The Traitors is a reality competition show set in a secluded castle, where a group of contestants completes missions to add money to a communal prize pot and to recieve personal shields, protecting them from murder. Among the contestants, some are secretly chosen as "Traitors," whose goal is to eliminate the other players—known as "Faithfuls"—without being discovered. The game typically starts with 3-4 traitors, and around 20 faithfuls. The traitors gather in a secret location every night and decide which of the faithfuls to murder. Each episode includes a group discussion and a vote to banish a suspected Traitor. Once eliminated, players disclose their true identity. If all Traitors are eliminated by the end, the remaining Faithfuls win the prize; if any Traitors survive, they win. If a traitor is eliminated, the remaining traitors may forego a killing to instead recruit another traitor amongst the faithful. The traitors lose the abillity to recruit or kill once there are only 5 players remaining - the game ends when at most 4 players remain, although the four can continue voting players out until 2 remain.

Decapitation refers to strategies used by the U.S. and its agencies that abruptly eliminate the top leadership of Mexican drug cartels - examples include the killings or captures of leaders like Arturo Beltrán Leyva (2009), Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel (2010), and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán (2016)

Sequoia Capital is one of the most prominent venture capital (VC) firms in the world, known for backing companies like Apple & Google in the U.S., ByteDance & Alibaba in China, and Zomato in India. In 2023, Sequoia announced it would split into three independent entities: Sequoia Capital (U.S. and Europe), HongShan (China), and Peak XV Partners (India and Southeast Asia).

A Rashomon narrative, named after Akira Kurosawa’s film Rashomon, presents multiple, often conflicting tellings of a particular event or story through the perspective of different characters, leaving truth ambiguous. A single-perspective mystery focuses on one narrator or viewpoint, guiding the reader through a linear account of the mystery and its resolution.

Two major water sources flow through Afghanistan: the Helmand River, connecting to Iran; and the Amu Darya river, connecting to Central Asia. Under longstanding arrangements, Afghanistan historically allowed water to continue into Iran and Central Asia, but the Taliban have increasingly restricted this flow through the construction of several upstream dams. Dams and other diversion works have led to severe water shortages in Iran.

Masoud Pezeshkian has been the President of Iran since 2024.

Most EU member states have domestic laws which enshrine a single, universal minimum wage paid to workers. A minority of EU member states with a history of strong worker unions (including Denmark, Sweden, Austria, etc.) have instead relied on sectorial bargaining agreements between corporations and worker unions to establish a distinct minimum wage rate in each sector, without intervention by the goverment. 

It’s the year 2003, and a new music sensation, April Lasagna, has tragically passed away just as she released a record breaking album and completed a successful world tour. You are an ambitious musician who has been struggling to make it big. Also, by sheer coincidence, you happen to look almost the same as April Lasagna. April’s agents and producers, who want to capitalise on April’s popularity, have approached you and asked you to assume the role of deceased April and continue her career under her name. The contract to that effect would last for seven years.