The conventional view of the Hormuz crisis is that China has been caught in an energy trap. It is the world’s largest crude importer, the Gulf remains one of its most important sources of supply, and an estimated 45–50% of Chinese crude imports normally transit the Strait of Hormuz. When traffic through the strait slows, Beijing cannot simply replace all those barrels overnight. That vulnerability is real. But it is also incomplete. China entered this crisis with large strategic and commercial inventories, diversified suppliers and…

4 de agosto de 2026.- La tarde de este martes, la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez designó a un nuevo ministro de Cultura. A través de sus redes sociales, la mandataria anunció que el historiador Alejandro López Rodríguez ocupará el cargo en este ente. "He designado al historiador Alejandro L...

4 de agosto de 2026.- Este martes fue designada la ciudadana Zurima Alicia Hernández Guzmán como la nueva titular de la Superintendencia Nacional de Arrendamiento de Viviendas (Sunavi) de acuerdo con lo publicado en la Resolución N° 216 del Ministerio de Hábitat y Vivienda. El documento establece...

Pakistan has played a key role as a mediator in the U.S./Israel war on Iran. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, have raised Pakistan’s profile so much that Foreign Affairs gushed “Pakistan Won the War in Iran.” Pakistan’s leaders are practical men with working relations with Washington and Tehran and are not performing good works to save their immortal souls, but because Pakistan and Iran are “neighbors forever” and they are looking to…

4 de agosto de 2026.- Rumania trabajaba este martes en la construcción de un dique para desviar agua del río Danubio, afectado por la sequía, hacia su único reactor nuclear en funcionamiento, mientras que el primer ministro de Hungría afirmó que la única turbina operativa de la central nuclear de Pa...

Oil prices tumbled Tuesday as traders once again priced in a U.S.-Iran agreement before anyone had actually signed one. West Texas Intermediate was trading at $75.64 per barrel shortly before 2 p.m. ET, down $4.70, or 5.85%, while Brent had fallen $4.61 to $79.16. Both benchmarks touched three-week lows as hopes rose that an agreement could reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal could come Tuesday or Wednesday, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks involving Iran and Oman had made progress. Qatar also…

Oil prices tumbled Tuesday as traders once again priced in a U.S.-Iran agreement before anyone had actually signed one. West Texas Intermediate was trading at $75.64 per barrel shortly before 2 p.m. ET, down $4.70, or 5.85%, while Brent had fallen $4.61 to $79.16. Both benchmarks touched three-week lows as hopes rose that an agreement could reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal could come Tuesday or Wednesday, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks involving Iran and Oman had made progress. Qatar also…

Oil prices tumbled Tuesday as traders once again priced in a U.S.-Iran agreement before anyone had actually signed one. West Texas Intermediate was trading at $75.64 per barrel shortly before 2 p.m. ET, down $4.70, or 5.85%, while Brent had fallen $4.61 to $79.16. Both benchmarks touched three-week lows as hopes rose that an agreement could reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal could come Tuesday or Wednesday, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks involving Iran and Oman had made progress. Qatar also…

The leaders of the five Central Asian states and Azerbaijan, meeting on the shores of Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan on July 31, signaled an intent to deepen trans-Caspian connections. The meeting’s final document, known as the Cholpon-Ata Declaration, was perhaps more symbolic than substantive, reaffirming participants’ desire to expand trade and maintain regional security. The document “reflects the high level of trust among Central Asian states and the Republic of Azerbaijan, their commitment to the principles…

Martes, 04 de agosto de 2026.- Rusia presentó el submarino atómico más grande de su flota. Rusia presentó el submarino atómico más grande de su flota, una incorporación que busca reforzar su capacidad de disuasión estratégica. La embarcación forma parte del proceso de modernización de las fue...

4 de agosto de 2026.- El gobierno argentino enfrenta hoy una seguidilla de conflictos laborales, y ahora está en pugna también contra el gremio de los prácticos de cabotaje que realizan una huelga contra la desregulación del sector que los afecta. agosto 4, 2026 | 10:40 Más de 500 práctico...

El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, habló este lunes por teléfono con el presidente de Paraguay, Santiago Peña, para abordar el proceso de transición democrática en Venezuela y la agenda bilateral entre Washington y Asunción, según informó el Departamento de Estado.

Martes, 04 de agosto de 2026.- Un ataque masvo sacude a todo Kiev. Ucrania afronta una situación cada vez más difícil ante la escasez de sistemas y misiles Patriot. Mientras Zelenski busca nuevas entregas de defensa aérea, un nuevo ataque ruso de gran escala sacude Kiev y vuelve a poner bajo pr...

The emergence of bloodthirsty right-wing paramilitary death squads in Colombia is often attributed to the rise of powerful vertically integrated cocaine cartels during the early 1980s. That interpretation, however, overlooks the deeper forces behind their emergence in a country shaped by decades of conflict and the world's longest-running multi-party low-intensity asymmetric war. Colombia's right-wing death squads, responsible for the majority of the modern conflict’s victims, predate Pablo Escobar, the Medellin Cartel and the cocaine boom.…

4 de agosto de 2026.- El gobernador del estado La Guaira, José Alejandro Terán, informó que se identificaron 35 nuevas estructuras que serán demolidas en los próximos días luego del doble terremoto que azotó al Litoral Central hace casi seis semanas. «Vamos a estar continuando esta semana. Ya hay...

4 de agosto de 2026.- El ministro del Poder Popular para la Salud, Carlos Alvarado, y el representante en Venezuela de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Armando De Negri Filho, anunciaron el término de la misión de la especialista Liz Parra, tras concluir las labores de asistencia técnica de...

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation more than doubled its quarterly profit as higher crude and natural gas prices—and a weaker rupee—more than made up for another drop in production. ONGC reported net income of 170.34 billion rupees, or about $1.8 billion, for the quarter ended June, beating the 152.67 billion-rupee average estimate compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue jumped 45% from a year earlier to 464.60 billion rupees. The numbers put ONGC alongside the global oil majors that spent the second quarter cashing in on the biggest…

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation more than doubled its quarterly profit as higher crude and natural gas prices—and a weaker rupee—more than made up for another drop in production. ONGC reported net income of 170.34 billion rupees, or about $1.8 billion, for the quarter ended June, beating the 152.67 billion-rupee average estimate compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue jumped 45% from a year earlier to 464.60 billion rupees. The numbers put ONGC alongside the global oil majors that spent the second quarter cashing in on the biggest…

Martes, 04 de agosto de 2026.- El Representante Permanente Adjunto de China ante las Naciones Unidas, Sun Lei, intervino en una reunión del Consejo de Seguridad sobre la situación en Oriente Medio, donde criticó duramente la actuación de Israel en los territorios palestinos, así como su presencia e...

Casi 65.000 personas han sido evacuadas de sus hogares en el condado de Spokane, en el estado de Washington, en el noroeste de EE.UU. mientras los equipos combaten grandes incendios forestales. No se han confirmado heridos ni muertes, pero los funcionarios dijeron que la magnitud de los incend...