The upcoming European Union-Central Asia summit, to be held April 3-4 in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, is seen by some European observers as a potential watershed moment that can establish Brussels’ Global Gateway strategy as a genuine competitor to China’s Belt & Road initiative for regional influence. Initial responses to a pre-summit Central Asian tour by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, however, indicate that Central Asian leaders are cautious about the EU’s bid to raise its regional profile. Kallas made a lightning…

1 de abril de 2025.- El papa Francisco se mantiene estable, con buen ánimo y continúa trabajando en su despacho, así lo dio a conocer la oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede en su última actualización sobre la salud del pontífice, en donde precisó que sus análisis de sangre son normales, mientras que ...

The latest S&P Global’s UK Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) shows that UK manufacturing’s woes have deepened. S&P Global’s latest PMI survey, which asks around 600 industrial companies about their performances, suggests that manufacturing is again in the downturn following a poor start to the year.  The latest figure showed that it decreased to 44.9, which was slightly better than the figure of 44.6 that economists had predicted.  This was the lowest reading in 17 months, compared to an average of 51.7…

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reduced its crude oil production in March, ahead of its planned production increase for May, a new Bloomberg survey showed on Tuesday. OPEC reduced its crude oil production for March to an average of 27.43 million barrels per day—a reduction of 110,000 bpd from the prior month. The reduction comes as OPEC pushes its members into tighter compliance with their production quotas. According to the survey, Nigeria saw the largest decrease in production, by 50,000 bpd, to an average of 1.5…

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reduced its crude oil production in March, ahead of its planned production increase for May, a new Bloomberg survey showed on Tuesday. OPEC reduced its crude oil production for March to an average of 27.43 million barrels per day—a reduction of 110,000 bpd from the prior month. The reduction comes as OPEC pushes its members into tighter compliance with their production quotas. According to the survey, Nigeria saw the largest decrease in production, by 50,000 bpd, to an average of 1.5…

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reduced its crude oil production in March, ahead of its planned production increase for May, a new Bloomberg survey showed on Tuesday. OPEC reduced its crude oil production for March to an average of 27.43 million barrels per day—a reduction of 110,000 bpd from the prior month. The reduction comes as OPEC pushes its members into tighter compliance with their production quotas. According to the survey, Nigeria saw the largest decrease in production, by 50,000 bpd, to an average of 1.5…

El ministro de Defensa de Ecuador, Gian Carlo Loffredo, confirmó este martes que un grupo que trabaja con el empresario y exmilitar estadounidense Erik Prince, fundador de la empresa de seguridad privada Blackwater -ahora llamada Academi-, llegará al país en los próximos días para dar asesoría...

Via Metal Miner   Over the last ten years, industrial metal prices have gone on a wild ride, rising, falling and rising again, thanks to everything from global economic swings to supply chain hiccups and geopolitical drama. If you’re in manufacturing, investing, or policy, keeping tabs on these price trends isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. Steel Historical Price Trends Steel is the backbone of construction and manufacturing, so it’s no surprise that its price moves with global demand, production capacity and trade…

Rusia criticó hoy por primera vez el plan de paz para Ucrania del presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, y advirtió que, a día de hoy, no puede aceptarlo, ya que no incluye las principales preocupaciones rusas. "Nos tomamos muy en serio los modelos y soluciones propuestos por los americanos, p...

1 de abril de 2025.- La Superintendencia Nacional para la Defensa de los Derechos Socioeconómicos (Sundde) ha aumentado la supervisión en los comercios de todo el país para atender las denuncias de cobro con el denominado dólar paralelo. La Sundde busca garantizar que los comercios cobren sus pro...

One week after the Kremlin and the White House announced a deal that aimed to halt fighting between Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea region and pave the way for a wider cease-fire, the effort is stumbling. In fact, the wider attempt to pause Europe's largest land war since World War II is also under severe strain, pulled in three different directions by three different presidents with three competing priorities. On the battlefield and across Ukraine, meanwhile, fighting and air attacks continue, as Russia pounded Ukraine's second-largest city…

1 de abril de 2025.- El presidente de la Comisión Electoral Especial del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, este lunes, presentó los nombres de los 24 candidatos postulados por el Gran Polo Patriótico (GPP) “Simón Bolívar”, de cara a las elecciones de gobernadores a real...

OPEC+ is expected to agree on a plan that would see production for the group increase in May, OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The OPEC+ group, comprised of the 12 OPEC members—Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Venezuela, Gabon, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, UAE, Congo, and Nigeria—and non-OPEC member organizations Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Oman, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Malaysia, South Sudan, Brunei, and Sudan—produce more than 45 million barrels of crude oil per day—or 59% of global oil production. The…

OPEC+ is expected to agree on a plan that would see production for the group increase in May, OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The OPEC+ group, comprised of the 12 OPEC members—Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Venezuela, Gabon, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, UAE, Congo, and Nigeria—and non-OPEC member organizations Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Oman, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Malaysia, South Sudan, Brunei, and Sudan—produce more than 45 million barrels of crude oil per day—or 59% of global oil production. The…

OPEC+ is expected to agree on a plan that would see production for the group increase in May, OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The OPEC+ group, comprised of the 12 OPEC members—Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Venezuela, Gabon, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, UAE, Congo, and Nigeria—and non-OPEC member organizations Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Oman, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Malaysia, South Sudan, Brunei, and Sudan—produce more than 45 million barrels of crude oil per day—or 59% of global oil production. The…

El sistema Metro de Caracas incorporó el tren repotenciado número 25 para la red de trenes subterráneos que operan dentro de la ciudad capital‚  informó el ministro de Transporte, Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, a través de su cuenta en Instagram. Refirió el Ministro que, con este logro,...

The Western news media on the US/Russia relations is almost always so far behind the curve, that it’s a miracle they’re still in the game. Anyone who follows the issue closely knows that the deal between the US and Russia to end the war in Ukraine has already been struck, the rest is rhetoric.  Putin knows that the mere mention of money makes Trump salivate, as shown by Netanyahu’s offer to the US of Gaza as a new gilded seaside resort. Not surprisingly, Putin followed up with an offer of another gilded seaside resort in…

El presidente de la Confederación Venezolana de Industriales (Conindustria), Luigi Pisella, precisó que la producción industrial del país creció 16,8 % en 2024, y que este año las perspectivas de crecimiento rondan el 11 %. Todo esto ocurrió tras la reactivación productiva y en medi...

Arctic LNG 2, the processing and export facility that was billed as Russia’s flagship LNG project, has gradually resumed gas processing after months of hiatus, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing industry sources and satellite images. Arctic LNG 2 has been under U.S. and EU sanctions since last year, and the project hasn’t been able to sell any cargo because of the sanctions. The first production train at the plant was shut in early October over the project developers’ inability to secure buyers amid the Western sanctions on Arctic…

Arctic LNG 2, the processing and export facility that was billed as Russia’s flagship LNG project, has gradually resumed gas processing after months of hiatus, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing industry sources and satellite images. Arctic LNG 2 has been under U.S. and EU sanctions since last year, and the project hasn’t been able to sell any cargo because of the sanctions. The first production train at the plant was shut in early October over the project developers’ inability to secure buyers amid the Western sanctions on Arctic…