South Korea will leverage shipbuilding capabilities and the potential to buy more U.S. LNG in upcoming talks on the tariffs next week, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Thursday. The tariff on South Korea, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the so-called “liberation day” on April 2, was at 25%, lower than for some other Asian countries but much higher than a baseline 10% tariff. The so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’ were suspended last week for 90 days, during which countries plan to plead…

16 de abril de 2025.- El desplome de las acciones tecnológicas en el mercado de valores estadounidense, impulsado por las restricciones comerciales y los temores arancelarios, se profundizó este miércoles. El mercado está sintiendo la presión a medida que aumenta la volatilidad, en medio de preocupa...

For years, BP has been tipped as a potential target of the next mega-merger deal in the oil industry. Speculation about a blockbuster acquisition involving BP resurfaced again this year after activist hedge fund Elliott bought nearly 5% in the UK-based supermajor and demanded changes, big and fast. BP’s shares have underperformed the stocks of the other four of the Big Oil group – Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, and Chevron – ever since 2020. Neither former BP CEO Bernard Looney, with the push toward renewables, nor his successor…

BP said on Thursday it had safely loaded the first LNG cargo for export from Phase 1 of its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Mauritania and Senegal as the UK supermajor continues to bring major projects on stream. First gas from the project was announced early this year. Now, the export of the first loaded LNG cargo from the project offshore West Africa will make Mauritania and Senegal LNG-exporting nations, contributing to global LNG supply. Phase 1 at Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) is set to produce around 2.3 million tons of LNG per year…

BP said on Thursday it had safely loaded the first LNG cargo for export from Phase 1 of its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Mauritania and Senegal as the UK supermajor continues to bring major projects on stream. First gas from the project was announced early this year. Now, the export of the first loaded LNG cargo from the project offshore West Africa will make Mauritania and Senegal LNG-exporting nations, contributing to global LNG supply. Phase 1 at Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) is set to produce around 2.3 million tons of LNG per year…

El director de la Oficina de Asuntos de Hong Kong y Macao del Consejo de Estado de China, Xia Baolong, arremetió contra los aranceles del 145 % impuestos por Estados Unidos a productos de la isla durante un discurso con motivo del Día Nacional de la Educación en Seguridad, informa China Daily....

Un juez federal dijo el miércoles que ha encontrado causa probable para declarar al gobierno del presidente Donald Trump en desacato penal al tribunal por violar sus órdenes de hacer volver a aviones que transportaban deportados a una prisión en El Salvador. La decisión del juez fed...

South Korea will leverage shipbuilding capabilities and the potential to buy more U.S. LNG in upcoming talks on the tariffs next week, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Thursday. The tariff on South Korea, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the so-called “liberation day” on April 2, was at 25%, lower than for some other Asian countries but much higher than a baseline 10% tariff. The so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’ were suspended last week for 90 days, during which countries plan to plead…

En una reunión sostenida este miércoles en su despacho, el ministro del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores, Yván Gil, expresó al embajador de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos acreditado en Caracas, Leopoldo de Gyves, «nuestro reconocimiento a la Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum por su dest...

Motiva Enterprises has finally restarted a gasoline-producing unit at its huge Port Arthur refinery in Texas, following several attempts at a restart in recent weeks after an overhaul. Motiva Enterprises, the owner of the second biggest refinery in the United States, has restarted operations at the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at Port Arthur, sources with knowledge of the plant’s operations told Reuters this week. The refinery’s FCC, which typically converts gas oil into unfinished gasoline, has a capacity of 81,000…

Motiva Enterprises has finally restarted a gasoline-producing unit at its huge Port Arthur refinery in Texas, following several attempts at a restart in recent weeks after an overhaul. Motiva Enterprises, the owner of the second biggest refinery in the United States, has restarted operations at the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at Port Arthur, sources with knowledge of the plant’s operations told Reuters this week. The refinery’s FCC, which typically converts gas oil into unfinished gasoline, has a capacity of 81,000…

Motiva Enterprises has finally restarted a gasoline-producing unit at its huge Port Arthur refinery in Texas, following several attempts at a restart in recent weeks after an overhaul. Motiva Enterprises, the owner of the second biggest refinery in the United States, has restarted operations at the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at Port Arthur, sources with knowledge of the plant’s operations told Reuters this week. The refinery’s FCC, which typically converts gas oil into unfinished gasoline, has a capacity of 81,000…

Buenos Aires, abril de 2025.- La represión contra los jubilados en Argentina ha dejado una marca imborrable en la sociedad, y el caso de Pablo Grillo, fotógrafo herido durante una protesta frente al Congreso, es un ejemplo desgarrador de las consecuencias de la violencia estatal. Grillo, quien...

17 de abril de 2025.- El gobierno de Brasil ha concedido asilo diplomático a Nadine Heredia, exprimera dama de Perú, y a su hijo menor, tras ser condenada a 15 años de prisión por delitos de lavado de activos. Esta decisión se basa en la Convención sobre Asilo Diplomático de 1954, que establec...

China has put an abrupt stop to a Russian proposal to export added volumes of natural gas eastward via Kazakhstan, deepening the financial woes of the erstwhile Russian energy behemoth, Gazprom. The Russian state-controlled entity, once a critical foreign policy instrument of the Kremlin, has been forced to abandon projects in Central Asia and Latin America recently due to a lack of fiscal muscle. Gazprom has been urgently looking east to add export volume after the dramatic loss of market share in Europe. One idea promoted by Gazprom representatives…

17 de abril de 2025.- Caracas, abril de 2025.- Como parte del asueto de Semana Santa, el Gobierno de Distrito Capital ha organizado una serie de actividades recreativas en el emblemático Paseo Los Próceres, este jueves 18 y viernes 19 de abril. El evento busca ofrecer entretenimiento y diversi...

La vicepresidenta Ejecutiva de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, sostuvo un encuentro con el embajador de la República Popular China en Venezuela, Lan Hu, con el fin de fortalecer los lazos de amistad en beneficio de ambas naciones. Por medio de redes sociales, la también ministra de H...

La Agencia Internacional de la Energía (AIE) revisó a la baja el crecimiento de la demanda mundial de petróleo en 2025 debido a la escalada de tensiones comerciales por los aranceles estadounidenses, que están lastrando las perspectivas económicas, anunció el martes. «Aunque l...

La Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América-Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (ALBA-TCP) manifestó su preocupación ante los acontecimientos registrados durante el proceso las elecciones presidenciales en Ecuador, realizadas el domingo 13 de abril de 2025. Según el comunicado of...

Filadelfia, abril de 2025.- El cuerpo de Yuleisy Carolina Torrelles Martínez, una joven venezolana de 21 años, fue hallado el pasado 5 de abril en su apartamento, ubicado sobre una tienda de comida en la cuadra 4400 de Frankford Avenue. La víctima había sido reportada como desaparecida el 2 de...