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Endrick debutará con Lyon en la Copa de Francia el domingo
LYON, Francia (AP) — El delantero brasileño Endrick está listo para debutar con Lyon en la Copa de Francia contra Lille el domingo, pero es poco probable que sea titular.
Endrick, de 19 años, fue cedido por el Real Madrid hasta el final de la temporada después de haber jugado muy poco para el gigante español durante esta campaña.
“Honestamente, no está listo para jugar 90 minutos. Pero estoy seguro de que jugará algunos”, dijo el técnico de Lyon, Paulo Fonseca, el viernes. “Ha participado en todas las sesiones de entrenamiento con nosotros”.
Endrick disputó apenas tres partidos con el Madrid esta temporada bajo el nuevo entrenador Xabi Alonso. Se le alentó a buscar tiempo de juego en otro club por Carlo Ancelotti, el ex entrenador del Madrid que ahora dirige a la selección de Brasil.
Bajo la dirección de Ancelotti la temporada pasada, Endrick anotó siete goles en 37 partidos para el Madrid y llamó la atención con su velocidad, habilidad para el regate y, ocasionalmente, definiciones espectaculares.
Endrick anotó tres goles para Brasil el año pasado, incluyendo contra Inglaterra y España.
Inició su carrera en Palmeiras. Anotó 21 goles en 82 partidos con el club de Sao Paulo para eventualmente firmar con el Madrid.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/endrick-debutar-con-lyon-en-la-copa-de-francia-el-domingo/
Happening Today: Trump Meeting With US Oil Execs From Exxon, Shell, Others, To Discuss Venezuela
Happening Today: Trump Meeting With US Oil Execs From Exxon, Shell, Others, To Discuss Venezuela
President Trump is convening top oil executives at the White House on Friday as part of a push to steer U.S. companies toward investing in Venezuela’s struggling oil industry, CBS reported today.
Leaders from Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy and Hilcorp are expected to attend, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Wright has already held separate talks with several executives earlier in the week.
According to the White House, the discussions will center on “investment opportunities that will restore Venezuelan oil infrastructure.”
Trump has argued that Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could help revive its economy while also benefiting U.S. consumers and energy companies. In a recent interview, he said he wants companies to commit at least $100 billion to “rebuild the whole oil infrastructure” in the country.
The administration has tightened pressure on Venezuela through a new oil “quarantine,” including the seizure of another tanker Friday, the fifth such action in recent weeks. Rubio said the strategy gives the U.S. “tremendous leverage” and that Washington plans to sell up to 50 million barrels of sanctioned crude on the open market, with the proceeds under U.S. control.
Chevron remains the only major U.S. oil producer still operating in Venezuela after the industry was nationalized under Hugo Chávez, and it is unclear how quickly other firms would move in. Analysts caution that high costs, political uncertainty and Venezuela’s history of asset seizures could slow new investment. Venezuelan crude is also heavy and more difficult to refine, though some Gulf Coast refineries are equipped to handle it.
Recall, we wrote Energy Sec. Chris Wright will be in Miami for the Goldman Sachs Energy, Clean Tech & Utilities Conference, a major industry gathering that will bring together executives from Chevron, ConocoPhillips and other producers. Chevron remains the only global oil supermajor maintaining operations inside Venezuela.
Bloomberg writes that despite Venezuela holding the world’s largest proven crude reserves, experts estimate restoring its oil system would require approximately $10 billion in investment every year for the next decade.
Industry participants say interest in the country is real, but the recent removal of President Nicolás Maduro alone is not enough to unlock capital. Companies want clarity on whether a durable government will emerge, whether contracts and the rule of law will be respected, and whether US political support for their presence in Venezuela will extend beyond Trump’s term in office.
Earlier this week we wrote that President Donald Trump said the US may subsidize American oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s energy sector, arguing the plan would strengthen Venezuela’s recovery and protect US economic interests after the removal of Nicolás Maduro.
In an interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump said US firms could have expanded operations in the country “up and running” in less than 18 months — a timeline that sharply conflicts with expert estimates that reconstruction could take a decade and cost more than $100 billion.
