Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Wednesday, with traders shifting focus away from what will likely be a short-lived supply disruption in Kazakhstan and back toward the prospect of rising U.S. inventories and renewed macro uncertainty tied to trade threats. At the time of writing, Brent was down $0.79 or 1.22% at $64.13 per barrel, while WTI had fallen $0.64 or -1.06% to $59.72. The decline comes a day after crude posted strong gains, buoyed by news that OPEC+ producer Kazakhstan halted output at the Tengiz and Korolev oilfields…

India’s energy strategy is increasingly defined by balance rather than allegiance. As demand surges and geopolitical pressure mounts, New Delhi is locking in long term supply wherever it can, from gas in the Gulf to discounted crude from Russia, alongside nuclear partnerships that promise reliable baseload power. The approach reflects a broader effort to insulate economic growth from volatility, even as global energy markets fracture along political lines. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan concluded his visit to India’s…

20 de enero de 2026.-La operadora Movilnet dice presente en la Feria Internacional de San Sebastián (FISS) 2026, estado Táchira, asegurando una experiencia de conexión de calidad para todos sus clientes, informó Prensa Movilnet. Con el objetivo de garantizar la cobertura durante la ...

The renewed U.S. interest in taking control over Greenland – one way or another – has placed the Arctic island back in the spotlight a year after U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested the United States should buy Denmark’s autonomous territory.   The Trump Administration’s reasons and intensified pressure on NATO allies aside, is Greenland really worth it? The island, which is the size of about a fourth of the continental U.S., is estimated to hold oil and gas resources, as well as critical minerals and rare…

The European Union has been looking for rare-earth suppliers outside China for a while now. Last year, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen declared, “The aim is to secure access to alternative sources of critical raw materials in the short, medium and long term for our European industries.” It seems one of these alternative sources will be Brazil. “We will speed up work on critical raw materials partnerships with countries like Ukraine and Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chile and Greenland,” von der Leyen…

20 de enero de 2026.-Como parte de la Gran Misión Cuadrantes de Paz, la División Contra Drogas del Cuerpo de Policía Nacional Bolivariana (CPNB) del estado Portuguesa llevó a cabo dos operativos donde resultaron aprehendidos dos sujetos por los presuntos delitos relacionados con drogas, inform...

As AI integration soars on a global level, the amount of energy consumed by large language models is also exploding. Everyone wants to be at the forefront of the AI revolution, but there are far fewer volunteers for figuring out how to source all that energy and source it sustainably – and even fewer volunteers to foot the bill for its skyrocketing resource needs. In fact, powering data centers has become such a tricky business that some AI moguls have been turning to illegal channels to keep the electricity flowing. Last week, the Environmental…

20 de enero de 2026.-Funcionarios del Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (Cicpc), adscritos a la Delegación Municipal Barquisimeto, lograron la incautación de cinco kilogramos de sustancias psicotrópicas en el estado Lara, informó Prensa Mpprijp / Cicpc. ...

  The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is once again edging toward a fiscal breaking point. Officials in its Erbil-based semi-autonomous regional government (KRG) say they are receiving only a fraction of the budget transfers they are owed under the current oil-for-budget payments arrangement with the Federal Government of Iraq (FGI) in Baghdad. This revives the same dispute that triggered the collapse of the deal in March 2023 and shut down the crucial Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) for more than two years. Erbil argues that Baghdad’s shortfalls…

Martes, 20 de enero de 2026.- Haciendo un poco de recuento recordamos lo que pasó en los últimos días del mes de diciembre: Dias antes del ataque a Venezuela, que culminó con la captura y el secuestro a sangre y fuego de su presidente, Nicolás Maduro y su esposa Cilia Flores, Donald Trump, en u...

20 de enero de 2026.- La presidenta encargada de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, designó al periodista Hernán Canorea como nuevo presidente de Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), de acuerdo al decreto N.º 5.216 publicado en la Gaceta Oficial N.º 6.969 que entró en vigencia el pasado viernes 16 de enero. ...

China has filed requests to reserve orbital slots for almost 200,000 satellites, prompting concerns it may be positioning itself to control large swathes of near-Earth space, according to the Daily Mail. The applications, submitted on December 29 by the newly formed Institute of Radio Spectrum Utilisation and Technological Innovation, outline two constellations—CTC-1 and CTC-2—each with 96,714 satellites spread across thousands of orbits. If built, the system would dwarf SpaceX’s Starlink plans and could restrict access for rival…

20 de enero de 2026.- El Gobierno Nacional reafirmó este martes que la República es y seguirá siendo la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, en respuesta a la circulación de un mapa manipulado con inteligencia artificial publicado en redes sociales por el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, e...

Octopus chief Greg Jackson has said choosing London as the destination for the blockbuster IPO of tech spin-off Kraken would be a “no brainer” if the exchange maintains its world-leading performance in 2025 and demonstrates it can lure fresh capital into the UK. In the biggest signal yet that the firm may select London over New York for its eagerly anticipated £7bn IPO of Kraken, Jackson told City AM he would prefer to make his stock market debut in the Square Mile, and keep his “cutting-edge tech company” on British…

El grupo Estado Islámico (EI) ha reivindicado la explosión en un restaurante chino de la capital afgana en la que murieron al menos siete personas, entre ellas un ciudadano chino. En un comunicado publicado en su agencia de noticias Aamaq a última hora del lunes, el grupo militante ...

20 de enero de 2026.- Alejandro Grisanti, director socio fundador de Ecoanalítica, indicó que los cuatro bancos privados ya recibieron las divisas que comenzarán a venderse este martes 20 de enero. De los 300 millones de dólares disponibles, la firma estima que unos 150 millones se coloquen en la...

20 de enero de 2026.- El Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (Saime) anunció el inicio de una jornada de cedulación sin cita dirigida a ciudadanos mayores de 18 años que requieran renovar su documento de identidad. A través de su cuenta oficial en Instagram, el ente...

A new discovery in the Permian Basin is challenging the narrative that shale oil and gas in the United States is declining. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released its assessment of undiscovered gas and oil in the Woodford and Barnett shales in the Permian Basin, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources of 28.3 trillion cubic feet of gas — enough to supply the United States for 10 months at the current rate of consumption — and 1.6 billion barrels of oil, or 10 weeks’ supply.If that doesn’t…

Equatorial Guinea is looking to strike prepaid oil and LNG delivery deals with commodity traders as OPEC’s smallest oil producer needs money to maintain operating fields and revive its upstream sector, anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans told Bloomberg on Tuesday.   The central African country has been struggling to attract upstream investments in recent years and has seen its oil production drop. The country has also been an LNG exporter for two decades.  But Equatorial Guinea needs capital to cover expenses and…

Equatorial Guinea is looking to strike prepaid oil and LNG delivery deals with commodity traders as OPEC’s smallest oil producer needs money to maintain operating fields and revive its upstream sector, anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans told Bloomberg on Tuesday.   The central African country has been struggling to attract upstream investments in recent years and has seen its oil production drop. The country has also been an LNG exporter for two decades.  But Equatorial Guinea needs capital to cover expenses and…