The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 6 this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US  to 542 this week, down 47 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs fell by 8 in the reporting period, according to the data, after US drillers added 1 rig in the week prior. Oil rigs are now at 406, which is 77 below this same time last year. The number of gas rigs stayed the same at 127, which is 25 more than this time last…

19 de diciembre de 2025.- El Instituto Socialista de la Pesca y Acuicultura (Insopesca) informó que desde el 15 de diciembre entró en vigor la veda para la captura, comercialización y transporte de la sardina en todo el territorio nacional. La medida se extenderá hasta el 15 de marzo de cada año,...

El desprecio que ha generad Donald Trump, lo ha llevado a que sea objeto y representación del mal concentrado en un ser humano: mentiroso, mafioso, racista, clasista, irrespetuoso, grosero, ofensivo, vulgar, ladrón, acusado de ser pedófilo y de abusar de cantidad innumerable de mujeres y es al...

19 de diciembre de 2025.- Tras viajar durante millones de años por la galaxia, el cometa interestelar 3I/ATLAS alcanza hoy su punto de máxima aproximación a la Tierra, lo que ofrece a los científicos una oportunidad única de estudio. Según la NASA, 3I/ATLAS no es un cometa común, es apenas el ter...

Caracas 19 de diciembre de 2025.- ...

El deseo de Navidad de Nisrín Antone es volver a celebrar Nochebuena con su marido y sus tres hijas, en torno a una mesa y en una casa de verdad. Desde octubre de 2023, esta cristiana palestina de 45 años vive confinada con su familia en un pequeño despacho de la parroquia de la Sagrada Famili...

And Japan makes it five for the C5 in 2025. The heads of state of the five Central Asian countries are traveling to Japan for a December 19-20 summit hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takachi under a format dubbed C5+1. It marks the fifth such “C5+1” summit for Central Asian leaders this year, following similar gatherings each involving a different major global power — China, the European Union, Russia, and the United States. Each C5+1 meeting has followed roughly the same script with bilateral meetings, a plenary session,…

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19 de diciembre de 2025.- «Se han batido todos los récords de solicitud de ingreso a la Universidad Nacional de la Seguridad (UNES) este año (…) hay más de 32 mil solicitudes de muchachos y muchachas que quieren ingresar a los cuerpos policiales», así lo destacó el vicepresidente sectorial de Políti...

SHANGHÁI, CHINA. – En el marco de la Feria International Travel Mart (CITM), la ministra del Poder Popular para el Turismo, Leticia Gómez, sostuvo un encuentro estratégico con Li Liyang, Gerente General de Marketing de Air China, con el objetivo de consolidar a Venezuela como un destino ...

The economics of shipping additional volumes of heavy crude from Iraq to compensate for a potential loss of Venezuela’s supply are just not there at present, Shafaq News reported on Friday, quoting Iraqi economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi. Concerns in the heavy crude market are that the U.S. blockade of tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and heightened tensions in the Caribbean would reduce supply of the extra heavy crude.   In theory, the sour and heavy grades from the top producers in the Middle East could be substitutes for Venezuela’s…

The economics of shipping additional volumes of heavy crude from Iraq to compensate for a potential loss of Venezuela’s supply are just not there at present, Shafaq News reported on Friday, quoting Iraqi economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi. Concerns in the heavy crude market are that the U.S. blockade of tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and heightened tensions in the Caribbean would reduce supply of the extra heavy crude.   In theory, the sour and heavy grades from the top producers in the Middle East could be substitutes for Venezuela’s…

The economics of shipping additional volumes of heavy crude from Iraq to compensate for a potential loss of Venezuela’s supply are just not there at present, Shafaq News reported on Friday, quoting Iraqi economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi. Concerns in the heavy crude market are that the U.S. blockade of tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and heightened tensions in the Caribbean would reduce supply of the extra heavy crude.   In theory, the sour and heavy grades from the top producers in the Middle East could be substitutes for Venezuela’s…

Brent is clinging to $60 per barrel, but markets have become even less sensitive to geopolitical risk. Friday, December 19, 2025 Things are not looking good for oil, with Trump’s belligerent rhetoric vis-à-vis Venezuela only pushing ICE Brent futures to $60 per barrel after a slide below that psychological threshold earlier in the week. Sanctions against Russia or threats thereof have by now desensitized the market towards Russian supply risks, once again demonstrated by the lack of price movements after Ukraine targeted another shadow…

Las sanciones tienen el objetivo de elevar los costos de exportación de petróleo iraní y reducir los ingresos que Teherán obtiene por cada barril vendido. El Gobierno de Estados Unidos incluyó este jueves a 2...

Un hombre alemán fue declarado culpable de drogar, violar y filmar a su esposa inconsciente durante años,

Una organización nacionalista puertorriqueño sumó su repudio a la política de agresión estadounidense contra Venezuela, subrayando su apoyo al pueblo venezolanos. El Movimiento Ñin Negrón de Puerto Rico denunció el jueves "las burdas acciones del imperio y los crímenes de lesa ...

The international gold and foreign exchange reserves held by the world’s biggest oil-producing nations in the EU could be at risk, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, after EU leaders discussed using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.  “This is not just a blow to its image; it is an undermining of trust in the euro zone,” Putin said in year-end remarks to the Russian press, as carried by Reuters.  “The fact is that many countries keep their gold and foreign exchange reserves in the euro zone, not…

The international gold and foreign exchange reserves held by the world’s biggest oil-producing nations in the EU could be at risk, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, after EU leaders discussed using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.  “This is not just a blow to its image; it is an undermining of trust in the euro zone,” Putin said in year-end remarks to the Russian press, as carried by Reuters.  “The fact is that many countries keep their gold and foreign exchange reserves in the euro zone, not…

The international gold and foreign exchange reserves held by the world’s biggest oil-producing nations in the EU could be at risk, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, after EU leaders discussed using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.  “This is not just a blow to its image; it is an undermining of trust in the euro zone,” Putin said in year-end remarks to the Russian press, as carried by Reuters.  “The fact is that many countries keep their gold and foreign exchange reserves in the euro zone, not…