Kyrgyzstan’s election to a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council came after a diligent campaign to gain support for its candidacy. It means a Central Asian state will have a seat on the UN’s most powerful body for the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Attention now turns to what Kyrgyzstan wants to do — and what it will be able to do — on the Security Council. “This is a new test for us,” Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said during a speech in late June. “We view membership…

31 de julio de 2026.- Desde el bulevar Naiguatá de la parroquia Caraballeda en el estado La Guaira, el ministro para la Energía Eléctrica, ingeniero Rolando Alcalá, junto al gobernador del estado La Guaira, José Alejandro Terán, informó sobre la restitución del 98% en el suministro de energía para e...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 588, up 48 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs rose by 1, reaching 451 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 41 above this same time last year. The number of gas rigs stayed the same at 127, which is 3 more than this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed at 10. The latest EIA data showed that weekly…

31 de julio de 2026.- Italia anunció el cierre de la frontera marítima y aérea con España, en pleno choque diplomático entre ambos países por la crisis migratoria en Ceuta. Según informan medios italianos, el Ministerio del Interior ha ordenado el cierre de las fronteras marítimas y aéreas con Es...

31 de julio de 2026.- La ministra del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria, Ana María Sanjuán, anunció este jueves en rueda de prensa el inicio de una prórroga de 15 días para el desarrollo del proceso de registro en el Sistema Nacional de Ingreso (OPSU). “El Sistema Nacional de Ingreso ...

Ukraine has struck one of Russia’s biggest refineries, Lukoil’s Volgograd processing facility, the Ukrainian forces said on Friday as they resumed attacks on Russian refining capacity. The Volgograd refinery, which has the capacity to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude, produces gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. It was hit by Ukrainian forces, Ukraine’s Security Service said in a Telegram post on Friday. The hit was “successful,” Ukraine said, without offering details as to the extent of damage. Andrei Bocharov,…

Ukraine has struck one of Russia’s biggest refineries, Lukoil’s Volgograd processing facility, the Ukrainian forces said on Friday as they resumed attacks on Russian refining capacity. The Volgograd refinery, which has the capacity to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude, produces gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. It was hit by Ukrainian forces, Ukraine’s Security Service said in a Telegram post on Friday. The hit was “successful,” Ukraine said, without offering details as to the extent of damage. Andrei Bocharov,…

Brent is set for an 8% weekly loss, but ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea continue to support oil prices near $90 a barrel. Friday, July 31, 2026 Oil prices are set for an 8% weekly loss after the sell-off earlier this week was halted by the reality of two disrupted waterways in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia seeking to organize a maritime coalition against the Houthis. The IRGC claims to have turned around several tankers in the Strait of Hormuz; however, that could also suggest shippers won’t give up on exiting…

Iranian-designed drones have wreaked havoc for Ukrainian forces battling Russian troops as Moscow took Tehran's technology and ran with it, supercharging production and deploying drones in devastating droves in its all-out war against Kyiv. As far as Ukraine is concerned, that makes Iran an indirect combatant. And that means Iranian cargo ships heading to Russia are fair game as far as military targets go. That's what happened this weekend in the Caspian Sea, and Tehran is not happy.Moscow's 53-month-old invasion has scrambled politics for Europe.…

Unas 1.338 personas figuran como desaparecidas tras los sismos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 registrados hace un mes en La Guaira, según los datos preliminares presentados este jueves por el gobernador de la entidad, José Alejandro Terán, con base en el Registro Único de Viviendas.

De acuerdo con un reporte de la Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (Funvisis), la tarde de este jueves 30 de julio, se registró un nuevo movimiento telúrico de magnitud 3.5 al norte de Güiria, estado Sucre. El sismo de magnitud 3,5 se ubicó a 19 kilómetros al norte...

Las principales refinerías de Corea del Sur analizan la posibilidad de importar petróleo venezolano como parte de una estrategia para diversificar sus fuentes de suministro, en un contexto marcado por las interrupciones del transporte marítimo en el estrecho de Ormuz y la creciente incertidumb...

El tipo de cambio oficial cerrará julio con un aumento de 19,84% en comparación con el mes anterior y se ubicará en 746,63 bolívares por unidad este viernes 31, mientras que, en lo que va de 2026, el precio de la divisa estadounidense acumula un incremento de 150,43%. La variación i...

El presidente del Estado Mayor para la Creación de los Campamentos Transitorios y Viviendas, Jorge Rodríguez informó este jueves que inició la construcción de 1.875 viviendas destinadas a familias afectadas por el doble terremoto que sacudió a Venezuela el 24 de junio pasado, como parte del Pl...

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is making one of the most significant changes to Middle Eastern crude pricing in years, announcing that all of its Abu Dhabi crude grades will move to a prompt-month pricing methodology based on the Platts Dubai benchmark from November 1, 2026. The move marks a notable evolution in the company's pricing strategy. Rather than pricing cargoes two months ahead using ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (IFAD) Murban futures, ADNOC will now price Murban, Das, Upper Zakum and Umm Lulu against prompt-month Platts Dubai, with…

La Agencia Espacial Europea (AEE) aseguró este martes que los daños extremos en el doble terremoto de Venezuela dejaron en Caracas y en La Guaira, con cierto desplazamiento hacia abajo al norte de la falla de Boconó, un desplazamiento de 65 centímetros,

  Con la finalidad de consolidar un modelo productivo intensivo basado en la ciencia, la innovación y la organización popular ,productoras y productores agrícolas de los municipios Páez y Acevedo del estado Miranda, recibieron 7 mil 540 plántulas de cacao de alta calidad. ...

LONDRES (IPS) India ha suministrado armas a Israel pese al "riesgo sustancial" de que se utilicen en "el genocidio israelí en curso de la población palestina en la Franja de Gaza ocupada", denunció la organización de derechos humanos

ADNOC is changing the pricing formula used for its flagship crude grades. The oil giant said Friday it will move away from its ICE Futures Abu Dhabi-based pricing methodology, which prices crude off the Murban futures contract two months ahead of loading, and switch to a prompt-month system built around the Platts Dubai benchmark.  The change takes effect Nov. 1 and covers all four of ADNOC's Abu Dhabi grades: Murban, Das, Umm Lulu and Upper Zakum. Under the new formula, ADNOC will set official selling prices using the Platts Dubai assessment…

Desde el 21 de julio 2026, "se ha lanzado una campaña internacional ...