Norwegian petroleum production eased in May after April's exceptionally strong performance, but the country's offshore sector continued to outperform expectations. Crude oil production came in 7.2% above official forecasts even as both oil and gas output declined from the previous month, reinforcing Norway's position as one of Europe's most reliable energy suppliers. Norway produced an average of 1.722 million barrels of crude oil per day in May, according to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. While that was down from…

24 de junio de 2026.- Funcionarios de la Policía del estado Lara incautaron cerca de 1,7 toneladas de marihuana en una zona rural de la entidad (centro-oeste), en un operativo en el que los presuntos responsables lograron escapar. El cargamento, de 1.697 kilogramos, estaba oculto en dos camioneta...

24 de junio de 2026.- Este miércoles arribó al Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía el vuelo 164 procedente de Miami, Florida, transportando a 146 ciudadanos venezolanos que regresan al país. El grupo de repatriados, compuesto por 120 hombres, 19 mujeres, 5 niños y dos niñas, fue r...

Azerbaijan is working hard to coax Turkmenistan out of its shell and integrate Ashgabat into trans-Caspian trade routes. Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev exchanged a variety of trade-related agreements with Turkmenistan’s titular head of state, Serdar Berdymukhamedov, during a June 22 ceremony in Baku. A joint statement issued after the ceremony highlighted an agreement to streamline “technical specifications” concerning the movement of goods and vehicles between the two countries, and another to harmonize “customs statistics…

Jueves, 24 de junio de 2026.- Las megamáquinas de China acaban de romper todas las reglas de la física: los expertos están asombrados. China ha impactado al mundo con máquinas que parecen romper las leyes de la física. Estas megamáquinas realizan trabajos colosales con mayor rapidez, menor coste ...

24 de junio de 2026.- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declarará el fin del brote de hantavirus que afectó a pasajeros del crucero neerlandés MV Hondius el próximo 2 de julio, si no se declaran nuevos contagios entre los 54 contactos que todavía están en cuarentena, anunció su director gene...

Jueves, 24 de junio de 2026.- Trump se lleva un golpe histórico en el Senado, Irán advierte a EEUU y Rusia alerta Estados Unidos vive un nuevo choque político por la crisis con Irán. El Senado ha aprobado una resolución para limitar los poderes de guerra del presidente Donald Trump respecto al c...

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Construction has begun on the Western world’s first grid-scale Small Modular Reactor (SMR), though small is not what comes to mind, considering that the machine will fit on two soccer fields. According to AutoNotion, a 953-tonne slab of steel and concrete was lowered into a 35-meter shaft at Ontario’s Darlington New Nuclear Project site, “ending a decade of talk” about the new nuclear technology and ushering in a period of action. The slab is the base mat of the first BWRX-300 modular plant designed by GE Vernova —…

Los primeros reportes indicaron que el fuego se originó en una de las habitaciones del segundo piso del edificio donde las mujeres vivían como inquilinas y se propagó rápidamente por el inmueble Una madre venezolana y su dos hijas perdieron la vida...

Miércoles, 24 de junio de 2026,- Vean en ese análisis de Richard Wolff el cómo Venezuela rompió el mecanismo con el que China cobraba su deuda en petróleo. Durante quince años, ese circuito consumió hasta la mitad de la producción venezolana bajo condiciones que el acreedor controlaba. Esta semana...

Russia should require its oil companies to refine at least 30% of their crude domestically to ease the fuel supply crunch, according to Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russia’s state-controlled firm Rosneft, which is the biggest oil producer in the country. Sechin sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of May, outlining potential measures to alleviate the fuel crisis, Russian daily Kommersant reported on Wednesday. In the letter, Sechin proposes firms to process at least 30% of their crude oil production, as well as…

"Empezará el empalme y mi retirada y quizás la resitencia pacífica (sic)". Con esta frase y sin reconocer abiertamente el resultado del preconteo, el presidente Gustavo Petro comenzó a hablar de su salida de la Casa de Nariño el próximo 7 de agosto.  

24 de junio de 2026.- El candidato presidencial del Pacto Histórico, Iván Cepeda, anunció este miércoles que admite los resultados de los comicios en Colombia que otorgan el triunfo al aspirante de ultraderecha, Abelardo de la Espriella. Además denunció la injerencia directa de EEUU y las maniobras ...

With hyperscalers set to spend roughly $800 billion on data-center capex this year alone, alongside reshoring and broader grid electrification, baseload power demand is poised to surge. We have made the case that intermittent solar and wind are no match for the scale and reliability requirements of the modern economy, and that nuclear power is emerging as the clean, always-on power source needed to power the AI era. The Wall Street Journal reports Tuesday morning that the Trump administration plans to supercharge the deployment of nuclear power…

Este miércoles 24 de junio, los estados Miranda, La Guaira, Aragua, Carabobo y Yaracuy conmemoran la festividad de San Juan Bautista, una tradición cuya antigüedad supera los 400 años de vigencia y que congrega anualmente a la mayor cantidad de creyentes y devotos dentro del calendario del sin...

The Moscow Oil Refinery is highly unlikely to resume production before 2027 after suffering extensive structural damage from multiple strikes by Ukraine’s long-range drones, dealing a further blow to a country grappling with severe fuel shortages, Reuters reports. Operated by Gazprom Neft, the facility in southeast Moscow is likely to remain offline for at least six months due to the severity of the damage it sustained after being struck twice within a single week in mid-June. According to industry sources cited by Reuters, the strikes compromised…

The Moscow Oil Refinery is highly unlikely to resume production before 2027 after suffering extensive structural damage from multiple strikes by Ukraine’s long-range drones, dealing a further blow to a country grappling with severe fuel shortages, Reuters reports. Operated by Gazprom Neft, the facility in southeast Moscow is likely to remain offline for at least six months due to the severity of the damage it sustained after being struck twice within a single week in mid-June. According to industry sources cited by Reuters, the strikes compromised…

The Moscow Oil Refinery is highly unlikely to resume production before 2027 after suffering extensive structural damage from multiple strikes by Ukraine’s long-range drones, dealing a further blow to a country grappling with severe fuel shortages, Reuters reports. Operated by Gazprom Neft, the facility in southeast Moscow is likely to remain offline for at least six months due to the severity of the damage it sustained after being struck twice within a single week in mid-June. According to industry sources cited by Reuters, the strikes compromised…

The Moscow Oil Refinery is highly unlikely to resume production before 2027 after suffering extensive structural damage from multiple strikes by Ukraine’s long-range drones, dealing a further blow to a country grappling with severe fuel shortages, Reuters reports. Operated by Gazprom Neft, the facility in southeast Moscow is likely to remain offline for at least six months due to the severity of the damage it sustained after being struck twice within a single week in mid-June. According to industry sources cited by Reuters, the strikes compromised…