Artist's rendering of PTScientists’ Audi lunar quattro rover driving to the Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle on the moon.  Photo: PTScientists

New York, Feb 28 (RHC)-- The Earth’s sole natural satellite, the Moon, will get its first mobile network next year as Vodafone Germany and Nokia plans to bring the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) into space by installing a 4G network on our closest celestial neighbor... More


South African president Cyril Ramaphosa  (File Photo)

Johannesburg, Feb 28 (RHC)-- The South African parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of a motion seeking to change the constitution to allow white-owned land expropriation without compensation.... More


Caracas, Feb 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan opposition leader Henri Falcon on Tuesday registered his candidacy to run against President Nicolas Maduro in the presidential elections slated for April 22nd.... More


Haitian president Jovenel Moise, current chair of CARICOM (File Photo)

CARICOM meeting winds up in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Feb 28 (RHC)--The 29th inter-sessional meeting of CARICOM heads of government wound up in the Haitian capital on Tuesday with the signing of various agreements by member countries.... More


San Juan, Feb 28 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico´s Governor, Ricardo Rosello, has sent a letter to leaders of the United States Congress urging them to intervene in face of the delayed delivery of a loan for disaster relief.... More


Havana, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Havana will host the 37th Period of Sessions of the Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (CEPAL). The gathering, considered the regional entity's most important biannual meeting, is set for May 7th through the 11th.... More


Regent Seven Seas Cruises has announced that it will be adding more voyages to Cuba on two itineraries in 2019 and 2020.

Havana, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Regent Seven Seas Cruises has announced that it will be adding more voyages to Cuba on two itineraries in 2019 and 2020. ... More


A man walks past a log of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council, CNE in Caracas.  Photo: Reuters

Caracas, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Venezuela's National Electoral Council, the CNE, has opened official registration for candidates wishing to participate in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for April 22nd.... More


Protesters demand Trump administration maintain DACA program.   Photo: AP

Washington, Feb 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to President Trump’s efforts to rescind DACA, the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program... More


Opposition presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla greets his supporters during a protest against President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Fe

Tegucigalpa, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and opposition leader Salvador Nasralla had called for protests outside of the Honduran maximum security prison... More


U.S. fighter jets conducting operations with South Korea.  Photo: AFP

Seoul, Feb 27 (RHC)-- The United States and South Korea have reportedly planned to announce new joint military exercises after the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. ... More


Former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori to appear in court again.  Photo: Reuters

Lima, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori has been ordered to stand trial for a 1992 massacre which resulted in the killings of six farmers. ... More


A woman grieves during the funeral of the four Palestinian children from the Baker family, whom medics said were killed by an Israeli shell fired in Gaza City.

Gaza City, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Over 1,000 Palestinians have died in the Gaza strip as a result of Israel's military blockade, which has been ongoing for more than a decade, the strip's collective of charitable organizations has warned.... More


Acosta Danza is celebrating the company’s nomination to the UK’s Robert Robson Award for Dance of the Manchester Theatre Awards... More


The small and medium size tractors will be used in cultivation of protected and semi-protected crops throughout the country. Granma Photo/José M. Correa

Havana, Feb 27 (RHC)—India has donated to Cuba 60 tractors and other agricultural implements such as plows, rotating blades, cultivators, lawn mowers, trailers and spare parts.... More


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