianza estratégica con la Fundación Instituto Marca País Venezuela, implementará próximamente el plan piloto de Gobernanza Visual, una iniciativa de vanguardia diseñada especí...

El economista y profesor universitario, José Manuel Puente, señaló que no «queremos que el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) tome el control de nuestro país y de nuestra política, somos los venezolanos con nuestros cuerpos técnicos, con nuestros economistas, con nuestros políticos elec...