China’s incredible pace of clean energy spending has made the world’s second-largest economy the single-largest producer of clean energy by a long shot. This dominant position in global energy markets doesn’t just stem from domestic production capacity, but from increasingly significant control of global supply chains for clean energy technologies and materials, as well as investing in the production potential of emerging economies from Latin America to Southeast Asia to Africa and beyond.  Since the inception of China’s…

Citigroup’s latest call for Brent crude to tumble toward $50 on a Russia-Ukraine de-escalation feels more like an echo chamber than a fresh forecast. Senior commodities strategist Eric Lee told Bloomberg Friday that easing geopolitical tensions could “precipitate a faster move” toward the bank’s bear-case scenario — never mind that Brent is already down roughly 18% this year to near $61, thanks to what some call a slow-building supply glut. But Citi’s tone has swung wildly over the past ten months. Back in January,…

Citigroup’s latest call for Brent crude to tumble toward $50 on a Russia-Ukraine de-escalation feels more like an echo chamber than a fresh forecast. Senior commodities strategist Eric Lee told Bloomberg Friday that easing geopolitical tensions could “precipitate a faster move” toward the bank’s bear-case scenario — never mind that Brent is already down roughly 18% this year to near $61, thanks to what some call a slow-building supply glut. But Citi’s tone has swung wildly over the past ten months. Back in January,…

Citigroup’s latest call for Brent crude to tumble toward $50 on a Russia-Ukraine de-escalation feels more like an echo chamber than a fresh forecast. Senior commodities strategist Eric Lee told Bloomberg Friday that easing geopolitical tensions could “precipitate a faster move” toward the bank’s bear-case scenario — never mind that Brent is already down roughly 18% this year to near $61, thanks to what some call a slow-building supply glut. But Citi’s tone has swung wildly over the past ten months. Back in January,…

Citigroup’s latest call for Brent crude to tumble toward $50 on a Russia-Ukraine de-escalation feels more like an echo chamber than a fresh forecast. Senior commodities strategist Eric Lee told Bloomberg Friday that easing geopolitical tensions could “precipitate a faster move” toward the bank’s bear-case scenario — never mind that Brent is already down roughly 18% this year to near $61, thanks to what some call a slow-building supply glut. But Citi’s tone has swung wildly over the past ten months. Back in January,…

Afirma Baja Freight Association SAN DIEGO, 17 de octubre de 2025 — Estados de todo Estados Unidos han revocado los privilegios de conducir a 5.500 conductores de camiones comerciales que no aprobaron las evaluaciones básicas de inglés mientras trabajaban al norte de la frontera, seg...

Caracas, 17 de octubre de 2025.-Este viernes, la Lcda. Aiskel Zurita, gerente de Relaciones Internacionales del Instituto Autónomo Consejo Nacional de Derechos de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (Idenna), informó que realizan una evaluación psicológica y social a las familias que regresan a Venezu...

The recent increase in gold prices in the United States and around the world has been driven by a confluence of economic, financial, and political factors.  This environment, where gold has outperformed U.S. GDP and the four major U.S. stock markets, began in 2000 and has continued to date (see Exhibits 1, 2, 3).  We outline 13 reasons why gold has outperformed most major investments and why it is likely to continue attracting individual and institutional investors.  1. A haven during uncertain times. Throughout history, people —…

17 de octubre de 2025.- Los gobiernos de América Latina están intensificando sus esfuerzos para vacunar a sus poblaciones contra el sarampión, ya que los brotes en América del Norte impulsan un aumento de 34 veces en el número de casos notificados en la región este año. Los casos de sarampión han...

El retrato oficial del futuro santo venezolano, José Gregorio Hernández que se exhibirá durante el acto de canonización el próximo 19 de octubre en la fachada de la Basílica de San Pedro, en el Vaticano, es la copia de una fotografía de 1917 que se mandó a hacer siendo un estudiante en la ciud...

17 de octubre de 2025.- El precio del oro ascendió a un récord histórico de 4 mil 379,93 dólares durante la madrugada de este viernes, en reacción al aumento de las tensiones comerciales entre Estados Unidos y China, así como la expectativa de más recortes de tipos por parte de la Reserva Federa...

Central Asian neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war is undergoing a not-so-subtle shift. Neutrality for Central Asian states during the first three-plus years of the conflict meant keeping Russia happy by keeping Kyiv at arm’s length. But now, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are showing greater willingness to openly engage with Ukrainian leaders. On September 23 at the UN General Assembly, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev became the first Central Asian leader since the start of the war in 2022 to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. …

17 de octubre de 2025.- En un acto que reafirma el compromiso del Gobierno Bolivariano con sus ciudadanos en el exterior, este viernes aterrizó el vuelo número 78 de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria (GMVP) en el Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar. En esta oportunidad, llegaron a suelo venezo...

17 de octubre de 2025.- En medio de la amenaza real de una agresión militar de EE.UU. contra Venezuela, el pueblo cubano se movilizó este viernes en acto de solidaridad con la patria del Libertador Simón Bolívar y del comandante Hugo Chávez, y repudió el injerencismo de la Casa Blanca, que plantea u...

Es 17 de octubre de 2025. Han transcurrido 290 días del año y faltan 75 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cienc...

A decade-long effort to make the shipping industry the first to adopt binding international emissions targets has fallen apart—this time not over science or technology, but timing and cost. The breakdown leaves oil demand from marine fuels largely untouched for now, a relief to refiners and traders watching for signs of a forced pivot toward costly biofuels or ammonia blends. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in London this week was meant to finalize a framework first agreed in April, setting out how shipowners would transition…

17 de octubre de 2025.- El Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en Oriente Medio (Unrwa) llamó a incrementar la ayuda a Gaza, que sufre hoy una severa crisis por la agresión israelí. “Cada día, o incluso cada hora que perdemos, es otra vida...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count in the US rose this week to 548, according to Baker Hughes, down 37 from this same time last year. The number of active oil stayed the same in the reporting period, according to the data, at 418. Year over year, this represents a 64-rig decline. The number of gas rigs rose by 1 to 121 active rigs, which is 22 over this time last year. The miscellaneous rig count stayed the…

Governments and policy makers need to pay more attention to hydropower as a major source of low-emission flexible power generation in the age of booming electricity demand, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Friday. Hydropower “remains the forgotten giant of electricity,” Birol wrote in a LinkedIn post, calling for greater role for the “forgotten” clean energy source in the global electricity systems. Hydropower accounted for about 14% of total global electricity supply…

Governments and policy makers need to pay more attention to hydropower as a major source of low-emission flexible power generation in the age of booming electricity demand, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Friday. Hydropower “remains the forgotten giant of electricity,” Birol wrote in a LinkedIn post, calling for greater role for the “forgotten” clean energy source in the global electricity systems. Hydropower accounted for about 14% of total global electricity supply…