TAPACHULA, México, 2 de diciembre de 2024 — Las autoridades de inmigración mexicanas dispersaron dos pequeñas caravanas de migrantes que se dirigían a la frontera con Estados Unidos, dijeron activistas el sábado, informó Prensa Asociada.   Algunos inm...

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has threatened BRICS nations with 100% tariffs if they decide to challenge the U.S. dollar’s dominance in the global economy. BRICS is an acronym denoting the emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. “The idea that the BRICS countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER.,” Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.  “We require a commitment from these countries that they will neither create a new BRICS…

A little-known metal called Antimony rallied 300% this year, overtaking gold, silver, and even Bitcoin.  And there is something that the algorithm gods haven’t noticed. You see, Western powers have embarked on a $100 billion spending spree to restock their armories.  Cruise missiles, artillery shells, javelins, bullets, and armored vehicles. They ALL contain antimony, and the worst news is that the U.S. doesn’t produce an ounce of it.  This huge price spike that followed China’s decision to cut antimony supply to…

2 de diciembre de 2024.-La presidenta mexicana, Claudia Sheinbaum, negó haber propuesto al presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, que México cerrará su frontera con Estados Unidos, como afirmó en una publicación en Truth Social, informó CNN.com. "Cada uno tiene su p...

Europe is depleting its natural gas reserves at the fastest rate in six years as still winter weather and low temperatures combine to challenge the continent’s transition away from hydrocarbons—and delay it. Since the start of official winter season—October 1—gas in storage levels in the EU and the UK have declined by 83 terawatt-hours, energy analyst John Kemp reported last month. This is the fastest rate of withdrawals since 2016, he said, adding that the rate of withdrawals was over four times faster than the average…

Hace meses declaro que no lo haria 2 de diciembre de 2024.-La Casa Blanca ha defendido el indulto otorgado por el presidente Joe Biden a su hijo, Hunter, después de insistir repetidamente en que no tenía planes de conceder dicho indulto ejecutivo, in...

After years of abusing Iranian sanctions and flooding China's economy with cheap Iranian oil, China’s larger independent refiners are set to shun Iranian oil “imminently” because of their exposure to the US banking system, said Energy Aspects, which expects sanctions to tighten under Trump. These plants only started buying Iranian crude this year after receiving guidance from the US State Department that sanctions wouldn’t be enforced by the Biden administration, according to a note from the industry consultant, which didn’t…

Agricultural land in Central Asia and the Caucasus is degrading at an alarming rate. Officials did a lot of handwringing about the issue during a roundtable at the recently completed COP29 environmental conclave. But in highlighting urgent needs, participants didn’t proffer many ideas about how to mitigate the myriad challenges.  Globally, about 40 percent of agricultural land is vulnerable to degradation, Azerbaijan’s agriculture minister, Majnun Mammadov, stated in his opening remarks at the roundtable, adding as much as 12 million…

2 de diciembre de 2024.- La secretaria general de Conadu Histórica, Francisca Staiti, enfatizó la necesidad de «una navidad sin salarios por debajo de la línea de pobreza». En un contexto de creciente descontento social, el Frente Sindical de Universidades Nacionales ha convocado a una manifestac...

Es 2 de diciembre, mes 12 del 2024. Es el día número 337 del año (bisiesto) y faltan 29 días para su terminación, pues tiene 366 días. Hoy es lunes. Los años bisiestos se presentan cada cuatro años en los que se añade un día más a febrero (29 F) y el año es de 366 días. ...

Panama will cancel the registration of six ships sailing under its flag after they were sanctioned by the UK last week. The delisting comes after Panama’s maritime authority in October pledged to penalize vessels sanctioned by the U.S., European Union, UK and United Nations. Moscow continues to export large volumes of crude despite sanctions by the West. “Safeguarding the prestige of our flag is a top priority for this administration. The state has a fundamental responsibility to protect the integrity of the Panamanian ship registry,…

Panama will cancel the registration of six ships sailing under its flag after they were sanctioned by the UK last week. The delisting comes after Panama’s maritime authority in October pledged to penalize vessels sanctioned by the U.S., European Union, UK and United Nations. Moscow continues to export large volumes of crude despite sanctions by the West. “Safeguarding the prestige of our flag is a top priority for this administration. The state has a fundamental responsibility to protect the integrity of the Panamanian ship registry,…

Panama will cancel the registration of six ships sailing under its flag after they were sanctioned by the UK last week. The delisting comes after Panama’s maritime authority in October pledged to penalize vessels sanctioned by the U.S., European Union, UK and United Nations. Moscow continues to export large volumes of crude despite sanctions by the West. “Safeguarding the prestige of our flag is a top priority for this administration. The state has a fundamental responsibility to protect the integrity of the Panamanian ship registry,…

Anticipating that President-elect Donald Trump will fulfill his promise of a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China, importers are frontloading freight before the tariff wall takes effect in less than two months. Bloomberg reports that international cargo flights out of the world's second-largest economy are ramping up to new records in the weeks after the presidential election.  According to the Ministry of Transport data, there were 3,485 international cargo flights in or out of…

2 de diciembre de 2024.- En Alemania, miles de trabajadores de Volkswagen se declararon en huelga, después de que la compañía anunciara planes de cerrar tres plantas y recortar las pensiones. "Las huelgas de advertencia comenzarán desde este día en todas las plantas", afirmó Thorsten Gröger, que ...

A Chinese company that owns a California manufacturing plant has sent hundreds of shipments of restricted dual-use electronics to Russia since the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, including to sanctioned companies with ties to the Russian military. At least one component manufactured by the company, Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology Company Limited, was found in a Russian weapons guidance system recovered from the battlefield in Ukraine, according to a public database maintained by the Ukrainian military. Yangjie Technology, located in Yangzhou…

2 de diciembre de 2024.- El fiscal general de la República, Tarek William Saab, ofreció este día una serie de actualizaciones de casos vinculados a la violencia postelectoral ocurrida en todo el territorio nacional. Asimismo, rechazó la identificación como «presos políticos» que ciertos sectores de ...

Oil and commodities trading powerhouse Trafigura Group and three other defendants went on trial on Monday in Switzerland's top criminal court over allegations of bribery. According to Reuters, Trafigura has been charged for failing to take all reasonable measures to prevent payment of more than $5 million in bribes to an Angolan oil official in exchange for oil and shipping contracts more than a decade ago. Trafigura said that its former parent company, Trafigura Beheer BV (TBBV), will defend itself, "TBBV's anti-bribery and anti-corruption controls…

Oil and commodities trading powerhouse Trafigura Group and three other defendants went on trial on Monday in Switzerland's top criminal court over allegations of bribery. According to Reuters, Trafigura has been charged for failing to take all reasonable measures to prevent payment of more than $5 million in bribes to an Angolan oil official in exchange for oil and shipping contracts more than a decade ago. Trafigura said that its former parent company, Trafigura Beheer BV (TBBV), will defend itself, "TBBV's anti-bribery and anti-corruption controls…

Cryptocurrency ownership is gaining popularity across Central Asia and the Caucasus, according to a report prepared by a group of financial services companies. Uzbekistan has the highest adoption rate for crypto assets in the regions and ranks 33rd globally. The Russian-language report, titled Digital Assets in Central Asia and the Caucasus, shows that almost 1.5 percent of Uzbekistan’s population, or roughly 512,000 individuals, owns cryptocurrency. The 15 licensed cryptocurrency exchanges and outlets operating in Uzbekistan handled over…