President Donald Trump demanded that U.S. oil companies immediately lower gasoline prices on Monday after crude futures plunged following his decision to suspend another planned military strike on Iran. In a Truth Social post, Trump instructed producers to “get your consumer (retail!) Oil Prices DOWN, NOW!” Trump singled out Chevron CEO Mike Wirth after the executive appeared on television discussing the company’s business. Trump said Wirth failed to acknowledge the administration’s role in restoring Chevron’s position…

El candidato de Donald Trump para fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Todd Blanche, un antiguo abogado que libró al presidente de varios cargos de corrupción en el pasado, retirará la controvertida propuesta para

As with all wars, particularly in the world’s main oil and gas repository of the Middle East, the U.S./Israel-Iran conflict has long threatened to widen out to include other interested parties aside from the main protagonists. The involvement of Washington’s and Tel Aviv’s allies so far has been limited to intelligence sharing and strictly defensive air support, rather than participating in offensive bombardments. For Tehran and its proxies, support from its key longtime sponsors China and Russia has been largely focused on diplomatic…

Los bomberos trabajaban el lunes con pronósticos de vientos leves y temperaturas más bajas que podrían ayudar contra los incendios forestales en el este del estado de Washington. El fuego obligó a evacuar a 60.000 personas en el área de Spokane y destruyó al menos 600 viviendas, negocios y otr...

3 de agosto de 2026.- Más de 120.000 personas fueron evacuadas preventivamente en las provincias centrales chinas de Shaanxi y Sichuan por las fuertes lluvias registradas en los últimos días, mientras las autoridades mantienen alertas por inundaciones, riadas y otros desastres asociados a las precip...

Georgia’s only oil refinery has begun replacing Russian crude with supplies from Kazakhstan and Libya as owner Black Sea Petroleum races to avoid European Union sanctions that will go into effect in January. The Kulevi refinery received and processed Kazakh crude in July and will continue taking Kazakh barrels during August, Black Sea Petroleum said Monday, as reported by Interfax news agency. A Libyan cargo is due to arrive between August 20 and August 30 under a supply agreement signed with an unnamed international company on July 3. The…

A monkey trap offers a reward such as food that, when grasped, makes the hand too large to withdraw from the hole in the trap giving access to that food. Unless the monkey lets go, the animal is stuck. Now, the obvious choice when danger arrives is to simply let go and run. But, supposedly, monkeys won't let go even as human hunters approach and then club them to death. The war with Iran has become the Trump administration's monkey trap; potential victory over Iran is the prize in the trap. Strangely, the only prize now available is something that…

Lunes, o3 de agosto de 2026.- ¿Cómo China desplaza la influencia de EEUU? China consolida su influencia en Asia mediante inversiones, acuerdos comerciales, proyectos de infraestructura y una mayor presencia diplomática y militar. Esta estrategia busca fortalecer su liderazgo regional y reduci...

European natural gas prices plunged at opening on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had called off a planned attack on Iranian energy sites and talks on a deal would begin this week. Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices, the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, sank by 4% at the start of trade on Monday, following the 5% slump in oil prices amid renewed hopes that the U.S. and Iran are looking for a return to diplomacy. However, natural gas prices eased their losses mid-day as Europe faces another heatwave that boosts electricity…

European natural gas prices plunged at opening on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had called off a planned attack on Iranian energy sites and talks on a deal would begin this week. Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices, the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, sank by 4% at the start of trade on Monday, following the 5% slump in oil prices amid renewed hopes that the U.S. and Iran are looking for a return to diplomacy. However, natural gas prices eased their losses mid-day as Europe faces another heatwave that boosts electricity…

European natural gas prices plunged at opening on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had called off a planned attack on Iranian energy sites and talks on a deal would begin this week. Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices, the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, sank by 4% at the start of trade on Monday, following the 5% slump in oil prices amid renewed hopes that the U.S. and Iran are looking for a return to diplomacy. However, natural gas prices eased their losses mid-day as Europe faces another heatwave that boosts electricity…

Lunes, 03 de agosto de 2026.- LAS NOTICIAS: Terremoto en Egipto, Cuba sube un nuevo apagón eléctrico y Trump negocia con Irán Un terremoto de magnitud 5,6 en la escala de Richter sacudió durante la madrugada de este lunes el noreste de Egipto, con epicentro situado a unos 38 kilómetros al norte ...

En el marco de los planes de atención y contingencia para el Sistema Eléctrico Nacional (SEN), la presidenta de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, sostuvo una videoconferencia de trabajo con los gobernadores del país. El encuentro tuvo como objetivo evaluar el estatus de l...

Viena, 02 de agosto de 2026. En el marco de su última reunión ministerial telemática, la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo y sus aliados (OPEP+), liderados por Arabia Saudita y Rusia, ratificaron este domingo un incremento en sus cuotas de extracción de crudo de 188.000 barriles ...

Venezuela's long-awaited oil revival has been slower than many in Washington anticipated, according to the Wall Street Journal. Seven months after Nicolás Maduro's removal, negotiations between the interim government and major U.S. energy companies remain bogged down, with no landmark investment deals despite the country's vast crude reserves. Rather than rushing back into the country, firms such as ExxonMobil and Chevron are taking a cautious approach. Executives remain wary of Venezuela's history of nationalizing foreign assets, unresolved…

The Houthi threat to shipments of Saudi crude oil from the Red Sea hasn’t abated and more tankers laden with Saudi oil appeared to have made the transit through the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint in dark mode. Two tankers that had loaded Saudi crude at the Red Sea port of Yanbu have likely exited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in southern direction with their transponders off, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing vessel-tracking data it is monitoring. The Greece-owned Lesvos tanker of the Suezmax size and the supertanker Desh Vaibhav, flying the Indian…

The Houthi threat to shipments of Saudi crude oil from the Red Sea hasn’t abated and more tankers laden with Saudi oil appeared to have made the transit through the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint in dark mode. Two tankers that had loaded Saudi crude at the Red Sea port of Yanbu have likely exited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in southern direction with their transponders off, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing vessel-tracking data it is monitoring. The Greece-owned Lesvos tanker of the Suezmax size and the supertanker Desh Vaibhav, flying the Indian…

En el contexto de la visita a Venezuela del organismo multilateral, autoridades del Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) y del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) sostuvieron una reunión técnica centrada en política monetaria, cambiaria y asistencia técnica, tres pilares fundamentales para la cons...

Tras el doble sismo registrado el pasado 24 de junio, el Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Mincyt) puso en marcha una innovadora herramienta tecnológica destinada a transformar la gestión de riesgos en Venezuela. Se trata de un sistema desarrollado con in...

The Iran war could “halt growth” in the UK economy as the success of Andy Burnham and John Healey’s economic management largely hinges on President Trump’s decision-making, a City firm has warned.  Big Four consultancy EY has said that the UK economy could perform better than first expected this year as its growth forecast was revised up to 0.9 per cent.  But economists at the firm said baseline forecasts hinged on the opening up of the Strait of Hormuz, allowing around a fifth of global oil and gas supplies as…