“I think we can do it in less time than that, but it’ll be a lot of money,” Trump said. “A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent and the oil companies will spend it, and then they’ll get reimbursed by us or through revenue.”
Tyler Durden
Fri, 01/09/2026 – 10:05
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-meeting-us-oil-execs-discuss-venezuela-today
Supreme Court Skips Tariff Ruling
Supreme Court Skips Tariff Ruling
Update (1004ET): The USSC did not rule on tariffs Monday, instead issuing a ruling on Bowe vs. United States – concerning whether federal prisoners can ask the Supreme Court to review their sentences. The case was sent back to a lower court.
And so, we wait…
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The US Supreme Court may rule today on the legality of President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, marking a major test of presidential powers. Specifically, the Court is considering whether Trump’s use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) – which constitute about half of the tariffs we’ve seen under Trump.
As we noted yesterday, the court never says in advance which decisions are ready for release, only that rulings in argued cases are possible when the justices take the bench at 10:00 a.m. Washington time. That said, a tariff decision is a possibility given the court’s expedited handling of the case so far.
Trump invoked IEEPA to impose his ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on nearly every foreign trade partner to address what he called a national emergency over US trade deficits. He invoked it again to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico over fentanyl trafficking into the United States.
During arguments on Nov. 5, the court seemed skeptical over Trump’s authority to use IEEPA, leading most observers observers, including betting markets, to conclude a high probability they’re struck down at least in part. The Trump administration is appealing lower court rulings that he overstepped his authority, while Trump himself said a Supreme Court ruling against the tariffs would be a “terrible blow” to the United States.
That said, even if that happens, the Trump administration has several other legal avenues they can pursue. As Deutsche Bank notes;
For instance, the sectoral tariffs (e.g. on steel and aluminum) aren’t covered by the court ruling, whilst another option would be to use Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, which permits temporary 15% tariffs for 150 days.
And Goldman:
This won’t be the end of tariffs… the administration will almost certainly roll out alternative legal frameworks. Net result is probably slightly fewer tariffs, materially more trade uncertainty, and some incremental deficit concerns. Net-net, that’s mildly supportive for equities and mildly negative for bonds… but largely priced for both.
The cases under consideration by the Supremes were brought by businesses affected by the tariffs and 12 mostly blue US states.
The opinions will be available here.
Customs Gets Ready
In anticipation of a ruling against the tariffs, US Customs has set a new deadline for US importers to file for electronic refunds: February 6th.
The agency also published details of a new process on Jan. 2, which was established as part of a March 24 Trump executive order on modernizing government payments and phasing out physical checks, CNBC reports.
The new digital Customs system is called ACE (Automated Commercial Environment), a secure electronic portal allowing businesses to file import/export data, manage trade information, and comply with regulations. ACE will manage the ACH refunds.
Prior to this, importers had to manually set up an account in the ACH network with Customs to pay duties or receive funds by email. Once that email was received by Customs, someone in the agency had to enter the data and then confirm the account had been set up, according to Lori Mullins, director of operations at Rogers & Brown Custom Brokers.
The Court is also considering cases involving the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and a Colorado law banning psychotherapists from conducting “conversion therapy” to try and un-gay a child.
Tyler Durden
Fri, 01/09/2026 – 09:55
Fox Valley heart patient unfurls ‘Bear Down’ flag at Chicago Bears game
Advocate Sherman Hospital Care heart patient Diana Esposito, of Elgin, unfurled a giant “Bear Down” flag Sunday, Jan. 4, before the Chicago Bears game against the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field.
Esposito, 72, graduated from the cardiac rehabilitation program a year ago after undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure at Sherman, according to a news release.
Esposito is a retired physical education teacher and former athlete. In 2024, she was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, a disease in which the aortic valve narrows and restricts blood flow. She also learned she was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, a heart defect where the valve has two cusps instead of three.
TAVR offers an effective alternative to traditional open-heart surgery, with quicker recovery and reduced risk of complications, the release said. Esposito also received a pacemaker that helped detect atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm.
