As the West is looking at ways to shake off China’s dominance in rare earths supply, it is also moving toward breaking the Chinese stronghold on the pricing of these minerals critical for the defense and auto industries and national security. The United States is developing and pitching to allies a price floor mechanism to protect the rare earths markets and mineral supply from Chinese manipulation and government policies aimed solely at strengthening China’s dominant grip on the global market. The move from the U.S. to have a Western…

Puntos La policía de Londres arrestó a Peter Mandelson, exembajador británico en Estados Unidos, quien ha estado bajo investigación por su relación con el conocido delincuente sexual Jeffrey Epstein.

In 2025, the share of renewables in U.S. electricity generation has surpassed 25 percent. Over the course of the past 20 years, their share has continuously risen from just 8.6 percent in 2007. At the same time, as Statista's Kathraina Buchholz details in the infographic below, coal in electricity generation fell from a share of 49 percent to just 16.4 percent last year. You will find more infographics at Statista While Trump administration's policies regarding renewable energy and greenhouse gases have yet to show their full…

Indian refiners' crude processing (throughput) fell by 0.2% month-on-month in January 2026, reaching 5.63 million barrels per day (bpd) or 23.81 million metric tons, marking a slight decrease after December throughput clocked in at 5.64 million bpd. India's fuel consumption in January came in at 21.05 million metric tons, down from 21.71 million in December but was nearly 3% up compared to January 2025. India relies on imports for over 80% of its crude supply, primarily sourcing from Russia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the United States. India's…

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage has long been described as essential for decarbonising heavy industry, yet progress has remained uneven across regions. While North America and parts of Europe have dominated early deployment, the next major growth market is increasingly clear. India is now positioning itself to become one of the most important arenas for CCUS globally, not because it is following others, but because its industrial reality leaves few viable alternatives. Why India Cannot Decarbonise Without CCUS India is already the world’s…

23 de febrero de 2026.- La emblemática plaza del Zócalo en Ciudad de México se iluminó con los colores de la bandera cubana, culminando una jornada histórica de acopio de ayuda humanitaria para Cuba. La iniciativa, organizada por el movimiento «Va por Cuba» y la Asociación de Cubanos Residentes en M...

China and France, in February 2026, both addressed the impact of growing renewables penetration in their electric power generation sectors. The Chinese announced that they would retrofit formerly base-load coal-fired power plants to run more intermittently. The government-owned French utility, EDF, announced that it would do the same with much of its nuclear fleet, at considerable expense. The reason? To accommodate the growing penetration of lower-cost renewables in their respective electricity markets. (In the US, we would watch California and…

23 de febrero de 2026.- La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, informó a través de su canal de Telegram sobre la designación de nuevos integrantes de su equipo diplomático: Mauricio Rodríguez asumirá como viceministro para América Latina; Andrea Corao Faría como viceministra para Asia, Medio Orie...

More than half a million homes and businesses across seven states were left without power after a winter storm swept across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Sunday and Monday. Massachusetts-based Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) was the hardest-hit utility after 135,797 of its 3.3 million customers were left in the dark, while Ohio’s FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) saw 81,257 of its 6.2 million U.S. customers affected. A massive historic winter storm is currently lashing the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The storm has triggered blizzard warnings…

More than half a million homes and businesses across seven states were left without power after a winter storm swept across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Sunday and Monday. Massachusetts-based Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) was the hardest-hit utility after 135,797 of its 3.3 million customers were left in the dark, while Ohio’s FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) saw 81,257 of its 6.2 million U.S. customers affected. A massive historic winter storm is currently lashing the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The storm has triggered blizzard warnings…

23 de febrero de 2026.- A menos de dos semanas de las elecciones legislativas en Colombia, siguen las alertas del presidente, Gustavo Petro, sobre fenómenos que podrían entorpecer el normal desarrollo de los comicios del 8 de marzo. El mandatario ordenó a la Policía capturar a quienes usan el agu...

The Trump administration may have finally blinked, also knowing that yet another US-led war in the Middle East remains deeply unpopular among the American people. No attacks have come this weekend, as some were predicting last week, as President Trump appears to be exercising some level of patience and restraint, for now at least. "Iran has indicated it is prepared to make concessions on its nuclear program in talks with the U.S. in return for the lifting of sanctions and recognition of its right to enrich uranium, as it seeks to avert a U.S. attack,"…

23 de febrero de 2026.- Se llevó a cabo con éxito el vuelo N° 115 de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, procedente de Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos. En esta oportunidad arribaron al país un total de 134 ciudadanos, 114 hombres y 17 mujeres, entre ellos se encontraban 1 adolescentes, y 2 niños. ...

23 de febrero de 2026.- En una reciente visita a San Cristóbal, estado Táchira, el ministro para el Proceso Social de Trabajo, Eduardo Piñate, informó que el Ejecutivo nacional tiene previsto realizar anuncios en materia salarial en el corto plazo. A pesar de la expectativa, el ministro subrayó q...

lunes, 23 de febrero de 2026.- Hablar de imperialismo, dice la posmodernidad, es un recurso perezoso de gente que se niega a asumir que estamos en el siglo XXI. La verdad es que en Europa no se puede hablar democracia si no hablas de antifascismo. ¿Puede hablarse de democracia en América Latina sin...

City darling Rolls-Royce is gearing up plans to dish out bumper returns to investors this week as the firm delivers its annual results. The FTSE 100 giant is set to launch a buyback worth as much as £1.5bn, which will come on top of the company’s final dividend as the aircraft engineer looks to reinforce the size of its cashflow. It follows the spectacular turnaround under boss Tufan Erginbilgic, former BP chief, which has seen the company’s value double to over £112bn. The fresh buyback – as reported by Sky News –…

23 de febrero de 2026.- Faltando un minuto para las 2 de la tarde del viernes 20 de febrero, se oyó el sonido de un pito que salía desde las entrañas del Central Azucarero Río Turbio, ubicado en Cabudare (Lara). ‘’Por fin’’, comentó un trabajador provisto de su casco azul troquelado con el nombre de...

Ukrainian forces launched targeted attacks on critical nodes of Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline network on Sunday night, sparking a major fire at a key Transneft oil hub. The strikes hit a major oil pumping and dispatch hub in Tatarstan, a central region of Russia, triggering widespread fires at the facility. This attack is part of an intensified Ukrainian campaign to weaken Russia’s energy-export economy and fuel logistics. Similar strikes hit the Unecha station in Bryansk and the Nikolskoye station in Tambov, both critical to the Druzhba…

Ukrainian forces launched targeted attacks on critical nodes of Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline network on Sunday night, sparking a major fire at a key Transneft oil hub. The strikes hit a major oil pumping and dispatch hub in Tatarstan, a central region of Russia, triggering widespread fires at the facility. This attack is part of an intensified Ukrainian campaign to weaken Russia’s energy-export economy and fuel logistics. Similar strikes hit the Unecha station in Bryansk and the Nikolskoye station in Tambov, both critical to the Druzhba…

23 de febrero de 2026.- La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo pidió a los ciudadanos a “estar tranquilos, pues la prioridad es garantizar “la paz, la seguridad y la normalidad en el país”. Tras las acciones de violencia desatadas ayer en parte del territorio mexicano por el Cártel Jalisco Nueva G...