Back in September last year, Bloomberg reported that refineries around the world were struggling to keep up with demand for diesel fuel. That imbalance led to soaring diesel prices, with the fuel gaining 60% in Europe and topping $140 per barrel in the U.S. At the time, there were warnings that economic activity roaring back after the pandemic and the 2022 energy crunch would lead to a diesel fuel shortage and drive higher inflation. Only that didn’t happen. Because since then, diesel prices have fallen and now the warnings are…

A 26% plunge in coal mining weighed on Poland’s industrial output in March 2024, casting a shadow over the expectations that the biggest emerging-market economy in Europe would grow by the expected 3% this year. Coal mining output slumped by 25.9% year-over-year in March, contributing to a 6% decline in Poland’s industrial production last month, government data showed on Monday. This was the steepest decline in Poland’s industrial output since April 2023, per Bloomberg’s estimates. It was also much worse than expectations…

A 26% plunge in coal mining weighed on Poland’s industrial output in March 2024, casting a shadow over the expectations that the biggest emerging-market economy in Europe would grow by the expected 3% this year. Coal mining output slumped by 25.9% year-over-year in March, contributing to a 6% decline in Poland’s industrial production last month, government data showed on Monday. This was the steepest decline in Poland’s industrial output since April 2023, per Bloomberg’s estimates. It was also much worse than expectations…

A 26% plunge in coal mining weighed on Poland’s industrial output in March 2024, casting a shadow over the expectations that the biggest emerging-market economy in Europe would grow by the expected 3% this year. Coal mining output slumped by 25.9% year-over-year in March, contributing to a 6% decline in Poland’s industrial production last month, government data showed on Monday. This was the steepest decline in Poland’s industrial output since April 2023, per Bloomberg’s estimates. It was also much worse than expectations…

22 de abril de 2024.- El ministro para la Defensa, Vladimir Padrino López, ratificó que el Acuerdo de Ginebra de 1966 es el único instrumento jurídico para alcanzar una solución práctica y satisfactoria para Venezuela en la controversia territorial con Guyana sobre el Esequibo. Así lo manifestó e...

By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential to fuel the nation’s market growth. The sectors under scrutiny by Europe and the US are as wide-ranging as electric vehicles, wind and solar projects, medical devices and chips, but have one thing in common: they are of strategic importance to President Xi Jinping’s bid for…

Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom had to shut down more than two dozen producing wells during the spring floods in the Orenburg region to keep the gas-producing wells from flooding, the local Gazprom unit said. River and floodwaters rose early this month in the Orenburg region in southwestern Russia near the Ural River in the worst flooding in the area in 80 years. Water levels in the Ural jumped well above the river’s bursting point.       To avoid flooding of operating wells, Gazprom’s local…

Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom had to shut down more than two dozen producing wells during the spring floods in the Orenburg region to keep the gas-producing wells from flooding, the local Gazprom unit said. River and floodwaters rose early this month in the Orenburg region in southwestern Russia near the Ural River in the worst flooding in the area in 80 years. Water levels in the Ural jumped well above the river’s bursting point.       To avoid flooding of operating wells, Gazprom’s local…

22 de abril de 2024.- En una mano, la bandera de Turquía, y en la otra, la de Palestina. Así, una comitiva de más de mil personas ha salpicado de verde, rojo y blanco el centro de la ciudad de Estambul (Turquía) en apoyo al pueblo palestino y en protesta por el bloqueo del Gobierno de Recep Tayyip E...

Saudi oil giant Aramco is proceeding with plans to boost its downstream presence in its most important export market, China, with discussions to buy a minority stake in a Chinese petrochemical company. Aramco has entered into discussions with Hengli Group Co., Ltd. regarding the potential acquisition of a 10% stake in Hengli Petrochemical Co., subject to due diligence and required regulatory clearances, the Saudi firm said in a statement on Monday. Hengli Petrochemical International Pte. Ltd and Aramco signed on Monday a Memorandum of…

22 de abril de 2024.- Según un comunicado emitido este día por la Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban), la entidad bancaria Bancamiga seguirá con sus labores habituales para su funcionamiento en toda Venezuela. De acuerdo al comunicado publicado por Sudeban en las redes...

U.S. President Joe Biden is announcing on Monday $7 billion in grants to help more than 900,000 low-income households install residential solar power, the White House said. President Biden will mark today’s Earth Day by traveling to Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, and is expected to highlight the Administration’s progress “in tackling the climate crisis, cutting costs for everyday Americans, and creating good-paying jobs,” the White House said. The $7 billion in grants will come from the Environmental…

22 de abril de 2024.- TikTok volvió a arremeter el domingo contra la Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. por haber aprobado un proyecto de ley que amenaza con prohibir la aplicación en el país norteamericano si sus propietarios chinos no la venden. En un comunicado citado por Reuters, la red socia...

22 de abril de 2024.- El Historiador Ariel Umpierrez hace un llamado y reflexión de que el movimiento sionista no es tan poderoso y que debemos romper con ese mito. Programa conducido por Susana Khalil. [yt=uySU_hCI-o4]...

22 de abril de 2024.- Ecuador aprobó la extradición y otras medidas de seguridad en la consulta popular y referendo propuesto por el presidente Daniel Noboa que lo dejan hoy sin excusas para poner freno a la escalada de violencia. Al conocer los resultados preliminares del proceso consultivo de e...

22 de abril de 2024.- El Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), publicó en su cuenta de red Social X, @INAMEH, que se prevé para este lunes, nubosidad parcial, alternando con zonas despejadas en la mayor parte del país. En la Región Capital y Central, se estima parcialmente nub...

22-04-24.-Europa es el continente que se calienta más rápido y sus temperaturas están aumentando aproximadamente el doble sobre el promedio mundial, informaron este lunes Organización Meteorológica Mundial de la ONU y la agencia climática de la Unión Europea, Copernicus. En un informe conjunto di...

22-04-24.-Dos sujetos portando armas de fuego le cegaron la vida a un exconcejal del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) en la ciudad de El Vigía del estado Mérida, La víctima fatal fue identificada como Gersón Casique Uzcátegui, de 45 años de edad, quien vivía en la parroquia Rómulo Be...

22-04-24.-Los trabajadores de Volkswagen en el estado estadounidense de Tennessee votaron por rotunda mayoría por sindicalizarse, de acuerdo con los resultados comunicados el viernes por la empresa, en el primer logro de este tipo en una fábrica automotriz extranjera en el sur de Estados Unidos. ...

22-04-24.-El juicio a 29 imputados por el caso ‘Papeles de Panamá’, la histórica filtración de documentos del extinto bufete panameño Mossack Fonseca, que vinculó a diversas personalidades del mundo con el blanqueo de capitales, finalizó este viernes y el tribunal decidió acogerse al término de ley ...