Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit is growing this year as oil prices are down from last year’s levels and well below the $90 per-barrel price the Kingdom is estimated to need to balance its budget.   Brent Crude oil prices have declined by about 8% since the beginning of the year, at around $69 a barrel as of early Tuesday, additionally straining Saudi Arabia’s public finances, which rely the most on oil income to have more money to spend on projects to diversify the economy.   Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s…

Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit is growing this year as oil prices are down from last year’s levels and well below the $90 per-barrel price the Kingdom is estimated to need to balance its budget.   Brent Crude oil prices have declined by about 8% since the beginning of the year, at around $69 a barrel as of early Tuesday, additionally straining Saudi Arabia’s public finances, which rely the most on oil income to have more money to spend on projects to diversify the economy.   Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s…

Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit is growing this year as oil prices are down from last year’s levels and well below the $90 per-barrel price the Kingdom is estimated to need to balance its budget.   Brent Crude oil prices have declined by about 8% since the beginning of the year, at around $69 a barrel as of early Tuesday, additionally straining Saudi Arabia’s public finances, which rely the most on oil income to have more money to spend on projects to diversify the economy.   Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s…

El comercio entre Venezuela y Colombia registró un incremento de hasta 14 por ciento en el primer semestre de 2025 respecto al mismo periodo del año anterior, según informó hoy lunes Luis Alberto Russian, presidente de la Cámara Venezolana-Colombiana (Cavecol). El intercambio binaci...

Los guyaneses acudieron este lunes a las urnas para elegir presidente y miembros del Parlamento para los próximos cinco años, divididos entre apostar por la continuidad que representa Irfaan Ali o dar la oportunidad a los programas de los nuevos candidatos. Ali, a la cabeza del Part...

Ukraine urged China to pressure Vladimir Putin to move toward peace as the Russian president arrived in Beijing following his participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit -- where he defended the war that has killed tens of thousands of people. "Given the significant geopolitical role of the People's Republic of China, we would welcome a more active role [for Beijing] in bringing peace to Ukraine based on respect for the UN Charter," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a statement as Putin arrived in the Chinese capital on…

India’s manufacturing activity, which consumes about half of the country’s power supply, surged in August to the highest level in 17 years, driving the fastest growth in electricity generation in five months.  India saw a 4% rise in power generation in August, according to a Reuters analysis of data from Grid India, the federal grid operator. Industrial activity, which began to recover in July and soared in August to a 2008 high, was the key driver of higher electricity generation in one of the fastest-growing developing economies. …

India’s manufacturing activity, which consumes about half of the country’s power supply, surged in August to the highest level in 17 years, driving the fastest growth in electricity generation in five months.  India saw a 4% rise in power generation in August, according to a Reuters analysis of data from Grid India, the federal grid operator. Industrial activity, which began to recover in July and soared in August to a 2008 high, was the key driver of higher electricity generation in one of the fastest-growing developing economies. …

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Este lunes 1 septiembre, el vicepresidente Sectorial de Defensa y Soberanía, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, alertó sobre un comunicado de Guyana en el que reporta un nuevo incidente en la zona del alto río Cuyuní. Mediante un video publicado en su canal oficial de Telegram, el alto fun...

Asia’s crude oil imports rebounded in August from a year-low level in July, likely fueled by low oil prices in May and early June when the cargoes arriving in August must have been nominated.  Asia, the world’s biggest oil-importing region and a key gauge of global oil demand growth, saw crude oil imports average 27.18 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, higher than in July and in August last year, per data from LSEG Oil Research cited by Reuters columnist Clyde Russell. The July import levels of 24.91 million bpd were the…

El canciller de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Yván Gil, sostuvo un encuentro con el embajador de la República Islámica de Irán en Caracas, Ali Chegini, con el objetivo de reafirmar la alianza estratégica entre ambas naciones. La reunión también sirvió para fortalecer la amistad y la l...

La República Bolivariana de Venezuela, en nombre del Pueblo y Gobierno venezolano, respalda la propuesta de la República Popular China sobre la Iniciativa de Gobernanza Global, presentada por el Presidente Xi Jinping en el marco de la Cumbre de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái (OCS), que s...

Si se produjera una "agresión violenta" contra Venezuela, se replicarían escenarios similares a los que hoy caracterizan Siria e Irak en varios países americanos, vaticinó este lunes el presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro. "Si hay una agresión violenta contra Venezue...

La cercanía y camaradería demostrada por los líderes de Rusia, la India y China durante la cumbre de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái (OCS) —que culminó el lunes en la ciudad china de Tianjin— contrasta con la postura hostil del presidente de Estados Unidos y parece int...

China y la Federación de Rusia firmaron un memorando sobre la construcción del gasoducto Power of Siberia-2.   El presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, y su homólogo chino, Xi Jinping, mantuvieron un "profundo intercambio de opiniones sobre asuntos inte...

El Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), reportó que Venezuela amanece con cielo parcialmente nublado en gran parte del país, no obstante no descarta lluvias o chubascos dispersos en el sureste de la Guayana Esequiba, Bolívar, Amazonas, Guárico, Barinas, Táchira, Mérida y Z...

El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, afirmó este lunes que el país "está enfrentando la más grande amenaza" en los últimos cien años y advirtió: "Ocho barcos militares, con 1.200 misiles y un submarino nuclear apuntan a Venezuela". En esta jornada, el mandat...

Syria has just exported its first cargo of crude oil in 14 years after the U.S. Administration revoked in June the sanctions on the country that has been in a prolonged war over the past decade and a half.  Syria shipped on Monday 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil from the port of Tartus under an agreement to sell the cargo to B Serve Energy, a company affiliated with global trading firm BB Energy, Riyad al-Joubasi, assistant director for oil and gas at Syria’s Energy Ministry, told Reuters. The 14 years of civil war and proxy wars…

02-09-25.-Continúan las tensiones entre Venezuela y Estados Unidos, en medio de las amenazas militares. Washington asegura que el despliegue de buques militares en aguas del Caribe obedece a una disposición que busca combatir el narcotráfico, mientras Caracas acusa a la Casa Blanca de querer afectar...