Nominations sought for Waubonsee award
Nominations are currently being accepted for Waubonsee Community College’s 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award, officials with the college said.
Nominations must be received by Saturday, Jan. 31, to be considered for this year, according to a press release from the college.
The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes Waubonsee graduates who demonstrate exceptional achievement and meaningful, ongoing contributions to their professions, communities and alma mater, the release said. The individual must have completed an associate’s degree or certificate program at Waubonsee Community College and may not be a current employee of the college.
Self-nominations accompanied by a letter of recommendation are welcome, officials said.
Nominations can be submitted online at waubonsee.edu/distinguished-alumnus-award. For questions or additional information, contact Karen Marker, Development and Alumni Relations coordinator, at kmarker@waubonsee.edu.
New program set to begin at Senior Services
Senior Services Associates will host Bingocize, a 10-week evidence-based health promotion program focusing on the prevention of falls, at its facility at 2111 Plum St. in Aurora.
The program will be offered at 2 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays from Jan. 12 to March 26, according to a press release from Senior Services.
The free program incorporates exercising to improve range of motion, balance, muscle strength and cardio-respiratory endurance all while earning the chance to win prizes, according to the release.
To sign up for the program, call 630-897-4035.
Man City ficha a Semenyo de Bournemouth en un operación de 87 millones de dólares
MANCHESTER, Inglaterra (AP) — El Manchester City fichó el viernes al delantero ghanés Antoine Semenyo para reforzar sus opciones de ataque de cara a la lucha por los títulos de la Liga Premier y la Liga de Campeones.
Semenyo, autor de 10 goles y uno de los mejores atacantes en el fútbol inglés esta temporada, se marcha de Bournemouth tras un acuerdo valorado en 65 millones de libras (87 millones de dólares). Firmó un contrato de cinco años y medio.
Proporcionará competencia al grupo de extremos del City que ya incluye a Jeremy Doku, Omar Marmoush, Savinho y Oscar Bobb, y también podría ser un suplente para Erling Haaland, el único delantero de experiencia en la plantilla.
Savinho y Bobb están actualmente lesionados. Marmoush, que se encuentra en la Copa Africana de Naciones con Egipto, no ha sido tomado en cuenta esta temporada por el técnico Pep Guardiola.
Semenyo, de 26 años, también había estado sonado para firmar con el Manchester United y Liverpool. Militó en Bournemouth durante dos años y medio tras llegar procedente del Bristol City de la segunda división.
“Me describiría como un jugador potente, rápido, fuerte y letal frente a la portería, pero que sigo mejorando. Siento que aún no he alcanzado mi máximo nivel”, manifestó Semenyo en un comunicado del City. “Es un verdadero privilegio estar aquí”.
“Todavía me queda mucho por aprender y unirme al City va a ser lo mejor para mi desarrollo”, añadió.
‘Talento dado por Dios’
Semenyo cerró su paso con Bournemouth, anotando el gol de la victoria en tiempo de descuento contra Tottenham el miércoles. Lo hizo con un remate desde fuera del área.
“Todo simplemente se alineó”, dijo el delantero, cuya habilidad con ambos pies lo convierte en un peligro en cualquiera de las bandas.
“Es muy difícil para los defensores marcarme, es mi talento dado por Dios”, dijo Semenyo en declaraciones proporcionadas por el City.
El entrenador del City, Pep Guardiola, ha mostrado disposición para jugar más al contraataque esta temporada en un cambio de estilo, y el director de fútbol del club, Hugo Viana, dijo que Semenyo era un fichaje “ideal”.
“Estamos constantemente observando jugadores en todo el mundo. Antoine era el que más queríamos”, dijo Viana Ha demostrado que puede rendir en la Liga Premier Es humilde, trabajador, profesional y totalmente enfocado en ser un mejor futbolista”.
El City marcha segundo en la Premier, seis puntos detrás del Arsenal en su intento de recuperar el título después de cederlo a Liverpool la temporada pasada.
El equipo de Guardiola marcha cuarto en la clasificación de la Liga de Campeones de 36 clubes con dos partidos por disputar en la fase de liga. Los ocho primeros se clasifican automáticamente para los octavos de final.
Semenyo nunca ha jugado en la Champions. Podría debutar el sábado con el City contra Exeter en la tercera ronda de la Copa FA.
“No sé si será titular, pero seguro que estará convocado”, dijo Guardiola.
El City también encara las semifinales de la Copa de la Liga Inglesa, tocándole visitar a Newcastle en el primer partido el martes.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Fuerzas de EEUU interceptan otro petrolero sancionado en el mar Caribe, afirma Ejército
Por KONSTANTIN TOROPIN y AAMER MADHANI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Las fuerzas de Estados Unidos abordaron otro petrolero en el Mar Caribe, informó el Ejército estadounidense el viernes, en un momento en que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump continúa apuntando a los petroleros sancionados que viajan hacia y desde Venezuela.
La medida fue realizada antes del amanecer por los Marina de Guerra y la Armada de Estados Unidos, como parte del despliegue de fuerzas que lleva meses en el Caribe, según el Comando Sur de Estados Unidos, que declaró: “no hay refugio seguro para los criminales” al anunciar la incautación del buque llamado Olina.
De momento, los oficiales de la Marina no han podido proporcionar detalles sobre si la Guardia Costera estadounidense formó parte de la fuerza que tomó el control del buque, como ha sido el caso en incautaciones anteriores. Un portavoz de la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos dijo que por ahora no hay comentarios sobre la incautación.
El Olina es el quinto petrolero que ha sido incautado por las fuerzas de Estados Unidos como parte de un esfuerzo más amplio del gobierno de Trump para controlar la distribución de los productos petroleros de Venezuela a nivel mundial, tras la destitución de Nicolás Maduro por parte en una sorpresiva incursión nocturna estadounidense.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Meta Signs Massive Nuclear Energy Deal
Meta Signs Massive Nuclear Energy Deal
Meta revealed this morning a slew of new agreements with key players in the nuclear power industry, in an urgent bid to provide clean energy for its rapidly expanding data center empire.
The initial plan is to offtake over 2000 MW of power from nuclear power plants owned by Vistra energy in Ohio, assist with fast tracking two reactors from TerraPower, and send a pre-payment to Oklo for securing nuclear fuel and advancing the first stage of a project in Ohio.
Shares of VST and OKLO spiked about 10% and 20%, respectively, in the premarket.
As we’ve noted repeatedly over the past year, there never seems to be enough power for data centers, which is why today’s agreement is likely just the first step of many such deals. This latest plan unveils a roadmap for upwards of 6.6 GW of power, enough to power about 5 million American homes.
Instead, Meta will thankfully be using this new power for a higher calling: ensuring you get just the right ads on your Instagram feed coupled with more AI slop videos. Why pay for rent when you can have targeted advertising, sending you power bills sharply higher?
Impressively claiming that multiple gigawatts of nuclear energy isn’t enough, the 20-year power purchase agreement with Vistra will be used to finance over 400 MW of power up rates at existing nuclear plants in Ohio in Pennsylvania.
While keeping to the nuclear theme but executing a heavy shift from time-tested light water reactors to comparatively untested liquid sodium reactors, Meta has also signed deals for additional expansion plans with Oklo and TerraPower after the initial phase described above.
Bill Gates’ TerraPower will provide up to six additional reactor plants, which hold power peeking abilities of about 500 MW each, for Meta’s data centers. Oklo will also commence the development of their newly announced nuclear energy campus in Ohio with a goal of 1200 MW of sodium cooled reactor power production.
There seems to be an interesting split in the preference of technology between hyperscalers and the US government. The Department of Energy recently dumped $400 million each for light water reactor developers GE Vernova and Holtec for their 300 MW designs, while hyperscalers seem to be preferring light water only when they are already built and operating. Outside of the existing plants, the tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Meta have signed major agreements with the more novel plant designers with reactors in the liquid sodium and molten salt categories.
Even taking in account the billions of dollars invested in advanced nuclear, only half the headaches are addressed by conquering the engineering headaches of designing and constructing these novel plants. Consistent operations with high uptime could take years to master, as evidenced by how many decades it took the large light water reactor fleet to reach their golden 90%+capacity factor.
Tyler Durden
Fri, 01/09/2026 – 09:26
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/meta-signs-massive-nuclear-energy-deal
Minnesota shooting videos challenge administration narrative, policing experts question tactics
The federal officer steps in front of the Honda SUV, parked nearly perpendicular across a one-way residential street in Minneapolis, with snow piled up on the curb.
Within seconds, he would shoot and kill the driver, Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three.
Federal officials said the officer acted in self-defense, that the driver of the Honda was engaging in “an act of domestic terrorism” when she pulled forward toward him and that he was lucky to escape alive.
Policing experts say some of the choices the officer made in that moment defy practices nearly every law enforcement agency have followed for decades.
Immigration agents’ poor tactics in Chicago made for needless safety risks, experts say
‘A dangerous decision to make’
Videos filmed by bystanders from several angles show the Honda stopped on Portland Avenue just before the shooting. It’s straddling multiple lanes, but not entirely blocking traffic: the driver-side window is open, the driver waving their left arm as if to signal cars to go around. One large SUV drives around the front of the Honda and down the street. Multiple unmarked federal vehicles are idling on the road nearby.
Some bystanders heckle officers: “Go home to Texas,” one woman shouts from the sidewalk. “Why won’t you let your faces be seen?” shouts another. Some blow whistles to alert neighbors immigration agents are in the area, others honk.
A gray four-door Titan truck comes to a stop facing the driver’s side of the Honda. Two officers climb out and approach the Honda. Both officers wear what appear to be wool hats and black masks covering their noses and mouths.
Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good
A woman can be heard saying “go around.”
One officer says, “Get out of the car. Out of the car. Get out of the f—ing car.”
The Honda’s reverse lights come on, and it begins to roll slowly backward as one of the officers grabs the driver-side door handle and tries to pull it twice, then puts his arm into the open driver’s window.
A third officer, who had been out of the way on the passenger side of the car then walks around the Honda’s hood, stands just in front of the driver and appears to be holding his phone up like he’s filming.
“Why would he do that? Why would he put himself in a more dangerous position than he was already in?” asked Geoffrey P. Alpert, an expert on policing at the University of South Carolina, who called it “absurd” for an officer to use his body to try to block a 4,000-pound SUV.
What to know about the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis
Darrel W. Stephens, former chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, also pointed to this moment as the baffling first step in a series of questionable actions that most police departments have discouraged for years. As a police chief, he prohibited officers from standing in front of cars in the early 1990s.
“I can’t explain why he would stand there and place himself in front of the car,” Stephens said. “That’s a dangerous decision to make.”
‘A 4,000 pound unguided missile’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the incident as an “act of domestic terrorism” carried out against ICE officers by a woman who “attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle. An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him.”
President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the ICE officer shot the driver in self-defense. Trump said based on that video “it is hard to believe he is alive.” He said the driver “viciously ran over the ICE officer.”
But it’s unclear in the videos if the car makes contact with the officer.
The Honda starts to drive forward, its tires turning to the right as the officer stands in front.
“Why doesn’t he step out of the way? Why doesn’t he move?” asked Alpert.
The officer unholsters his gun. Within a second he shoots into the windshield and then lurches backward away from the car as it turns away from him.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has not publicly identified the officer who shot Good. But she spoke of an incident last June in which the same officer was dragged by a fleeing vehicle. Court records from that case identify the officer as Jonathan Ross.
Most police departments long ago prohibited officers from shooting at moving vehicles except for very limited circumstances where there’s no other option to save lives, experts say.
“And the reason is a good one,” said Sharon Fairley, a law professor and criminal justice expert at the University of Chicago. “If the officer is successful at shooting the driver, then you have a motor vehicle, a two-ton vehicle that’s not being directed, and it creates a huge public safety risk.”
The officer shoots a second time. By then, he’s at the side of the car, an arm’s length from the driver-side window. A third shot immediately follows.
None of the other officers draw their weapons.
The officer who fired the shots watches the car careen down the road and re-holsters his gun. The street is quiet for a moment.
Three seconds later, the Honda crashes into a parked car with such force its tires fly off the street, the pile of cars lurches forward several feet and snow billows.
“Thank goodness no one was in the car she hit on the side of the road,” Alpert said, “and fortunately there were no kids playing out there and no one else got hurt.”
Alpert described the car at that point as “a 4,000 pound unguided missile.” People don’t hit the brakes when they’ve been shot, Alpert said.
There were pedestrians on the street. One video shows a woman walking a poodle.
Drops of blood stain the snow
A pedestrian in a flannel shirt runs toward the crash.
The officer who fired the shots walks slowly in that direction. Most of the federal agents remain with the unmarked vehicles.
Drops of blood stain the snow.
None of the agents immediately go to the Honda to render aid; a minute after the crash the pedestrian in the flannel shirt is seen in the video leaning alone into the open driver’s side door. A medic runs toward the crash site.
Bystanders begin screaming.
“Criminals!” shouts a woman. “What did you do?”
A man billows “murderers!” over and over.
Officers order everyone to get back.
One bystander trains her camera on the officer who fired the shots as he walks away from the crash and toward his colleagues at the parked federal vehicles, telling them to call 911. He does not appear injured.
“You,” she screams, “shame, shame.”
He climbs into an SUV as the bystander shouts, “don’t let the murderer leave!”
The SUV drives away.
Fairley, the University of Chicago professor, said the investigation into what happened here will have to examine whether the officer acted reasonably, both in firing his gun and in the moments leading up to it. It can weigh questions like whether the agent put himself in danger by stepping in front of the car, and if along the way there were other choices the officers might have made to avoid a death.
“The question is going to come down to is was the officer reasonable in their belief that the driver presented an imminent threat of death or bodily harm to himself or to someone else,” she said. “That’s really the legal question that has to be answered.”
The car’s license plate, for example, was visible throughout the ordeal.
One alternative, Fairley said, was to have just let her leave, and go arrest her later.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/minnesota-shooting-video/
Líbano firma acuerdo de exploración de gas con consorcio internacional
Por BASSEM MROUE
BEIRUT (AP) — El gobierno de Líbano firmó el viernes un acuerdo con un consorcio internacional para identificar y explotar yacimientos de gas en una zona marítima fronteriza con Israel.
El acuerdo para la exploración en el llamado Bloque 8 frente a la costa sur de Líbano se produce después de que Beirut y Tel Aviv firmaran un acuerdo en 2022 sobre su frontera marítima. El nuevo acuerdo es el más reciente otorgado por Líbano a empresas internacionales para la exploración de gas en sus aguas territoriales.
Líbano, que enfrenta una crisis económica, espera que futuros descubrimientos de gas ayuden a la pequeña nación de Oriente Medio a salir de la peor crisis económica y financiera de su historia moderna.
El acuerdo fue firmado en la sede del gobierno en el centro de Beirut por el ministro de Energía Joe Saddi del lado libanés y funcionarios del consorcio internacional compuesto por TotalEnergies de Francia, ENI de Italia y la empresa estatal de petróleo y gas Qatar Energy.
TotalEnergies dijo en un comunicado que el consorcio planea comenzar con un estudio sísmico en 3D de 1.200 kilómetros cuadrados (463 millas cuadradas) para evaluar el potencial de exploración del área.
En 2017, Líbano aprobó licencias para que TotalEnergies de Francia, ENI de Italia y Novatek de Rusia avanzaran con el desarrollo de la exploración de petróleo y gas en alta mar para dos de los 10 bloques en el mar Mediterráneo, entre ellos, uno que en ese momento estaba en una parte disputada con el vecino Israel.
Las empresas no encontraron cantidades viables de petróleo y gas en uno de los bloques al norte de Beirut, y la perforación en otro, ubicado en el sur, se pospuso repetidamente debido a la disputa de la frontera marítima con Israel. Posteriormente, Beirut y Tel Aviv firmaron un acuerdo sobre su frontera marítima en 2022.
En agosto de 2023, una plataforma de perforación en alta mar comenzó a operar en el mar Mediterráneo frente a la costa de Líbano.
