A parasocial relationship occurs when an individual forms a strong emotional relationship with an online figure or celebrity that simulates a real-life relationship (such as a romantic or friendship relationship), despite limited real-world interaction with them. Examples of parasocial behavior include thinking of a Twitch streamer you watch regularly as a friend, and Taylor Swift fans signing a petition to get her to dump Matt Healy.

The Attorney General of the United States is responsible for overseeing the enforcement of federal laws, representing the government in legal matters before the Supreme Court, and providing consultancy to the President and executive agencies for the formation of legislation. In addition, the Attorney General manages the Department of Justice and its various divisions, including having discretion towards the prosecution of federal criminal cases.

AI trading strategies refer to the use of computer models and algorithms to analyse market data and make trades. These models are often trained on market data and use machine learning to identify trends and patterns in the market, to provide for automated trading (wherein a user does not have to intervene once a set of certain conditions have been set for the AI to make a trade).

After years of economic decline and a rise in insurgency within the region, the presidential guard of Niger successfully mounted a coup against president Mohamed Bazoum and instated a military junta on the 26th of July 2023. Supporters of the junta were seeing chanting 'Wagner' and waving Russian flags in demonstrations in the days following the coup.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a political and economic union consisting of 15 Western African states. It has a history of dealing with military coups in the region: sending peacekeepers to The Gambia after a 2017 coup for example and imposing sanctions on Mali and Guinea after their coups in 2021. So far, it has condemned the coup in Niger and placed sanctions on the country.

In a genetic test that was performed on a pregnant woman who underwent embryo transfer, it was discovered that she is carrying an embryo that is genetically unrelated to her and her partner. The identity of the people who provided the genetic material was located.

For the purposes of this debate, cantons are administrative divisions between the municipal and federal levels, with autonomous control over a region within a federal republic. Cantons control education, social services, infrastructure, non-federal crime and taxation etc. typically, cantonisation is done according to ethno-social lines.