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23andMe and Ancestry.com LLC are genomics and biotechnology companies who sell DNA kits to their customers. Customers would mail their DNA samples (usually saliva) to these companies who in turn, process/sequence the genomic material to obtain complete genetic information of the customers and present it to them via online platforms such as the Ancestry.com website. Examples of information that can be obtained through genomic sequencing include risk of genetic diseases, family lineages, and ethnic background. These services have gained significant popularity in the 21st century.

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In politics, centrism is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance between right and left wing views, and opposition to political changes that would result in a significant shift strongly to the left or right.

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X is a prominent politician in a relatively conservative society. They have a track record of pushing for policies in favour of a religious majority within the country. You are a journalist in the country known for your progressive writing. You have recently uncovered irrefutable evidence that this politician is gay

Since 5 May 2020, Chinese and Indian troops have engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border. Since the beginning of the skirmishes, geopolitical tensions have rapidly escalated, with the Indian government taking a range of punitive actions against Chinese Companies (e.g. banning a range of Chinese applications), and implementing tighter restrictions on Chinese FDI. The Indian Army is currently considering a Chinese proposal to resolve the troop stand-off through a temporary disengagement of soldiers, artillery and firepower from their forward positions in disputed regions, although it could mean India significantly risks losing territory currently under its control.

South Korean president Moon Jae-In's Peace Initiative seeks to achieve a peaceful, nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula. The South Korean government adheres to this initiative by seeking neither regime change in North Korea nor unification by absorption on South Korean terms. In early November 2019, two North Korean fishermen were repatriated to the North where they likely faced execution. This was the first time since the end of the Korean War that the country had expelled North Korean refugees — or “defectors” , who were already on South Korean soil and expressed a desire to stay.