London Climate Action Week took place during an intense heat wave last week, causing some of the planned events to be cancelled and calling extra attention to the urgency of the summit’s cause. One of the biggest takeaways of the event, underscored by the weather, is that Europe has missed critical opportunities to catalyze the clean energy transition and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. A number of bankers present at the London Climate Action Week were in agreement that “EU authorities risk curbing investments in the continent’s…

2 de julio de 2026.- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) dio hoy por concluido el brote de hantavirus que surgió en un crucero, luego de que el último contacto de una persona expuesta al virus finalizara su periodo de cuarentena dando negativo a la última prueba que se le hizo, por lo que reto...

Prime Minister Mark Carney threw a wrench into Alberta's West Coast pipeline ambitions on Thursday just hours before Premier Danielle Smith was set to unveil details of the province's long-awaited proposal. Speaking alongside B.C. Premier David Eby in Vancouver, Carney reaffirmed that Ottawa will maintain the federal ban on oil tankers along British Columbia's North Coast, effectively taking one of the most attractive export corridors off the table before Alberta's proposal even reached the federal government. The announcement came as part of a…

2 de julio de 2026.- La Defensoría del Pueblo desplegó un plan nacional de acompañamiento para asegurar la protección de los derechos fundamentales de todas las familias damnificadas por los sismos. Este recurso contará con una línea telefónica con servicio gratuito e ininterrumpido para recibir rep...

2 de julio de 2026.- La ministra de Transporte de Venezuela, Jacqueline Faría, informó en un balance ofrecido el 1 de julio, que se detectaron vías dañadas de distinta manera a causa del terremoto en siete entidades del país. Estas son La Guaira, Distrito Capital, Miranda, Falcón, Aragua, Carabobo y...

Just when the oil market was getting comfortable with the idea that the Strait of Hormuz was reopening, Iran reminded everyone who's still directing traffic. Iran's joint military command warned on Thursday that all oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz must follow routes approved by Tehran or face an "immediate and forceful response." The warning, carried by Iranian state television, also cautioned that any U.S. interference in the waterway would prompt a "rapid and decisive reaction." The warning came a day after U.S. and Iranian negotiators…

2 de julio de 2026.- El verano apenas ha comenzado en el hemisferio norte, pero ya ofrece un anticipo opresivo de la vida en un planeta más cálido. Europa ha sufrido dos olas de calor mortales y sin precedentes en cuestión de semanas, y se espera una tercera la próxima semana. Ahora, Estados Unid...

Tesla delivered a much stronger-than-expected second quarter, reporting 480,126 vehicle deliveries, well ahead of Wall Street forecasts of roughly 406,600. The company also produced 451,758 vehicles during the period, signaling a meaningful improvement after a slow start to the year, according to CNBC. Shares were volatile on the news and have settled near unchanged into the cash open… The delivery total marked a sharp increase from 358,023 vehicles in the first quarter and was also significantly higher than the roughly 384,000 deliveries…

The U.S. is leading the world in small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) development with 28 siting announcements, as of 2026. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Cody Good, in partnership with the National Public Utilities Council, shows which countries are building the most SMRs. The U.S. Leads Global SMR Development With 28 siting announcements, the U.S. has more SMR projects in development than the next four countries combined. Source: The Nuclear Energy Agency Only 78 of 129 SMR designs being tracked by the NEA are publicly reported in the digital…

2 de julio de 2026.- Para constatar la atención a las familias que resultaron afectadas por el doblete sísmico, en el estado La Guaira, el ministro de Interior, Justicia y Paz, Diosdado Cabello visitó el campamento provisional que funciona en la sede de la Universidad Marítima del Caribe, ubicada en...

The Bureau of Land Management is giving California another chance to weigh in on oil and gas leasing—whether the state wants it or not. On Thursday, the BLM opened a 30-day public scoping period for 50 federal oil and gas parcels covering roughly 36,000 acres across Kern, Kings, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo counties. The parcels could be included in a future federal lease sale, marking the latest step in the Trump administration's effort to revive domestic energy development on public lands. If this feels familiar, that's because it is. Just…

The seven-member group of OPEC+ oil producers that has been restraining production since 2023 is set to extend a series of output quota hikes they launched after the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that set off the latest war in the Middle East. Yet the UAE is already shipping record volumes of crude abroad, right after it quit OPEC. According to unnamed sources who spoke to Reuters, the OPEC seven, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan, and Oman, will likely decide to boost their production quotas for August by another…

The Bureau of Land Management is giving California another chance to weigh in on oil and gas leasing—whether the state wants it or not. On Thursday, the BLM opened a 30-day public scoping period for 50 federal oil and gas parcels covering roughly 36,000 acres across Kern, Kings, Fresno, and San Luis Obispo counties. The parcels could be included in a future federal lease sale, marking the latest step in the Trump administration's effort to revive domestic energy development on public lands. If this feels familiar, that's because it is. Just…

SANTO DOMINGO, República Dominicana.– El capítulo República Dominicana de la Red Socialista Internacional —Sovintern— condenó enérgicamente la agresión sufrida en Vigo, España, por el escritor, documentalista, historiador y dirigente internacionalista Lois Pérez Leira, coordi...

2 de julio de 2026.- El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, informó este miércoles que la cifra de víctimas por los terremotos ocurridos el 24 de junio se elevó a 2.295. Asimismo, el parlamentario presentó un desglose detallado con los números más recientes sobre el impacto del...

2 de julio de 2026.- La sociedad de servicios financieros UBS rebajó sus previsiones del precio del petróleo para 2026 y 2027 ante una recuperación más rápida de lo esperada en los flujos por el estrecho de Ormuz, se divulgó hoy. Tras la firma del memorando de entendimiento provisional entre Esta...

Europe Isn't Anti-Air Conditioning. It's Just Calling It Something Else. The recent heatwaves across Europe have reignited a familiar debate in parts of the American media. Articles in publications including The Washington Post and The New York Times have questioned why Europe continues to lag behind the United States in air conditioning, with some suggesting that Europeans remain culturally reluctant to embrace cooling or that governments have actively discouraged its deployment. As temperatures continue to break records, the implication is that…

2 de junio de 2026.- El Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria (Seniat) informó que para el mes de junio obtuvo una recaudación total de 509 millardos 551 millones 404 mil 508 bolívares. El jefe de la Superintendencia Nacional Aduanera y Tributaria, José David Cabello...

Crude oil prices are crashing on reports that flows out of the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, and analysts are back to predicting oversupply, even though Iran just said it will not be meeting with the U.S. envoys to negotiate peace, and that comes after strikes on a couple of ships in Hormuz. “The Strait is reopening faster than expected, yet the ‘twin solvers’ of high US exports and low Chinese imports remain in place,” Morgan Stanley commodity analysts wrote this week in a note, as quoted by Bloomberg. “As attention…

Antes de que se entonaran los himnos nacionales para el partido de dieciseisavos de final del Mundial 2026 entre México y Ecuador, el estadio Azteca retumbó este martes con un "no están solos", que acompañó el propio presidente de la Fifa, Gianni Infantino, en muestra de apoyo al paí...