The Hivemind Technology is a device that erases individual agency and autonomy among all citizens of a specific country or the world. It allows sole authority to one specific leader that dictates everyone's actions, emotions, intentions and thoughts.

In the Percy Jackson and the Olympians fictional universe, the Lotus Hotel and Casino is located in Las Vegas, Nevada in the US. Whilst one is inside, it seems like time never passes and your every need and desire is catered for and nobody wants to leave.

On the 21st of July, Vietnam banned the domestic distribution of Barbie (2023), alternatively known as The Barbie Movie. The film was banned for having a scene wherein a map includes a nine-dash line (i.e., a segment of lines that signifies China’s territory over the West Philippine Sea).

Niger is located in the semi-arid Sahel region and plays an important role in the United States' Africa strategy. Most importantly, it is a key partner for Washington's fight against Islamist insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more. In fact, just March 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $150 million in new humanitarian aid for Africa's Sahel region in a visit to Niger. But Niger recently had a military coup and a military takeover of the government that greatly alarmed African Leaders, the US and the international community.

Sweden, a highly developed nordic country, celebrated 200 years of peace back in 2014. For the longest of time, it has maintained a non-aligned stance and a policy of neutrality during wartime and a policy of non-participation in military alliances during peacetime. But there have been growing calls for Sweden to pursue aggressively for a NATO membership given the current geopolitical conditions in the region.

The Biden Administration recently decided to supply Ukraine with cluster bombs. A cluster bomb is an explosive and destructive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions. One of the concerning features of cluster bombs is the impossibility of pinpointing exactly where each sub-munition will detonate. However, Us and Ukraine are not signatory to the convention of cluster munitions. But Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy group, has called on Ukraine not to use the said bombs.

The judicial reform bill also known as the reasonableness bill is a bill that limits the power of the Supreme Court’s to deem government decisions as unreasonable. The passing of the bill has caused massive protests in Israel and opposition from the West. The issue has been a point of contention for the Biden administration who provides Israel 3.8 Billion worth of foreign aid annually.

Polyamorous means to have open intimate or romantic relationships with more than one person at a time.

Barbara is currently a STEM student and her parents, who are both doctors, want her to take a pre-med course in college and eventually take over the family business here in the Philippines. However, she has been accepted in a scholarship in a prestigious university, to take up her dream course, AB-Political Science. She is also passionate in eventually going to law school someday. But her mother has previously warned her not to choose political science or else they will sever their ties with her.

Replika is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot app that is designed to be a companion for users and better their mental health. The app is very human-like, capable of both replying to messages and initiating conversations regularly. For premium subscribers, it has an option to choose how the bot speaks to its users — whether it be as a friend, romantic partner, or goal mentor.

Medically assisted suicide is a practice in which a terminally ill adult voluntarily requests to end their life with the assistance of a medical professional.A physician writes a prescription for a lethal dose of medication which can be self-administered. In cases of unbarable suffering and irremendiable medical conditions, this is legal in the Netherlands and Switzerland.

India recently launched the third edition of its space exploration program last July 14, 2023. The Indian government has praised this mission as a signal that India now is one of the leading players in space technology in the world. This ambitious project plus the increasing space budget has come under heavy scrutiny given the many social problems in the country.

Geo-engineering is the large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth's climate in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.

Open access refers to peer-reviewed scholarly research that is available and unrestricted to anyone with an internet connection.