Donald Trump despidió a la Bibliotecaria del Congreso, Carla Hayden, una decisión que podría considerarse hoy un nuevo ataque del presidente de Estados Unidos al arte y la cultura. Hayden, primera mujer y también primera afroamericana en ocupar el cargo, fue relevada del puesto, seg...

Sotana blanca con la clásica muceta roja, la cruz pectoral dorada con bordados y el solideo blanco, la vestimenta papal tradicional que no se veía desde 2005, reapareció este j...

Indonesia plans to slash its fuel imports from Singapore and source more refined products from the United States as the country looks to negotiate lower tariffs with the U.S. Indonesia was slapped with one of the highest tariffs - 32% - in the “liberation day” tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump in early April. These tariffs have been suspended for 90 days, during which the Trump Administration expects most countries to come pleading their cases and promising to boost their imports of U.S. goods to avoid high tariffs. In…

Indonesia plans to slash its fuel imports from Singapore and source more refined products from the United States as the country looks to negotiate lower tariffs with the U.S. Indonesia was slapped with one of the highest tariffs - 32% - in the “liberation day” tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump in early April. These tariffs have been suspended for 90 days, during which the Trump Administration expects most countries to come pleading their cases and promising to boost their imports of U.S. goods to avoid high tariffs. In…

El nuevo papa León XIV se ha mostrado públicamente como un crítico a las políticas migratorias implementadas por la Administración de Donald Trump, ya que a través de sus redes...

Robert Prevost, quien fue elegido como el nuevo Sumo pontífice este jueves, realizó una visita a Venezuela en septiembre de 2023. En aquel entonces, el ahora Papa se desempeñaba como Prefecto del Dicasterio para los Obispos del Vaticano y participó activamente en las festividades en honor a la...

9 de mayo de 2025.- El precio del bitcoin, la criptodivisa más popular, ha experimentado una subida significativa, superando los 100.000 dólares. Según analistas del mercado, el valor se disparó en medio del anuncio de la Casa Blanca de que EE.UU. y el Reino Unido, el cual han alcanzado un conven...

Oil prices are on track to post a weekly gain amid expectations that the first U.S. trade deal post-tariffs, with the UK, could be a good sign of thaw in the tense trade relations ahead of the U.S.-China talks this weekend. As of 9:45 a.m. EDT on Friday, the front-month U.S. benchmark futures, WTI Crude, were up by 0.92% at $60.42. The international benchmark, Brent Crude, was rising by 0.80% at $63.31. After posting a weekly loss last week, oil was on track early on Friday for a weekly gain this week, after the U.S. and the UK announced on Thursday…

The U.S. is proposing that the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks (TFCR) at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) be downgraded to a working group, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources briefed on the matter. The Basel Committee is the top global regulator of the banking sector, and its 45 members comprise central banks and bank supervisors from 28 jurisdictions. For the United States, the representatives on the committee are four institutions – the Fed, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Office…

The U.S. is proposing that the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks (TFCR) at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) be downgraded to a working group, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources briefed on the matter. The Basel Committee is the top global regulator of the banking sector, and its 45 members comprise central banks and bank supervisors from 28 jurisdictions. For the United States, the representatives on the committee are four institutions – the Fed, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Office…

Mexico’s Pemex plans to reopen mature oil wells in a bid to increase production, which has been in a steady decline for years. According to a Reuters report, the Mexican state energy firm filed a report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying it expected this year’s average daily oil output to 1.58 million barrels daily. This compares to a government production target of 1.8 million barrels daily. To stem this decline, Pemex seems to be considering reopening idled wells, according to sources that Reuters did not name.…

Some of China’s independent refiners, the so-called teapots, are making a rare foray into the prompt Middle Eastern crude supply by buying cargoes of Abu Dhabi’s Murban grade for delivery in June, anonymous sources with knowledge of the deals told Bloomberg on Friday. The buyers, independent refiners Fuhai Group Co. and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group, bought 1 million barrels of Murban crude each, at a premium of about $5 above the August ICE Brent futures, traders told Bloomberg.               …

En un gesto que resuena con fuerza en el tablero geopolítico mundial, la Federación de Rusia manifestó su firme respaldo a la aspiración de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela de integrarse como miembro pleno al bloque de los BRICS. Este respaldo se enmarca en el Acuerdo de Asocia...

Venezuela amanece con cielo mayormente nublado y algunas zonas con nubosidad fragmentada, asociadas a precipitaciones de intensidad variable, eventuales descargas eléctricas y ocasionales ráfagas de viento, siendo más intensas en la Guayana Esequiba, Bolívar, nororiente, Guárico, oeste de Apur...

Half a dozen Big Oil companies have “run the numbers” on a potential BP acquisition, the Financial Times has reported, citing unnamed industry sources. Shell has got all the headlines as a potential suitor for BP, but Exxon, Chevron, TotalEnergies, and Adnoc have also studied the possibility of acquiring the supermajor, as has commodity trading house Vitol, according to the FT sources. BP is worth close to $160 billion on a sum-of-the-parts basis, the FT reported, excluding debt and liabilities. This is more than twice as much as its…

Este jueves en Moscú, capital de Rusia, los presidentes de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro y de China, Xi Jinping, conversaron, durante una cena de alto nivel ofrecida por el mandatario Vladímir Putin a los invitados especiales que participarán el viernes en el gran desfile por los 80 años de la vic...

The UK government will impose sanctions on as many as 100 tankers that it says are used to ship Russian crude oil abroad. Bloomberg reports that this constitutes a 75% increase in the number of sanctioned so-called shadow fleet vessels. This, Downing Street said, will make the UK the country that has sanctioned the most tankers carrying Russian oil. Initially, it targeted 133 vessels with sanctions, the Bloomberg report also noted. The UK has already sanctioned 41 vessels used to transport Russian oil abroad. Of these, however, 39 have continued…

2025-04-11 Gaceta Oficial 43107 SUMARIO MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA RELACIONES INTERIORES, JUSTICIA Y PAZ Resolución que designan a los ciudadanos que en ella se mencionan, como integrantes de la Junta Especial Pro Tempore Ad Hoc encargados de la Ad...

09-05-25.-El colector de un autobús agredió de manera brutal a un adulto mayor porque este último pagó la mitad del pasaje. El hecho se registró en la avenida Las Ferias, al sur de Valencia, capital carabobeña, informó el fiscal general, Tarek William Saab. El alto funcionario detalló que el Mini...

09-05-25.-Antes de ser electo sumo pontífice, el papa León XIV saludó a Venezuela y a su patrona la Virgen de Coromoto, cuyo santuario está en Guanare, capital del estado Portuguesa. Monseñor Robert Prevost saludó a los venezolanos en el marco de las festividades en honor a Nu...