Es 25 de abril del año 2024. Es el día número 116 del año. Por ser un año bisiesto, faltan 250 días para su terminación, pues tiene 366 días. Hoy es jueves. Los años bisiestos se presentan cada cuatro años en los que se añade un día más a febrero (29 F) y ...

25 de abril de 2024.- Las más afectadas de las crisis de la paz en Colombia son las madres que todos los días pierden a sus hijas e hijos por cuenta del genocidio y sus guerras derivadas. El 10 de enero la delegación de paz del gobierno colombiano llegó a Caracas para iniciar el séptimo ciclo ...

University of Michigan engineers have designed new chemical reactor to make an important ingredient for plastics, adhesives, carpet fibers, household cleaners and more from natural gas. The idea could reduce manufacturing costs in a post-petroleum economy by millions of dollars. The research paper has been published in the journal Science. The reactor creates propylene, a workhorse chemical that is also used to make a long list of industrial chemicals, including ingredients for nitrile rubber found in automotive hoses and seals as well as blue…

25 de abril de 2024.- El Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos escucha este día los argumentos orales para determinar si Donald Trump tiene inmunidad judicial y puede evadir el juicio penal sobre el asalto al Capitolio al haber sido presidente del país. La audiencia, que ya arrancó, transcurre en p...

Chevron launched its first production at its Tengiz oilfield expansion project in Kazakhstan on Thursday, with completion of the final phase of the expansion set for the first half of next year, enabling an additional 260,000 barrels per day of crude oil output, or an additional 12 million tons per year.  “This is a significant step towards completion of the Future Growth Project (FGP). It is also important progress for the modernization of the existing base business at Tengiz and demonstrates TCO’s commitment to safely and reliably…

25 de abril de 2024.- El hasta ahora primer ministro haitiano Ariel Henry presentó oficialmente su carta de renuncia, tal y como había anunciado hace varios meses y, poco antes de ello designó como su sucesor al ministro de Economía, Michel Patrick Boisvert. Henry presentó su renuncia al cargo e...

25 de abril de 2024.- De Los Ángeles a Nueva York, de Austin a Boston, el movimiento estudiantil estadounidense pro palestino crece cada hora y se han registrado enfrentamientos entre alumnos movilizados y fuerzas antidisturbios convocadas por autoridades de universidades, entre las cuales figuran a...

Via SchiffGold.com, What is Nvidia? If you’re a committed gamer the question may sound like nonsense. Nvidia, which was founded in 1993, is a tech company that makes GPUs and other products. It originally specialized in making products for the video game industry, that assisted in 3D rendering. If you were a committed gamer, you probably owned their products. If you weren’t, you might not have heard of them. But with sudden advances in artificial intelligence, it has been everywhere in the news because its products can also be used…

25 de abril de 2024.- Desde la sede del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) en Caracas, se dio a conocer el cronograma del Plan de Auditoría para la Elección Presidencial 2024, el cual fue presentado por el vicepresidente del organismo, Carlos Quintero. El Plan comienza el próximo 29 de abril con la...

Saudi Aramco has sealed a sponsorship deal with FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football, through 2027, after winning a bidding process last October in which it was the only sponsorship candidate, the Associated Press reports. With the new deal, Aramco becomes a “Major Worldwide Partner of FIFA”, which gives it sponsorship rights for FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 and Women’s World Cup 2027. “Through this partnership with FIFA we aim to contribute to football development and harness the power of sport…

Saudi Aramco has sealed a sponsorship deal with FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football, through 2027, after winning a bidding process last October in which it was the only sponsorship candidate, the Associated Press reports. With the new deal, Aramco becomes a “Major Worldwide Partner of FIFA”, which gives it sponsorship rights for FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 and Women’s World Cup 2027. “Through this partnership with FIFA we aim to contribute to football development and harness the power of sport…

Saudi Aramco has sealed a sponsorship deal with FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football, through 2027, after winning a bidding process last October in which it was the only sponsorship candidate, the Associated Press reports. With the new deal, Aramco becomes a “Major Worldwide Partner of FIFA”, which gives it sponsorship rights for FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 and Women’s World Cup 2027. “Through this partnership with FIFA we aim to contribute to football development and harness the power of sport…

25 de abril de 2024.- El secretario general de la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI), Juan Carlos Salazar Gómez, aceptó la demanda presentada por Venezuela contra Argentina por graves violaciones de la legislación internacional para que el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos consumara el...

When the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia met on April 22 at the Kremlin, it wasn't Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine, or Iran that took center stage. It was the 50th anniversary of a Soviet railroad construction project. The occasion for the visit, at least officially, was to mark the 1974 start of construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railway in the Russian Far East. The project was headed by Heydar Aliyev, in his role as first deputy chairman of the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers. Fifty years later that Aliyev's son -- Ilham Aliyev,…

Energy firms held by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky have reported core earnings of $7.8 billion (7.3 billion euros) for 2023, Reuters reported on Thursday.   The energy assets of Kretinsky’s EP Corporate Group include the flagship energy holding EPH, which reported today core earnings – or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) – of $3.85 billion (3.6 billion euros). This was down by 17% compared to the record EBITDA from 2022, when oil and gas prices surged following the Russian…

Energy firms held by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky have reported core earnings of $7.8 billion (7.3 billion euros) for 2023, Reuters reported on Thursday.   The energy assets of Kretinsky’s EP Corporate Group include the flagship energy holding EPH, which reported today core earnings – or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) – of $3.85 billion (3.6 billion euros). This was down by 17% compared to the record EBITDA from 2022, when oil and gas prices surged following the Russian…

25 de abril de 2024.- Portugal celebra este jueves el 50 aniversario de la Revolución de los Claveles, que acabó con 48 años de régimen dictatorial y dio paso a cinco décadas de democracia en el país. Dirigida por jóvenes soldados hartos de una guerra interminable en las antiguas colonias africanas ...

The mining world is all aquiver this morning at talks of a potential mega-deal from BHP to buy up London-listed miner Anglo American. Metals miner Anglo has been seen as a potential takeover mark since its share price took a sharp dive last year on the back of weak production forecasts. But just hours after the news was confirmed by Anglo this morning, its share price has jumped by more than 12 per cent, effectively erasing the losses of the last 12 months. So what do analysts think Anglo has to offer BHP? Principally, the play would make BHP’s…

Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: HTZ) has raised the number of electric vehicles it plans to sell this year as it is cutting its EV fleet to reduce losses that have weighed on the car rental giant’s earnings. In the first quarter, Hertz upsized its EV disposition plan by 10,000 vehicles, for a total of 30,000 EVs intended for sale in 2024. Most of these EVs will be Teslas. The company incurred a $195 million charge to vehicle depreciation to write down the EVs held for sale which were remaining in inventory at quarter-end to fair value…

Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: HTZ) has raised the number of electric vehicles it plans to sell this year as it is cutting its EV fleet to reduce losses that have weighed on the car rental giant’s earnings. In the first quarter, Hertz upsized its EV disposition plan by 10,000 vehicles, for a total of 30,000 EVs intended for sale in 2024. Most of these EVs will be Teslas. The company incurred a $195 million charge to vehicle depreciation to write down the EVs held for sale which were remaining in inventory at quarter-end to fair value…