Romania spent more than 2 million euros this month detonating rocks and sinking barges in the Danube, trying to shove enough water toward the Cernavoda nuclear plant to keep its reactors cool. It didn’t work.  On Aug. 13, Nuclearelectrica began a controlled shutdown of the plant’s second reactor, the first time drought has taken Cernavoda fully offline since 2003. That is about a fifth of Romania’s electricity. Dacia and Ford idled their Romanian factories to free up power for everyone else. Europe’s drought has its…

Bajo el lema central "Nuestra América frente al nuevo orden internacional: Soberanía democrática, autonomía estratégica y cooperación regional", la ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay, se convertirá en la sede del Tercer Congreso Panamericano anual entre el 21 y el 23 de agosto de 2026.

Saudi Aramco will supply full contractual crude volumes to at least three European refiners in September, offering deliveries from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and through ship-to-ship transfers off Malta as the war disrupts the kingdom’s normal export routes, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday via The Edge Malaysia. Two European refiners will take their barrels from Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir, while a third can choose between Sidi Kerir, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu or a ship-to-ship transfer off Malta, Bloomberg reported…

Saudi Aramco will supply full contractual crude volumes to at least three European refiners in September, offering deliveries from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and through ship-to-ship transfers off Malta as the war disrupts the kingdom’s normal export routes, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday via The Edge Malaysia. Two European refiners will take their barrels from Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir, while a third can choose between Sidi Kerir, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu or a ship-to-ship transfer off Malta, Bloomberg reported…

Saudi Aramco will supply full contractual crude volumes to at least three European refiners in September, offering deliveries from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and through ship-to-ship transfers off Malta as the war disrupts the kingdom’s normal export routes, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday via The Edge Malaysia. Two European refiners will take their barrels from Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir, while a third can choose between Sidi Kerir, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu or a ship-to-ship transfer off Malta, Bloomberg reported…

Miércoles, 19 de agosto de 2026.- Conversación entre el Presidente Vladimir Putin y Anastasiya Aigorodtseva, investigadora del Instituto de Hidrodinámica Lavréntiev y vicedecana de la Universidad Estatal de Novosibirsk. La joven científica narra su trayectoria desde la escuela...

Inflation has leaped up following the reset of the energy price cap, official data has revealed, marking the likely beginning of a long run of increases in price growth.  The Office for National Statistics (ONS) put the consumer price index inflation reading at 2.9 per cent for the 12 months to July. The previous inflation reading was 2.6 per cent. Services inflation, a measure closely watched by Bank of England policymakers given it provides signals on wage pressures, eased to 3.4 per cent while core inflation, which strips out food and energy,…

El Ejecutivo Nacional, a través de la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez, anunció el inicio del Programa Nacional de Formación en oficios de la construcción, una iniciativa articulada para impulsar el sector empleo y capacitar mano de obra a nivel nacional. Fechas Clave y Proceso ...

El diputado a la Asamblea Nacional, David Uzcátegui, hizo un llamado formal para la eliminación definitiva del Sistema Patria, argumentando que la acreditación de bonos, sueldos y pensiones debe realizarse de forma directa en las cuentas bancarias de los ciudadanos, sin intermediarios ni plata...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is halting all trade, financial, and commercial ties with Iran until further notice, after saying Tehran had fired ballistic missiles targeting its territory. Late on Tuesday, the UAE’s Defense Ministry said that “assessments revealed the two ballistic missiles detected, originating from Iran, were targeting maritime navigation and fell into the sea.” A few hours earlier, the ministry had announced that the UAE’s air defense systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is halting all trade, financial, and commercial ties with Iran until further notice, after saying Tehran had fired ballistic missiles targeting its territory. Late on Tuesday, the UAE’s Defense Ministry said that “assessments revealed the two ballistic missiles detected, originating from Iran, were targeting maritime navigation and fell into the sea.” A few hours earlier, the ministry had announced that the UAE’s air defense systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards…

Este martes 18 de agosto, Estados Unidos sancionó relacionada con Venezuela a una empresa offshore con sede en las Islas Vírgenes Británicas, según un aviso publicado en el sitio web

En representación de la presidenta Delcy Rodríguez, el encargado de negocios de Venezuela en Estados Unidos (EE. UU.), Johann Álvarez, participó en el Foro Estratégico Empowering Venezuela: Energy, Investment & Opportunity, celebrado en el marco del evento IMAGE 2026 en la ciudad de Housto...

Las pérdidas derivadas de catástrofes naturales alcanzaron los 100.000 millones de dólares durante el primer semestre del 2026, de acuerdo con un estudio realizado por el Swiss Re Institute. En los resultados del estudio se establece que la cifra está por debajo de los promedios rec...

Un grupo disfrazado de Gandalf escrachó al fundador de Palantir, la firma de inteligencia artificial y espionaje masivo, en su casa del coqueto Barrio Parque. Con estilo Tolkien, exigieron que se vaya de Argentina. &...

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a massive increase of 4.4 million barrels during the week ending August 14, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 428.8 million barrels, according to government data, which is now right about at the five-year average for this time of year. The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which reported that crude oil inventories had fallen by 328,000 barrels…

A 44 días de los dos terremotos del 24 de junio de 2026, llegué a la “zona cero” de La Guaira buscando comprobar la verdadera dimensión del desastre. En ese lapso, con sus horas y minutos, creo que ni por un instante dejó de machacarnos la tristeza. Había estado acumulando muchas r...

Ukraine hit a refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region overnight in a drone attack that sparked a fire, as Kyiv continues to pound Russian energy infrastructure to reduce Russian fuel supply. One of the refineries in Ufa, in the Bashkortostan republic, caught fire as a result of the attack, the region’s governor Radiy Khabirov said on Wednesday. Ufa and the area around it host three refineries, all owned and operated by Bashneft, a unit of Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft. The Ukrainian attack overnight caused “a small…

Ukraine hit a refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region overnight in a drone attack that sparked a fire, as Kyiv continues to pound Russian energy infrastructure to reduce Russian fuel supply. One of the refineries in Ufa, in the Bashkortostan republic, caught fire as a result of the attack, the region’s governor Radiy Khabirov said on Wednesday. Ufa and the area around it host three refineries, all owned and operated by Bashneft, a unit of Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft. The Ukrainian attack overnight caused “a small…

Ukraine hit a refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region overnight in a drone attack that sparked a fire, as Kyiv continues to pound Russian energy infrastructure to reduce Russian fuel supply. One of the refineries in Ufa, in the Bashkortostan republic, caught fire as a result of the attack, the region’s governor Radiy Khabirov said on Wednesday. Ufa and the area around it host three refineries, all owned and operated by Bashneft, a unit of Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft. The Ukrainian attack overnight caused “a small…