Eastern EU member states with right-wing governments have campaigned against gay rights as a central part of their ideology e.g. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda campaigned against an “LGBT ideology” and wanted to ban teaching of gay rights in schools. Hungary proposed a constitutional amendment to require children to be brought up with a “Christian” interpretation of gender roles, and a law that would effectively ban adoptions by same-sex couples.

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., is the presumptive winner of the Philippine presidential election, and a representative of the nation’s right wing propagation in coalition with Rodrigo Duterte Opponents and observers have raised questions about the legitimacy of the election, pointing to a climate of pervasive disinformation, reports of malfunctioning ballot-counting machines, and alleged voter fraud. Leni Robredo, the outgoing vice president and leading rival of Bongbong, admitted defeat and urged her supporters to accept the majority’s decision.

The ongoing trade and political dispute between South Korea and Japan is tied to the atrocities during Japan’s colonisation. By the late 1930s, Japan was starting to mobilise for war. It began to force people to work in the factories and mines, or enlist as soldiers.
It also sent tens of thousands of women from across Asia - many of them Korean - into military brothels to service Japanese soldiers.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claims "Japan and South Korea are now entering a new era," and that, “We should not drag this problem into the next generation."

India has reportedly assured Sri Lanka that it would extend the credit line to meet the imports of essential items such as rice, wheat, wheat flour, pulses, sugar and medicines.
Besides the two $1 billion credit lines, India earlier this year extended a $400 million currency swap, and another $500 million credit line for buying fuels.
This is in addition to the Chinese currency swap facility amounting to $1.5 billion in 2021.
Its banks are unable to secure dollars to finance imports of any kind including food, fuel and medicines.

Quantitative easing (QE) is a form of monetary policy where a Central Bank creates new money electronically to buy financial assets, like government bonds. This process aims to directly increase private sector spending in the economy and return inflation to target.

Market speculators are sophisticated investors or traders who purchase assets for short periods of time and employ strategies in order to profit from changes in their price. This activity, based on the perceived increase in demand, drives up the price of the particular asset. This activity is seen across the market as a positive sign, and it may cause other traders to purchase the asset as well, further elevating the price.

A mortgage-based financial derivative (e.g. mortgage-backed securities) is a type of financial asset whose value is derived from a mortgage or collection of mortgages. The owner of a mortgage-backed security is entitled to both the principal and the interest payments made on the relevant mortgage(s).

Kant's ethics are organized around the notion of a “categorical imperative,” which is a universal ethical principle stating that one should always respect the humanity of others, and that one should only act in accordance with rules that could hold for everyone.
Whereas, "hypothetical imperative" is a rule of conduct that is understood to apply to an individual only if they desire a certain end and have chosen (willed) to act on that desire.

“Reincarnation” is the concept that all life goes through the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. For the purpose of this debate, assume that you are born as a human each time.
“YOLO” relies on the idea that You Only Live Once, you don’t get another chance at life.

"Personality traits" broadly reflect and summarise individuals' characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours. They are commonly thought to be "defined", in the sense of being both stable and consistent: people who are extroverts, for instance, are usually perceived as being likely to be sociable and outgoing across a variety of different situations and over time.

The evangelical environmental network emphasizes the idea that God
created Earth and humans, therefore, God’s children have a
responsibility to care for his creations. This group looks at the
environmental crisis as a moral issue. It refers to the biblical story of
Genesis, in which God created the world in seven days, forming the
oceans and forests, plants and animals, before crafting the first humans.

Protected ecological areas national parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere
reserves, reserved and protected forests, conservation and community
reserves, communal forests, private protected areas and conservation
areas.

Post the Ukraine conflict, major esports like Valorant and CSGO have decided to not let CIS (Ex-USSR: Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, etc.) teams and organizations participate in major LAN events and world championships, such as Valorant Reykjavik Masters and PGL Antwerp Major, which happen in stadiums and arenas in-person, due to the war.

VGAAS is when games offer themselves as a recurring service either via a monthly subscription like No-Man’s Sky, World of Warcraft and Elder Scrolls Online or more commonly via in-game purchases like Fortnite, Valorant, Apex Legends, etc.

E-Sports are professional competitions of video games between individuals or teams. Its most popular modalities are strategy games (e.g. Starcraft), shooting games (e.g. Counter-Strike) and fighting games (e.g. Street Fighter), among other genres.

There have been multiple forensic and genetic studies that monitor various “aggressive genes”, such as MAOA, CDH13 with their strong association with violent criminal tendencies. The progression of this research may allow justices to create the link that some criminals are violent with no fault of their own and should not be seen as having malicious intent. But it can also restrict their ability to progress with rehabilitative methods due to the innate tendencies of these criminals to be violent.

Panchayat vetting as introduced in Madhya Pradesh mandates that candidates running for panchayat offices have- no pending bills with the state, a record of past education, no criminal history, and proof of a working toilet at home, along with caste-based histories.

“Eye in the Sky” surveillance involves constantly flying inaudible drones over large areas (say, 30 square miles). The drones take pictures of the entire area constantly. Images are stored electronically such that police can essentially turn back the clock at the location of a crime and look at where people came from or went to, potentially providing valuable clues toward solving these crimes. The image resolution does not allow for identifying individuals or reading license plates.