El dólar oficial del Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se duplicó en el primer semestre de 2026, al pasar de 301,37 bolívares el 2 de enero a 623,02 bolívares el 30 de junio, según las cifras publicadas por el ente emisor. El movimiento representa un incremento de 106,7% en seis meses y una dep...

The agreement signed last week between the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC), the U.S.’s ConocoPhillips and Great Britain’s Novaterra ConocoPhillips — covering the development of new gas fields and the expansion of output at existing sites — is the latest move in Washington’s and London’s long?game for shaping Syria’s post?Assad landscape. Rather than repeat the overt, Western?fronted reconstruction model used in Iraq, both countries have opted for a subtler architecture: powerful Arab states, led by Saudi…

Los recursos fueron destinados a la Cruz Roja. "Venezuela es hogar de muchos jugadores de Grandes Ligas y el país y sus aficionados han contribuido mucho al juego del béisbol", dijo el Comisionado de Béisbol Robert D. Manfred, Jr. Major League Baseball (MLB) y la Asociació...

Gold and oil spent five months moving like they were tied to the same rope. Both caught a bid from fear that war between the United States and Iran would spiral into something markets couldn’t quite price, and both are unwinding that trade in the same quarter.  Look closer, though, and the two collapses have stopped sharing a cause. Gold fell for a third straight session Wednesday, dropping to $3,983.07 an ounce and touching its lowest level since November. The metal sank roughly 14% in the second quarter, its steepest quarterly decline…

The signs are multiplying that Vladimir Putin’s powers of coercion are rapidly fading, and his chief instruments of regional leverage are dissolving. Not only have Ukrainian drones put Russian forces on their heels in the two countries’ long-running conflict, but they are also threatening to tear apart the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Moscow’s version of NATO. Meanwhile, the Kremlin’s failure to prevent the reelection of Putin’s nemesis in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, is helping to expose…

CARACAS — En una respuesta institucional de máxima solemnidad ante la magnitud de la tragedia, el gobierno de Venezuela ha decretado oficialmente siete días de duelo y vigilia nacional en todo el territorio de la República. La medida oficial entró en vigor de manera formal a partir de la...

Global investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire EDF Power Solutions North America in a landmark $4.2-billion deal, marking the largest single renewable energy investment in the company’s history. The purchase gives KKR immediate control of one of North America’s largest clean power portfolios, adding more than 5.6 gigawatts of operating wind, solar, and battery storage assets as investors race to secure electricity generation for AI data centers and other fast-growing sources of power demand. The acquisition instantly makes KKR one…

Global investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire EDF Power Solutions North America in a landmark $4.2-billion deal, marking the largest single renewable energy investment in the company’s history. The purchase gives KKR immediate control of one of North America’s largest clean power portfolios, adding more than 5.6 gigawatts of operating wind, solar, and battery storage assets as investors race to secure electricity generation for AI data centers and other fast-growing sources of power demand. The acquisition instantly makes KKR one…

María Corina Machado

Tras el despliegue de ayuda internacional a consecuencia del doblete sísmico de magnitudes 7,2 y 7,5 ocurrido en la franja costera de Venezuela ha abierto un encendido e inmediato alerta roja y debate político en el país. Mientras miles de rescatistas e instituciones globales llegan al país ca...

Russia has confirmed its government is currently in negotiations with other countries to purchase gasoline while desperately seeking to stabilize its domestic market after months drone mayhem out of Ukraine. "Discussions are actively being held," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing Tuesday, though without specifying which countries. "If agreements can be reached at acceptable price points, then [imports] will move forward," he added. The development is surprising given that Russia remains the world's second-largest crude oil…

CARACAS / LA GUAIRA — Las luces del sector costero de Macuto, en el estado La Guaira, enmarcan las ruinas de lo que hasta hace una semana era uno de los sitios de hospedaje más importantes de Macuto, el Hotel Eduard's. El pasado miércoles 24 de junio, los pasillos y habitaciones de l...

1 de julio de 2026.- Las reservas internacionales del país cerraron en 13.998 millones de dólares al término del 26 de junio, lo cual representa un incremento de 9,23% en relación con la semana anterior, cuando se ubicó en 12.815 millones, según datos del Banco Central de Venezuela. De igual mane...

Russia has started importing refined fuel from India by sea in a bid to mitigate critical domestic fuel shortages triggered by sustained Ukrainian drone attacks on its energy infrastructure. In an exclusive Reuters report, industry sources revealed that an initial shipment of at least 60,000 metric tons (510,000 barrels) of gasoline has been dispatched from India via two tankers destined for Russian ports.  Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked offline roughly 30% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, pushing domestic refining throughput…

Russia has started importing refined fuel from India by sea in a bid to mitigate critical domestic fuel shortages triggered by sustained Ukrainian drone attacks on its energy infrastructure. In an exclusive Reuters report, industry sources revealed that an initial shipment of at least 60,000 metric tons (510,000 barrels) of gasoline has been dispatched from India via two tankers destined for Russian ports.  Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked offline roughly 30% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, pushing domestic refining throughput…

Russia has started importing refined fuel from India by sea in a bid to mitigate critical domestic fuel shortages triggered by sustained Ukrainian drone attacks on its energy infrastructure. In an exclusive Reuters report, industry sources revealed that an initial shipment of at least 60,000 metric tons (510,000 barrels) of gasoline has been dispatched from India via two tankers destined for Russian ports.  Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked offline roughly 30% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, pushing domestic refining throughput…

Saudi Arabia and Algeria have officially cut selling prices for liquefied petroleum ‌gas (LPG) for the month of July amid increased global market supply. Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, has lowered its official selling prices (OSPs) for a metric ton of propane by $180 to $580 per ton and by $220 to $600 per ton for butane while Sonatrach, Algeria’s state-owned oil producer, has lowered July OSPs for propane by $57/ton to $518 and and for butane by $10/ton to $600, according to Reuters reporting on Wednesday.…

A firm planning to mine uranium in northern Italy has drawn up plans for a London float as it seeks to capitalise on renewed interest in nuclear technology. Reveille Resources, which will be operated by Ippolito Ingo Cattaneo alongside his father, Andrea Cattaneo, is preparing to join London’s small-cap Aquis exchange as soon as this week. The firm said its initial focus will be on two historical uranium deposits in Lombardy, northern Italy, known as Novazza and Val Vedello, for which licence applications were submitted last year. Evidence…

Renewable energy accounted for a record-high 58% of Germany’s electricity consumption in the first half of 2026, up from 55.8% for the same period last year, the latest estimates by industry associations ZSW and BDEW showed on Wednesday. Germany is looking to boost its solar and wind power generation sectors with ambitious goals and legislative changes to ease and streamline the permitting processes. Europe’s biggest economy has a target to install 10 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity every year to have renewables account for 80%…

Renewable energy accounted for a record-high 58% of Germany’s electricity consumption in the first half of 2026, up from 55.8% for the same period last year, the latest estimates by industry associations ZSW and BDEW showed on Wednesday. Germany is looking to boost its solar and wind power generation sectors with ambitious goals and legislative changes to ease and streamline the permitting processes. Europe’s biggest economy has a target to install 10 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity every year to have renewables account for 80%…