Trabajadores de servicios públicos en la capital peruana descubrieron dos tumbas preincaicas durante la expansión de las redes subterráneas de gas. LIMA, Perú -1ero de agosto de 2025- Trabajadores de servicios públicos que excavaban zanjas para ampli...

Trump-era clean energy policies are slamming the breaks on the United States’ battery war with China. While lithium-ion batteries were invented in the United States, China has been outpacing the nation in terms of both battery manufacturing and technological innovations. But while U.S. companies have been scrambling to keep up, gutted clean energy incentives and tariffs on critical materials have made a U.S. victory all but impossible.  The domestic battery industry had been gaining considerable ground under the Biden administration…

Private beachfronts, million-dollar bathtubs, evenings of wine, whiskey, cigars, and karaoke – or performances by Russian pop stars whose fame stretches back to the 1990s. Those are some of the trappings of an “ultraluxe” villa complex in Dubai where Sergei Chemezov – the Western-sanctioned head of the massive Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin since they were KGB officers in communist East Germany – spends time with family, friends, and associates. While they are…

1 de agosto de 2025.- Miles de brasileños protestaron este viernes contra los aranceles impuestos a ese país por la Administración Trump, respaldar al Gobierno de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ante las presiones injerencistas de Washington y reafirmarle que Brasil es un Estado soberano y merece respeto....

1 de agosto de 2025.- Un nuevo grupo de connacionales fueron repatriados este viernes desde Texas, Estados Unidos, en el vuelo número 53 del Plan Vuelta a la Patria, el cual ha permitido que más de 9 mil migrantes venezolanos regresen al país sin costo alguno. En el vuelo de la aerolínea Conviasa...

1 de agosto de 2025.- El expresidente de Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, fue condenado a 12 años de prisión por los delitos de soborno en actuación penal y fraude procesal, de acuerdo con información difundida por medios locales. El dictamen de la jueza 44 penal del Circuito de Bogotá, Sandra Hered...

The takeover of German chemicals giant Covestro by Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC is facing significant hurdles, as the EU is at present assessing the possible competition distortion in European markets. While the German chemical company reported today that it has missed its Q2 2025 sales expectation, primarily due to US trade policies, the management remains confident that the ADNOC takeover deadline is being met. Covestro indicated that it is satisfied that the EU probe is not going to materialize in a blockade of the deal. …

A Kazakh appellate court has sided with the international oil majors operating the Kashagan oilfield, overturning a massive $4.2 billion environmental fine over sulfur storage practices. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC)—a consortium that includes Eni, Shell, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies—hailed the decision as confirmation that their sulfur handling meets both Kazakh legal requirements and global industry standards. The dispute stemmed from Kazakhstan’s claim that NCOC had improperly stored sulfur byproducts at the $55…

1 de agosto de 2025.- La Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB) el marco de la Operación Vuelvan Caras ubicó y destruyó una pista clandestina, dos aeronaves, un laboratorio y un centro logístico para el procesamiento de drogas, pertenecientes a los Grupos Terroristas Armados Narcotraficantes Colo...

1 de agosto de 2025.- La circulación entre Apure y Barinas se reanudó este 31 de julio, en horas de la noche, con la apertura del puente construido en Bruzual, luego de que las intensas lluvias provocaron el colapso de la carretera que unía ambas regiones. “¡Restablecido el paso entre Apure y Bar...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday as operators continue to scale back. The total rig count in the US fell by 2 rigs for the second week in a row, landing at 540, according to Baker Hughes, down 46 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 5 to 410, down by 72 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 2 this week, coming in at 124 for a gain of 26 active gas rigs from this time last year.…

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Es 1 de agosto de 2025. Han transcurrido 213 días del año y faltan 152 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos,...

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, publicó la lista de países que sufrirán la imposición de aranceles a sus exportaciones al mercado norteamericano, donde se ordenó aplicar gravámenes a Venezuela por un 15 por ciento, como parte de las sanciones recíprocas anunciadas el 2 de abri...

OPEC+ is inching toward a pivotal decision this weekend: whether to greenlight another 548,000 bpd in production hikes for September, effectively fast-tracking the return of 2.2 million bpd in voluntary cuts a year ahead of schedule.                                        The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) already met last week and stopped…

Miami (EE.UU.), 1 ago (EFE).- La Administración de Donald Trump recortó cientos de subvenciones a la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles (UCLA) en medio de sus denuncias de antisemitismo por permitir protestas a favor de Palestina.   El rector de UCLA,...

El Gobierno de Francia deportará a una estudiante de Gaza acusada de republicar contenido presuntamente antisemita en sus redes sociales y detendrá todas las evacuaciones y acogidas desde el enclave palestino, dijo este viernes Jean-Noël Barrot, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del país, mient...

A poor U.S. jobs report led to a broader sell-off on Friday, with leading stock indices falling from record highs.Friday, August 1st, 2025 Buoyed by Trump’s Russia threats and news of Indian state refiners curbing purchases of Russian crude, crude oil futures have been trending above $70 per barrel throughout the week, settling on Friday slightly below the $71 mark. Towards the end of the week, sentiment has been sapped by expectations of yet another OPEC+ production hike, potentially even as high as 548,000 b/d, as the eight output-cutting…

El presidente de la Bolsa de Valores, José Grasso Vecchio, informó que el índice Bursátil de Caracas (IBC), tuvo un crecimiento interanual superior al 60% en dólares durante este primer semest...

Enbridge posted record core earnings, or EBITDA, for the second quarter of the year on the back of strong liquids flows through its pipelines and soaring demand for power generation and feedgas for LNG in North America.  The Canadian pipeline giant on Friday reported record adjusted EBITDA of U$3.36 billion (C$4.6 billion) for the second quarter, up by 7% from a year earlier.  The company expects to finish the year in the upper end of its adjusted EBITDA guidance range, president and CEO Greg Ebel said.  Enbridge’s adjusted…