Last week, Goldman analysts led by Mark Delaney laid out a detailed roadmap for clients on how autonomous vehicles could reshape America’s highways through the 2030s, with a particular focus on “the impact of AI on profit pools.” In a separate report, Goldman analysts led by Allen Chang covered the rapid expansion of China’s robotaxi fleet, highlighting how both superpowers now appear to be locked in a race to automate roads and highways. “We expect a strong ramp up of robotaxis in China, with the robotaxi fleet in…

21 de abril de 2026.- El viceministro de la Secretaría de Salud (Sesal), Eduardo Midence, cuestionó este lunes la continuidad de las asambleas informativas del Colegio Médico de Honduras (CMH), al señalar que la paralización parcial de servicios en el sistema sanitario responde a una postura “políti...

Jerusalén, 20 abr (EFE).- La Asamblea de Ordinarios Católicos de Tierra Santa (ACOHL, en inglés) exigió este lunes aplicar una "acción disciplinaria inmediata y determinante" para el soldado del Ejército israelí que destrozó a martillazos una estatua de Jesucristo en una aldea del su...

21 de abril de 2026.- El papa León XIV llegó este martes a Guinea Ecuatorial para la cuarta y última etapa de su gira africana, y denunció la “colonización” de los minerales de África y la “sed de poder” en un país cuyo líder está en el cargo desde 1979. Multitudes entusiastas se alinearon en la ...

China is likely to return to buying large volumes of oil within weeks after selling down inventories during the peak of the Iran supply disruption, according to Mercuria. Marco Dunand, chief executive of the trading house, said at the FT Commodities Summit that China has been drawing from commercial stocks accumulated ahead of the crisis, effectively stepping back from the market as prices surged and Middle East flows tightened. That sell-off is a critical and possibly underappreciated part of the recent balance. China entered 2026 with a sizable…

Western mining companies and investors continue to flock to Kazakhstan in search of deals, drawn by the country’s abundance of minerals and its comparatively well-developed legal framework. But Astana, buoyed by Washington’s and Brussels’ increasing interest in critical minerals, has begun tinkering with the mining sector’s legal framework, making incremental edits to increase the state’s role and ensure the government gets a larger cut of the profits. Changes to the tax code and sub-soil use law enacted over the last…

El fallecimiento de dos agentes estadounidenses en un accidente automovilístico ocurrido en el norte de México desató una serie de dudas sobre su identidad y la misión encubierta que ha...

El copresidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, tildó este lunes de "desquiciado mental" al mandatario estadounidense, Donald Trump, contra quien cargó por sancionar a sus hijos, por "secuestrar" al exjefe de Estado venezolano Nicolás Maduro, y amenazar "con desbaratar&qu...

Ciento diez mineros turcos en huelga de hambre desde el lunes en Ankara para reclamar el pago de sus salarios atrasados fueron detenidos el martes por la mañana, anunció un sindicato. "Cuando estábamos a la espera para hablar con alguien frente al Ministerio de Energía hemos re...

21 de abril de 2026.- Tras labores de inteligencia continua, funcionarios del Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES) y del Comando Nacional Antidrogas de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana (GNB) y, lograron la incautación de 69 kilos con 36 gramos de cocaína en el estado Zulia. Durante el operativo,...

Primary oil processing at Rosneft’s Novokuibyshevsk refinery has been halted. The outage, which began on April 18 after a Ukrainian drone strike, encompasses the first stage of crude processing at one of Russia’s refineries in the Samara region, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The outage follows attacks reported on Saturday by Samara region governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, who said the Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran refineries had been targeted. The Novokuibyshevsk plant is operated by Rosneft and processed 5.74 million metric tons…

While diplomatic efforts struggle to stabilize access to the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between the United States and Iran, Eurasian trade is increasingly being redirected toward overland alternatives, with the Trans-Caspian Transport Route, also known as the Middle Corridor, emerging as a key diversification route in Eurasian logistics. The World Bank described the Middle Corridor back in 2023 as a strategically important but structurally constrained route. While geopolitical fragmentation, driven in part by Russia's war in Ukraine, has increased…

Primary oil processing at Rosneft’s Novokuibyshevsk refinery has been halted. The outage, which began on April 18 after a Ukrainian drone strike, encompasses the first stage of crude processing at one of Russia’s refineries in the Samara region, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The outage follows attacks reported on Saturday by Samara region governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, who said the Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran refineries had been targeted. The Novokuibyshevsk plant is operated by Rosneft and processed 5.74 million metric tons…

Rusia anunció el martes que inauguró con Corea del Norte un puente que estará operativo este verano boreal, convirtiéndose en la primera carretera que conectará a ambos aliados, que han reforzado sus lazos desde la ofensiva rusa en Ucrania. "Por primera vez se establecerá una c...

21 de abril de 2026.- Tras 567 días, el exalcalde de Maracaibo, Rafael Ramírez Colina fue dejado en libertad con medidas cautelares. Audiencias El pasado miércoles inició el juicio que contó con tres audiencias; e incluyó a los miembros de su equipo de trabajo detenidos en 2024, Margarita Ass...

Norway kept petroleum production near peak levels in March 2026—but the more important signal for oil markets is that the country is now operating with virtually no spare capacity. At a time when global supply remains highly sensitive to geopolitical disruptions, one of the world’s most reliable non-OPEC producers has little left to give. According to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, total liquids production averaged around 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, including crude oil, NGLs, and condensate.…

Norway kept petroleum production near peak levels in March 2026—but the more important signal for oil markets is that the country is now operating with virtually no spare capacity. At a time when global supply remains highly sensitive to geopolitical disruptions, one of the world’s most reliable non-OPEC producers has little left to give. According to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, total liquids production averaged around 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, including crude oil, NGLs, and condensate.…

Norway kept petroleum production near peak levels in March 2026—but the more important signal for oil markets is that the country is now operating with virtually no spare capacity. At a time when global supply remains highly sensitive to geopolitical disruptions, one of the world’s most reliable non-OPEC producers has little left to give. According to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, total liquids production averaged around 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, including crude oil, NGLs, and condensate.…

21 de abril de 2026.- En la noche del lunes, 20 de abril, comenzó el juicio por la denominada trama Pdvsa – Cripto, de la cual el principal acusado es el exministro del Petróleo, Tareck el Aissami. La audiencia tuvo lugar en el tribunal N° 4 en materia de terrorismo y corrupción en el Palacio de Jus...

Martes, 21 de abril d 2026.- A nuestra redacción ha llegado un material audiovisual de análisis obligatorio para todo aquel que busque entender la realidad geopolítica actual. En una reciente rueda de prensa, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, detalló sin matices la naturaleza ...