On August 7, 2024, Thailand's Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the country's Move Forward Party. The court argued that the Move Forward Party violated the constitution when it pledged to amend the country's lese-majeste law outlawing criticism of the royal family. The court also banned the party's 10-member executive board from politics. However, the court ruled that remaining Move Forward Party members may keep their current seats in parliament if they move to a new party within 60 days of the court's ruling. Two days after the ruling, remaining Move Forward Party members pledged to regroup under a new party called the People's Party.

In the 2023 general election, the Move Forward Party won 151 seats, followed by the Pheu Thai Party which won 143 seats, in Thailand's 500-member House of Representatives. Eventually, the Pheu Thai Party formed a coalition with a mix of pro-military and opposition parties, sidelining the Move Forward Party.

In education systems, many educators, policymakers, and student activists have used the narrative that "equity matters more than equality." In this context, "equity" refers to everyone getting what they theoretically need to succeed (eg, affirmative action, devoting more attention to under-performing students, etc.). By contrast, "equality" refers to everyone getting the same thing (eg, blind selections, giving all students similar levels of attention, etc.).

Vingroup, a private company, is the largest conglomerate in Vietnam. It specializes in many industries including healthcare, technology, and real estate. Vingroup dominates Vietnam's domestic consumer and export markets.

“Risk-seeking" refers to one being willing to tolerate great degrees of uncertainty in exchange for the potential of higher returns. On the contrary, "risk-aversion" refers to one being unwilling to tolerate great degrees of uncertainty in exchange for the potential of higher returns.

Love has three phases: lust, attraction, and attachment.

In phase one (lust), the brain produces testosterone and estrogen, driving individuals to seek sexual gratification with a given person.

In phase two (attraction), the brain produces more dopamine and norepinephrine, but less serotonin, than usual. This causes individuals to feel euphoric around their loved one, but also leads to intense infatuation with them. Phase two usually lasts between six months and three years.

In phase three (attachment), individuals’ attraction goes down. The brain instead produces more oxytocin and vasopressin, prompting individuals to bond with and nurture their partner. While lust and attraction are exclusive to sexual and romantic interests, attachment happens just as it does for others in one’s life, such as close friends and family members. 

Donald Trump, along with his trade adviser Robert Lighthizer, has proposed devaluing the US dollar against other currencies. He plans to do so by encouraging China, and potentially major US allies, to appreciate their currencies against the dollar. 

For the purposes of this debate, a nuclear war is a scenario where a nuclear power detonates a nuclear weapon as an act of aggression and faces a retaliatory nuclear strike, either from the state that was a victim of the first strike or a different state. 

Chinese authorities have recently announced that they plan to cap the annual salaries of financial workers at around 3 million yuan (just over US$400,000). They may also request high-earners to return their excess pay from previous years. For reference, employees in the finance industry previously made around 300 thousand yuan per year on average, but executives could earn up to 10 million yuan per year.