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The world's ten largest oil-consuming countries represented, in 2024, 61% of the global share. This percentage increases to 80% in the top 20 countries, given that total consumption had a moderate advance of 0.7% annually, according to...

The leaders of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met these days to lay the foundations of a multipolar world. At least that is what emerges from the text of the Declaration of the Tianjin Summit, a document in which...

Europe imported 9.3 million barrels of oil per day (b/d) in 2024, making the continent one of the largest oil importers in the world. As the continent reduces its dependence on Russian oil, imports from the US increased by 6% in 2024, according...

The foundation of the West is crumbling - that is what the planned participation of leaders from Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar at China's "Victory Day” military parade on September 3 in Beijing (commemorating the end of...

Since the beginning of Donald Trump's second presidential term, the USA has transformed from the defender of the democrats, the values and principles of the rule of law, as well as the rights and freedoms of the citizen, into a state in which...

The climate crisis is one of the greatest and most complex challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Although warning signs have been emerging for some time, the pace and scale of change have become alarming in recent years, affecting all...

Pentru prima dată în istorie, un producător exclusiv de cipuri - Nvidia Corp. din SUA - este cea mai valoroasă companie din lume. Ascensiunea sa fulminantă o plasează înaintea titanilor tehnologiei Microsoft Corp. şi Apple Inc., şi chiar a...

For the first time in history, a sole chipmaker - Nvidia Corp. of the United States - is the most valuable company in the world. Its meteoric rise places it ahead of technology titans Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc., and even state-owned oil giant...

Patru echipe ale clubului de robotică „Inventika Place” s-au calificat la etapele internaţionale ale World Robot Olympiad (WRO), în urma participării la faza naţională a competiţiei desfăşurată în parteneriat cu Universitatea...

Natural gas plays a key role in the global energy mix, being widely used for electricity generation, heating and as an industrial raw material.

The conflict between Israel and Iran shows no sign of de-escalation, even though, according to the Israeli press, the Tel Aviv authorities declared yesterday that they are not seeking to overthrow the political regime in Tehran, but only to...

The Damascus Stock Exchange (DSE) reopened on June 2 after a six-month suspension, thecradle.co reports, noting that Syrian officials, including Finance Minister Mohammad Yasar Barnea, attended the reopening ceremony. The move is part of what the...

Crude oil prices rose on the global commodity market yesterday as geopolitical tensions escalated after Ukraine targeted several Russian military air bases as Kiev and Moscow prepared for peace talks in Istanbul, dmarketforces.com reported.

World football has reached the point where it must decide what is more important, the game itself or all the retinue that accompanies it, where money and influence are in the foreground. A gesture that, on the surface, could have passed for a...

Romanian Olympians participating in the 2025 Asian Physics Olympics, held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, won two gold medals, two silver medals, three bronze medals and an honorable mention, according to the Ministry of Education and Research. The...

World football is facing a situation that is rekindling the discussion about sports performance and the pursuit of money - the complicated negotiations between the Brazilian Confederation and coach Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian coach's...

The Romanian team ranked first at the 42nd edition of the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (BMO), held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The remarkable performance was announced by the Ministry of Education and Research.

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), considered the most respected global authority on arms trade, last month published its latest report on international trends for the period 2020-2024. While the report highlights...

Arabia Saudită, cel mai mare exportator de petrol din lume, a redus duminică preţurile ţiţeiului pentru clienţii din Asia, destinat livrărilor din luna mai, la cel mai scăzut nivel din ultimele patru luni. Decizia vine la scurt timp după anunţul...

Brands provide a powerful source of value to companies, and currently, the value of brands, along with other intangible assets such as intellectual property and research and development (R&D), is at an all-time high of $80 trillion globally,...

The United States owes foreign investors $8.5 trillion in national debt - nearly a quarter of the total debt, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis that highlights the largest foreign holders of U.S. government securities.

An international trade union mission, present in Mexico to inspect working conditions on the construction sites of the upcoming World Cup, was categorically denied access to the Estadio Azteca. The decision has sparked controversy, and...

The US has become the main supplier of weapons to Europe, according to the report published yesterday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The cited source shows that, if in the period 2015-2019 the United States...

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has announced the introduction of paid maternity leave for female players on the tour, in a groundbreaking initiative for women's sport. The decision, financially supported by the Public Investment...

Global initial public offering (IPO) markets remained relatively healthy in 2024 despite economic uncertainties and geopolitical challenges, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which notes that overall positive investor sentiment was...

At first glance, the US-Russian negotiations that took place yesterday in Riyadh seem to resemble those of the Wild West. Donald Trump, posing as the new sheriff of the world, wants to reach an agreement with the international criminal (if we...

The great powers are currently negotiating the fate of the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, negotiations to which officials from Bucharest were not invited to participate, although Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu claims that...

In a demonstration of double standards and selective priorities, the Trump administration took an unprecedented decision on January 20: a 90-day suspension of all US foreign aid. This measure affects both military support for Ukraine and the work...

Initial public offerings (IPOs) in dollars and Indian rupees in 2024 accounted for 56% of primary equity issuances, highlighting the growing importance of the Indian capital markets, alongside traditional US venues, shows an analysis by...

Land aridity is a problem with long-term effects and is difficult to solve. About three-quarters of the Earth's surface has become "permanently drier" in recent decades, a new UN study has warned. According to the study by the UN...

What was expected, according to forecasts, will be officially recorded. 2024 will be the warmest year on record, and extraordinarily high temperatures are expected to persist at least into the first months of 2025, European Union scientists said...

The fight against polluters is an extremely tough one. At the conference in Busan, South Korea, talks for a global treaty on plastic pollution entered a critical phase, marked by strong opposition from oil-producing countries such as Saudi...

Plastic pollution has reached unprecedented levels. Four global policies could eliminate almost all plastic pollution on Earth, according to a study conducted with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) by researchers at the University of...

Environmentalists are outraged by the conclusions reached after COP29. The environmental organization Greenpeace criticized the new agreement signed in Baku at the UN Climate Change Conference, saying that negotiators gave in to the interests of...

Just as there are several major economic players globally, the US economy, at $29 trillion, is an economic powerhouse to be reckoned with, and official figures for 2023 and 2024 show that the state of California has the largest economy in the US,...

Natural resources are the backbone of modern industry, needed to produce everything that surrounds us, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which highlights a Top 10 countries in terms of the estimated value of these resources.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to dramatically transform the global economy, revolutionizing everything from labor markets to digital infrastructure and supply chains, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis.