Por John Towfighi, CNN

Este miércoles, los precios del petróleo detuvieron su reciente alza, impulsando un repunte en las acciones europeas y estadounidenses, ya que los inversores esperan que las perturbaciones a largo plazo en los mercados energéticos sean limitadas mientras siguen de cerca la evolución de los acontecimientos en Medio Oriente.

Los inversores globales están asimilando las turbulencias del mercado provocadas por la guerra de Estados Unidos con Irán y el posterior conflicto en la región. Las acciones asiáticas se desplomaron este miércoles, mientras que las europeas y estadounidenses se estabilizaron tras dos días de intensa volatilidad.

Corea del Sur y Japón dependen de las importaciones de gas natural licuado de Medio Oriente, lo que deja a sus economías y mercados particularmente expuestos ante las actuales turbulencias.

El índice de referencia Kospi de Corea del Sur se desplomó un 12 %. El índice había caído un 7,24 % el martes, situándolo al borde de un mercado bajista técnico.

A pesar de la caída, el Kospi aún acumula una suba de casi 21 % este año. El mercado bursátil de Corea del Sur registró un excelente rendimiento en 2025, con un alza del 76 % gracias al entusiasmo por la inteligencia artificial y los fabricantes de chips.

“El hecho de que estos países dependan casi por completo del GNL para su suministro de gas natural los hace especialmente vulnerables a la actual interrupción del suministro desde Medio Oriente”, afirmaron analistas de Capital Economics en una nota.

Las acciones estadounidenses y europeas repuntaron y los precios del petróleo se moderaron después de que The New York Times informara que Irán se puso en contacto indirectamente con Estados Unidos para negociar la finalización del conflicto.

Por otra parte, el secretario del Tesoro, Scott Bessent, confirmó este miércoles a CNBC que la Armada de Estados Unidos está dispuesta a proporcionar un paso seguro a través del estrecho de Ormuz para los petroleros “cuando sea apropiado y necesario”, lo que refuerza las declaraciones del presidente Donald Trump del martes que contribuyeron a la moderación de los precios del petróleo.

“Aún existen riesgos reales para los inversores, dado que el mercado bursátil está descontando el mejor escenario posible en este momento”, declaró Matt Maley, estratega jefe de mercado de Miller Tabak + Co..

Diversificar e invertir en los mercados de Europa y Asia fue una estrategia popular durante el último año, con las acciones internacionales superando al S&P 500. Esta estrategia se ha puesto a prueba esta semana, ya que Asia, en particular, ha sido la más afectada por las dificultades del mercado bursátil. El Nikkei 225 de Japón ha bajado aproximadamente un 8 % esta semana y va camino de su peor semana desde marzo de 2020.

Los precios del petróleo se estabilizaron este miércoles, frenando un reciente aumento. El petróleo crudo estadounidense bajó un 0,3 %, hasta los US$ 74,32 por barril. El crudo Brent, la referencia internacional del petróleo, cayó un 0,2 %, hasta los US$ 81,25 por barril, rondando su nivel más alto desde enero de 2025.

La relativa calma en los precios del petróleo tras dos días de alzas ayudó a aliviar la presión sobre el mercado bursátil estadounidense. El Dow Jones ganó 330 puntos, un 0,68 %. El S&P 500 subió un 0,86 % y el Nasdaq, con un fuerte componente tecnológico, ganó un 1,4 %.

El Dow Jones y el S&P 500 han bajado menos del 0,5% cada uno esta semana y el Nasdaq se mantiene en positivo a pesar de la incertidumbre geopolítica. Un sólido informe publicado el miércoles sobre la economía de servicios de EE.UU. también impulsó las acciones.

Los precios de la gasolina subieron aproximadamente 9 centavos, hasta casi los US$ 3,20 por

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CIF-State Girls Basketball Round 1:

Division 1: Oak Park 72, La Jolla Country Day 57: UCSB-commit Karisma Flores scored game-high 27 points which included 7 three-pointers. Eagles play at Francis Parker of San Diego in Round 2 on Thursday.

Division 2: St. Joseph 71, Venice 62: The second-seeded Knights host St. Margaret's on Thursday in Round 2.

Cathedral Catholic 48, Camarillo 47: The visiting Dons were fouled in the final seconds shooting a three-pointer and made all 3 free throws to win by a point. Scorpions finish the season 19-13.

Division 3: Carlsbad 51, Bishop Diego 43: Eden Wynne scored 16 points for the Cardinals who finish the season 27-5 which included a CIF-Southern Section Division 5 championship.

Canyon 60, Oxnard 57: Kai Buhain scored 16 points for the Yellowjackets who end their season at 21-13.

CIF-State Boys Basketball Round 1:

Division 3: Atascadero 69, Warren 62: The 13th seed pull off the upset on the road and now the Greyhounds will play at #5 Colony on Thursday in Round 2.

CIF-State Boys Soccer Round 1:

Division 5: Nipomo 3, Roosevelt 3: Titans advance on PK's 7-6. Senior Chase Myers scored in extra time of regulation for the Titans who then outlasted the Rough Riders in PK's. Nipomo (19-5-3) will play at Crystal Springs Uplands near San Mateo on Thursday in a regional semifinals.

CIF-State Girls Soccer Round 1:

Division 1: Oaks Christian 1, Mt. Carmel 0: Lions advance to play at #2 Mater Dei on Thursday in regional semifinals.

Division 2: Westlake 1, La Costa Canyon 0: Warriors advance to regional semifinals and will host Garces Memorial on Thursday.

Division 4: Del Sol 0, Immaculate 0: Jaguars advance on PK's. Del Sol will play at #3 San Jacinto on Thursday in regional semifinal.

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By Laura Paddison, CNN

(CNN) — Sea levels along the world’s coastlines are much higher than previously assumed, more than 3 feet in some regions, according to new research, raising alarms that the world is underestimating the extent of the threat and how quickly coastlines could disappear.

Sea level rise is one of the most visible and alarming impacts of the human-driven climate crisis, threatening hundreds of millions of people who live along global coastlines. Scientists estimate we’re already locked into around 6 inches of global sea level rise by 2050.

But their calculations may not be starting from an accurate place, according to the study, published Wednesday in Nature.

To predict how sea level rise will affect coastal communities, scientists often use a model which estimates sea level by looking at the Earth’s gravitational field and rotation. But this doesn’t account for other influencing factors, such as tides, winds, ocean currents, temperature and saltiness.

For reliable sea level information, the model should be combined with real-world satellite data that can accurately measure sea height, said Philip Minderhoud, a study author and an associate professor at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands.

The report authors analyzed 385 peer-reviewed studies published over the past 15 years on sea level rise and the hazards it poses to coastlines. They found 90% relied only on assumptions from models rather than real, measured observations.

It’s a “methodological blind spot” that has resulted in widespread underestimations of coastal sea levels and people’s exposure to their related hazards, Minderhoud said.

Global coastal sea level is on average around 1 foot higher than currently assumed, the report found, with some places — such as Southeast Asia and parts of the Pacific — reaching up to 3 feet higher.

The findings suggest that if sea level rises by around 3 feet, it would put 37% more land under water than currently assumed, affecting up to 132 million people across the world.

“Simply put, if sea level in reality is higher for your particular island or coastal city than was previously assumed, the impacts from sea-level rise will happen sooner than projected,” Minderhoud said.

The findings show “the impacts of sea-level rise under climate change have been systematically underestimated,” said Matt Palmer, an associate professor at the University of Bristol, who was not involved in the study.

Jonathan Bamber, director of the Bristol Glaciology Centre, who has worked on sea level rise for around 20 years, said the results left him “genuinely surprised.”

Wrong assumptions about present-day sea level rise will have important implications for the future “in terms of the area and number of people potentially affected,” said Bamber, who was also not involved in the study. Although they do not affect projections for how much sea level rise might happen in the future, he added.

The study authors said more work is needed to reevaluate global sea levels as well as the full implications of the risks posed to coastal communities now and in the future.

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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN

Rome (CNN) — A 27-year-old ambulance driver is under criminal investigation in the northern Italian city of Forli, on suspicion of murdering at least five elderly people he was transporting by ambulance, a spokesman from the local prosecutor’s office told CNN.

All five patients suffered cardiac arrests, the Forli prosecutor’s office spokesman said. All were elderly and were being treated for serious illnesses, he said, adding that they required non-emergency transportation between their homes or nursing care facilities and hospitals and clinics.

The spokesman said the ambulance service that employed the young man became suspicious after four patients who had been transported in his ambulance died between February and November 2025.

The service, working with the carabinieri police force, then set up a hidden camera and recording devices in the back of the vehicle.

Later that month, a fifth patient, an 85-year-old woman, died while being transported from a cardiac hospital to a rehab center.

She suffered a cardiac arrest during the transport and was pronounced dead while still in the ambulance, a spokesman for the carabinieri told CNN.

Officials conducted an autopsy on the woman, which led to the investigation being handed over to prosecutors, the prosecutor’s office spokesman told CNN.

The ambulance driver, who has not been officially named and who has not been arrested, was part of a two-person team that switched between driving the non-emergency ambulance and administering care to the patients being transported.

He had worked for the ambulance service since 2023, according to his defense attorney, Gloria Parigi.

Parigi said her client has been suspended from the ambulance service.

“He is shocked by what is emerging,” she told local media. “He proclaims his innocence in a matter that has turned his life upside down. He has made himself available to the judicial authorities because he has nothing to hide. This is why he has requested a hearing by the prosecutor’s office.”

All the deaths occurred either during transportation or shortly after, while the suspect was in the back of the ambulance with the patients, according to the carabinieri spokesman.

“The deaths may have occurred by means of poisonous substances or other insidious means,” the prosecutor’s spokesman said, adding that the suspect could be charged with voluntary multiple homicide this week.

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