16 de abril de 2025.- Las importaciones chinas a EEUU podrían enfrentar aranceles de hasta el 245 %, según refiere un documento de la Casa Blanca. “China ahora enfrenta un arancel de hasta el 245% sobre las importaciones a Estados Unidos como resultado de sus represalias”, indica la hoja informat...

Grid connections for businesses delivering clean energy are to be prioritised, ministers have said. The government has said so-called ‘zombie projects’ which hold up the queue for National Grid connectivity are set to be axed from the waiting list. While industries including data centres and AI, wind energy and solar projects will be accelerated for grid connections, under plans by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), aimed at addressing the issue of firms waiting up to 15 years for connectivity. The move comes after…

16 de abril de 2025.- El precio de los futuros del oro ha alcanzado este día un nuevo máximo histórico, disparándose a los 3.307 dólares por onza troy, lo que representa un aumento del 2 % con respecto a la jornada anterior. La suba de la demanda de este activo se da en medio de la incertidumbre ...

Via Metal Miner   The Aluminum Monthly Metals Index (MMI) remained sideways, as most components appeared consolidated. Overall, the index slid 0.74%, while aluminum prices experienced continued instability. Aluminum Price Volatility After Tariffs Aluminum prices have appeared increasingly volatile since the announcement of tariffs. Prices plunged after reaching a mid-March peak, breaking below their sideways range. The implementation of tariffs saw prices lose support due to demand risks. Soon after, the announcement of reciprocal tariffs…

Crude oil edged more than 2% higher on Wednesday, driven primarily by hopes that tensions will ease in the U.S.-China trade conflict and U.S. inventory data.  At 1:28 p.m. ET, Brent crude was trading up 2.09% at $66.02, while the U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was trading up 2.12% at $62.63. A weaker U.S. dollar, bullish inventory data, and renewed hopes for easing U.S.-China trade tensions are all boosting crude today, particularly following a Bloomberg report suggesting China may be open to trade talks—pending specific…

Crude oil edged more than 2% higher on Wednesday, driven primarily by hopes that tensions will ease in the U.S.-China trade conflict and U.S. inventory data.  At 1:28 p.m. ET, Brent crude was trading up 2.09% at $66.02, while the U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was trading up 2.12% at $62.63. A weaker U.S. dollar, bullish inventory data, and renewed hopes for easing U.S.-China trade tensions are all boosting crude today, particularly following a Bloomberg report suggesting China may be open to trade talks—pending specific…

Crude oil edged more than 2% higher on Wednesday, driven primarily by hopes that tensions will ease in the U.S.-China trade conflict and U.S. inventory data.  At 1:28 p.m. ET, Brent crude was trading up 2.09% at $66.02, while the U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was trading up 2.12% at $62.63. A weaker U.S. dollar, bullish inventory data, and renewed hopes for easing U.S.-China trade tensions are all boosting crude today, particularly following a Bloomberg report suggesting China may be open to trade talks—pending specific…

16 de abril de 2025.- El crecimiento de la economía mundial podría desacelerarse hasta un 2,3 por ciento en 2025, debido al incremento de las tensiones comerciales y la inseguridad, advirtió hoy ONU Comercio y Desarrollo (Unctad). Las recientes medidas arancelarias empezaron a alterar las cadenas...

Tehran is ready to ease US concerns over its nuclear activities but scrapping uranium enrichment is off the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said as the two sides prepare for a second round of talks this weekend over Iran's nuclear program. Araqchi told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting in Tehran on April 16 that Iran’s enrichment is a “real, accepted matter.” “We’re ready to build confidence in response to possible concerns, but the principle of enrichment is nonnegotiable,” he said, days ahead of…

El cacao de la hacienda La Sabaneta, en Choroní, brilló en el concurso Chocolate del Año 2025 de la ...

Turkey’s top oil refiner, Tupras, has resumed purchasing Russian Urals crude oil after a brief halt earlier this year prompted by U.S. sanctions on Moscow. According to trading sources and shipping data reviewed by Reuters, the company restarted imports following a drop in Urals prices below the G7's price cap, reaching their lowest point since 2023. Tupras had previously become one of the largest buyers of Russian crude after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In the first 11 months of 2024, Russian oil accounted for roughly 65% of Turkey’s…

Turkey’s top oil refiner, Tupras, has resumed purchasing Russian Urals crude oil after a brief halt earlier this year prompted by U.S. sanctions on Moscow. According to trading sources and shipping data reviewed by Reuters, the company restarted imports following a drop in Urals prices below the G7's price cap, reaching their lowest point since 2023. Tupras had previously become one of the largest buyers of Russian crude after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In the first 11 months of 2024, Russian oil accounted for roughly 65% of Turkey’s…

16 de abril de 2025.- El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció que decretará la emergencia sanitaria y económica en el país por un brote de fiebre amarilla que ha provocado la muerte de al menos 32 personas en lo que va de año. «Voy a decretar la emergencia económica después de la sanita...

Un grupo de científicos de la Universidad de Mie, ha desarrollado un innovador método para eliminar el cromosoma extra que causa el síndrome de Down, utilizando tecnología de edición genética en células madre pluripotentes inducidas (iPS). Los resultados de este estudio, publicados el 18 de fe...

Hoy a partir de las 6 pm, se llevará a cabo la tradicional procesión del Nazareno de San Pablo por las calles de Caracas, después que se culminen las 12 misas dentro de la Basílica de Santa Teresa y la eucaristía principal que se realizará en la plaza Diego Ibarra, pautada a las cinco de la ta...

U.S. crude oil production is set to peak at around 14 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2027, according to the Annual Energy Outlook 2025 of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). U.S. oil production is set to remain around the 14 million bpd level by 2030 and in the early 2030s, after which it is expected to decline faster through 2050 as the shale boom fades. Shale-only oil production in the United States will also peak in 2027, the EIA’s outlook says. In two years, shale output would hit its record of 10 million bpd, up from…

El acuerdo opaco entre Estados Unidos y El Salvador para enviar de forma arbitraria a inmigrantes venezolanos y de otras nacionalidades al país centroamericano es violatorio de las leyes internacionales y debe detenerse de forma inmediata, condenó Amnistía Internacional. El or...

Es 16 de abril de 2025. Han transcurrido 106 días del año y faltan 259 días para su terminación. Hoy es miércotes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cien...

El primer ministro eslovaco, Robert Fico, reiteró este jeves que asistirá a la conmemoración del 80º aniversario del final de la II Guerra Mundial a pesar de las críticas de la alta representante de la UE para Seguridad y Asuntos Exteriores, Kaja Kallas. "El 9 de mayo esta...

Mexico has temporarily suspended imports of fuels from the United States by truck as it is stepping up inspections of permits in a bid to clamp down on illegal fuel trades, sources with knowledge of the matter have told Reuters. As Mexico is stepping up cargo inspections, trucks loaded with diesel and gasoline are currently not being allowed to cross the Texas border into Mexico, according to one of Reuters’ sources involved in the delivery of fuels by truck. Mexican authorities have not yet given a timeline on when fuel trade by road would…