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Chinese President Xi Jinping walks next to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in front of a row of Chinese troops

Venezuela’s new ‘fatherland’ ID card, created with China’s ZTE, helps create social control

November 16, 2018

Venezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the ‘carnet de la patria,’ or ‘fatherland card.’ The ID transmits data about cardholders to computer servers. The card is increasingly linked by the government to subsidized food, health and other social programs most Venezuelans rely on to survive.

Egypt: President Mursi orders parliament to reopen

July 31, 2016Politics

Ernest Borgnine, Oscar-winning actor, dead at 95

July 31, 2016Lifestyle

Barack Obama calls for extension of Bush-era tax cuts for middle-class

July 31, 2016Politics

Libya election a success: Election observes give thumbs-up to Libya vote

July 31, 2016Conflict

Romney June fundraising beats Obama

July 31, 2016Politics

Romney raised more money through fundraising in June than Obama.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holms reach divorce settlement

July 31, 2016Lifestyle

Tom Cruise and Katie Holms divorce reaches “speedy resolution.”

US breaks heat record in June

July 31, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

United States breaks heat record for first six months.

Germany: Circumcision ban to be protested by rabbis

July 31, 2016Lifestyle

Rabbis protest German court ruling against circumcision.

Obama invites Mursi, Egypt’s Islamist leader, to U.S.

July 31, 2016Politics

President Barack Obama invited Egypt’s Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, to visit the United States.