The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell by 1 this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US  to 543 this week, down 37 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs rose by 1 during the reporting period, according to the data. Oil rigs are now at 410, which is 68 below this same time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 2 to 122, which is 24 more than this time last year. The miscellaneous rig count stayed at 11. The…

16 de enero de 2026.- El asesinato de Renee Nicole Good, una mujer de Minneapolis abatida por un agente del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) el pasado 7 de enero, ha desatado una ola de protestas en todo Estados Unidos y reactivado la presencia de grupos de resistencia comunitaria....

16 de enero de 2026.- Mientras la presencia humana expulsa a los animales de sus hábitats, los mosquitos que antes se alimentaban de una gran variedad de huéspedes encuentran ahora un nuevo objetivo: la sangre humana, comprueba un estudio difundido hoy. Publicado en Frontiers in Ecology and Evolu...

BAGDAD – En una demostración de unidad que desafía las presiones de Occidente, miles de ciudadanos iraquíes se han congregado este viernes en el corazón de la capital para expresar un respaldo inquebrantable a la República Islámica de Irán. La movilización, cargada de simbolismo político...

Talen Energy is following in the footsteps of utility peers Vistra and Constellation by spending billions of dollars acquiring gas generation assets to expand their capacity and grow market share in the growing power demand market. After spending about $3.5 billion to acquire gas generation capacity in Pennsylvania and Ohio back in July 2025, the company announced it spent another $3.5 billion to acquire two more gas facilities in Ohio. With the newly announced 2.6 GW added to last year’s 2.9 GW, Talen…

Tras un año de su arribo a la Casa Blanca,el presidente Donald Trump sigue insistiendo en su deseo de anexar

El director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, se reunió con la presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, en Caracas el jueves, según un funcionario estadounidense. "Durante la reunión en Caracas, el director Ratcliffe abordó posibles oportunidades de colaboración económica y...

Russia is in negotiations with Beijing to potentially resume power supply to China, the Russian Energy Ministry told Reuters on Friday, after a Russian media report said that China halted electricity imports from Russia due to high prices.  On Friday, Russian business daily Kommersant reported that China on January 1 stopped buying any electricity from Russia.  The Chinese refusal to buy Russian electricity was the result of high Russian export prices, which in 2026 topped the domestic power prices in China for the first time, Kommersant…

16 de enero de 2026.- En el contexto del Mes Verde, dedicado a la lucha contra la depresión, el Ministerio de Salud realiza un abordaje en las comunidades para atender a los ciudadanos tras los bombardeos militares efectuados por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos la madrugada del 3 enero. Así lo seña...

WASHINGTON D.C. – La jornada de este jueves en la capital estadounidense dejó una imagen que marca un punto de inflexión definitivo en la política exterior de la Casa Blanca hacia Venezuela. María Corina Machado, quien arribó con la aureola de un reciente y cuestionado Premio Nobel de la...

Oil markets are trapped in a Trump-driven guessing game, with Iran fears lifting prices one moment and calming signals pulling them back the next. Friday, January 16, 2026 Will Donald Trump attack Iran again or not? That has been the multi-billion-dollar question of this week, with the initial price rally seeming to suggest an emphatic ‘yes’, only for Trump to pour cold water on the war hysteria by claiming there’s no executions in Iran. With news on Venezuela lacking real market impact lately, ICE Brent’s seesawing around…

Companies operating in Egypt continue to make oil and gas discoveries and drill new wells at the start of the year, further boosting hydrocarbon production as the North African country looks to reduce import dependence.  Several companies have drilled successful wells in the Western Desert, Eastern Desert, and the Nile Delta, Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Friday.   The new wells are expected to add around 47 million cubic feet of natural gas and about 4,300 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and…

La excongresista republicana Marjorie Taylor Greene reprochó firmemente las acciones llevadas a cabo por el mandatario estadounidense, Donald Trump, tras el ataque militar de EE.UU contra Venezuela del pasado sábado 3 de enero, donde fueron secuestrados, el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro...

La intensificación se produjo tras la agresión militar estadounidense en Venezuela, que dejó un saldo de 32 miembros de la seguridad presidencial muertos en combate Tras bombardear con misiles los estados Aragua, Miranda, La Guaira y Caracas, el pasado 3 de enero, y secuestrar a la ...

El Gobierno de la Federación de Rusia, a través de su Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, ha emitido una severa condena contra la detención del mandatario venezolano Nicolás Maduro, calific...

En este inicio de 2026, la mirada de la Casa Blanca sobre Groenlandia ha dejado de ser una cuestión de diplomacia para transformarse en una presión asfixiante. Lo que Washington presenta como una "oportunidad de desarrollo conjunto" para asegurar tierras raras y minerales estratégico...

La economía de Venezuela creció un 8,5% en 2025 y el país ya registra 19 trimestres consecutivos de crecimiento, lo que lo pone «en el liderazgo como primera economía en América Latina», aseguró este jueves la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, quien presentó el informe de gest...

Iran has been a major supplier of military equipment to Russia in recent years, especially since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but experts have told RFE/RL that this support no longer plays a key role in Moscow's war effort. Iranian missile sales to Russia, including air defense missiles and ballistic missiles, have totaled $2.7 billion since October 2021, according to a January 12 Bloomberg report citing an unnamed Western security official. The volume of trade is not publicly disclosed by Moscow, and Iran denies…

Over the last week or so, crude oil futures have been volatile, with a sharp run up to over $62, followed by a dramatic dip back below $60. Given crude’s normal volatility, that is not really surprising. What is surprising in some ways, though, is the fact that this bout of volatility was driven by the words of President Trump. You would think that, by now, traders would have learned that trying to predict the actions of this administration based on what they are saying at any given moment is a fool’s errand. Opinion is divided as to…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Syria is moving into a dangerous new phase. Damascus is pushing Kurdish forces out of Aleppo. Kurdish autonomy west of the Euphrates is no longer being tolerated, and the order to withdraw east is not a bargaining position. The Aleppo advance changes leverage. Once Kurdish forces lose their urban footholds, they lose political weight quickly. That is why the protests in Kurdish areas are growing out of desperation over the loss of negotiating leverage. At the same time, Washington is running a parallel play…