Eso no dio resultados positivos, pero Patrick Pouyanné, presidente y director ejecutivo de TotalEnergies, dijo en un comunicado que seguirán intentando en otras áreas.
“Seguimos comprometidos a continuar nuestras actividades de exploración en Líbano”, afirmó Pouyanné. “Ahora centraremos nuestros esfuerzos en el Bloque 8, junto con nuestros socios Eni y QatarEnergy, y en estrecha cooperación con las autoridades libanesas”.
El 8 de octubre de 2023, el grupo político- militar libanés Hezbollah comenzó a disparar cohetes contra puestos israelíes a lo largo de la frontera para apoyar a sus aliados de Hamás, un día después de que el grupo palestino atacara el sur de Israel. La guerra duró 14 meses, durante los cuales Hezbollah fue severamente debilitado.
En enero de 2023, Líbano, ENI, TotalEnergies y la empresa estatal de petróleo y gas Qatar Energy firmaron un acuerdo en el que la firma qatarí reemplazó a Novatek. Según el acuerdo, Qatar Energy toma el 20% de participación de Novatek además de un 5% de ENI y TotalEnergies, dejando a la empresa árabe con una participación total del 30%. TotalEnergies y ENI tendrán participaciones del 35%, respectivamente.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Ukraine Hit With Oreshnik Hypersonic As Retaliation For Attempted ‘Terror Attack’ On Putin Residence
Ukraine Hit With Oreshnik Hypersonic As Retaliation For Attempted ‘Terror Attack’ On Putin Residence
Russia launched another massive overnight strike on Ukraine using its hypersonic Oreshnik missile as part of a large-scale assault said to be retaliation for the alleged Ukrainian attempt to drone strike Putin’s residence last month.
Kiev was hit hard in the fresh missile and drone attack which set apartment buildings on fire and killed at least four people. Importantly, Ukrainian officials said a ballistic missile traveling at hypersonic speed hit an “infrastructure facility” near the far western city of Lviv.
Russia’s Defense Ministry followed by confirming that it sent an Oreshnik hypersonic missile at “strategic targets” overnight, and specifically described that it was retaliation for the December drone strike on one of the residences of President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine has rejected that it targeted the residence, and President Trump recently flipped his initial position that it happened. The White House now says it has more intelligence information, and Trump has expressed that while drones were in the area that night, Putin’s residence was not directly targeted.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that the ballistic missile traveled at roughly 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) per hour and was observed shortly before midnight (local).
NEW: Video reportedly showing the “Oreshnik” attack on Lviv. pic.twitter.com/FaCzTD461Z
— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 8, 2026
The last well-publicized use of an Oreshnik missile with a conventional warhead by Russia had reportedly hit the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro in late 2024. Its use has marked a significant milestone in the war.
This new, rare hypersonic attack on Lviv – a city not very often targeted – also seems aimed at the West and NATO. The Kremlin is warning that it will not tolerate any ‘peace plan’ which features Western boots on the ground in Ukraine to ‘monitor’ a future ceasefire.
Any such deployment would be “considered legitimate military targets” – according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who also charged that Zelensky’s American and European are forming an “axis of war.”
Drones were observed flying low over Kiev for much of the night, terrifying residents…
Three people killed and six more injured by the Russian attack on Kyiv tonight.
The attack continues, Russian drones are all over the city, Kalibr missiles expected to strike soon. https://t.co/XSOLNpb4U9 pic.twitter.com/jrnRNa3Vpx
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 9, 2026
Ukrainian Mayor Vitali Klitschko called the damage in Kiev the result of a “massive enemy missile attack.” According to the statement carried in Russian media:
The overnight bombardment was carried out in response to an attempted “terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” on the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Novgorod Region, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.
Further the Russian Defense Ministry said “The objectives of the strike have been achieved,” adding that “None of the terrorist actions by the criminal Ukrainian regime will go unanswered.” This puts peace on a far back seat, despite the latest Paris summit of European and world leaders.
Tyler Durden
Fri, 01/09/2026 – 09:15
