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Pink Villa
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Spy X Family Chapter 117 Delayed As Short Mission Takes It's Place—New Release Date, Recap And More
Last week, fans were anticipating the release of Spy X Family Chapter 117, but were instead presented with a brief bonus chapter, which left some feeling let down. Despite the unexpected update, there's no reason to worry, as the official release date for the upcoming chapter has been confirmed. Short Mission 16: Extra chapter recap Set before the Princess Lorelei mission, Short Mission 16 follows Matthew's morning with his wife, Maureen, who scolds him for relaxing before work. After confirming his chores are done, she hands him lunch. At city hall, Dominic comments on Matthew's wife's cooking, prompting banter about food. At home, Matthew feeds Keekee and reflects on his killings. Before departing, he asks Maureen to care for Keekee. After the mission, Matthew returns injured, refusing to quit despite Maureen's concern. She prepares dinner, and he praises her cooking, then gives her souvenirs. Expected plot in Spy X Family Chapter 117 Spy X Family Chapter 117 may begin with Yor countering Hemlock's attack while trying to lead the elk to safety. Despite Hemlock's aggression, Yor will likely avoid seriously harming him, mindful of mission priorities. Meanwhile, Matthew could locate the poachers' hideout and gather key intel about their operations and leader. He may dispatch Keekee to summon the others. Additional poachers or border control agents may appear, increasing the threat level. This could force the assassins to split tasks—rescue the elk, subdue the enemy, and protect vital information about illegal cross-border activity. Spy X Family Chapter 117: New release date and where to read Spy X Family Chapter 117 was initially planned for release on Monday, May 26, 2025. However, fans received a bonus chapter instead. According to MANGAPlus, the new release date for the upcoming chapter is now set as June 9, 2025, at 12:00 am JST. This means international readers can expect it on Sunday, June 8, around 8 am PT / 11 am ET / 3 pm GMT, although regional time differences may apply. Spy X Family Chapter 117 will be available on official platforms like MANGAPlus and the Shonen Jump+ app. Viz Media also hosts the series, with full access requiring a subscription. For more updates from the Spy X Family manga, stay tuned to Pinkvilla.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Michigan SOS to House Republicans who held her in contempt: I'll see you in court
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks during a virtual press conference held in response to House Republicans' resolution holding Benson in contempt. May 22, 2025 | Screenshot Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Thursday afternoon said she has complied in good faith with House Oversight Committee subpoenas that requested the state's election training manuals, and that their vote on the House floor to hold her in contempt was a political stunt. Benson, who is one of several candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2026, said in a news conference that if the move resulted in a lawsuit, then she would see the Republican House caucus in court. 'We have repeatedly asked the members of this committee to meet with us over the last several months, but they have refused,' Benson said. 'Now my office has released documents to the House Oversight Committee five times. We have turned over more than 3,300 pages of election documents to this committee and to the public on our department's website. So, if … House Republicans want to go to court over this, we will see them in court.' Three key Michigan House Republicans, including Michigan House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Jay DeBoyer (R-Clay Township), on Thursday morning held a press conference saying they would request a resolution to hold Benson in contempt for bucking the subpoena request for unredacted election training manuals. DeBoyer claimed that Benson and the department were given an opportunity to meet and discuss why the materials needed to be redacted and some information shielded, but he said the department declined the offer. In an early response to the threat of a contempt vote, the Department of State told Michigan Advance that it sent DeBoyer and others requesting the documents a letter that indicated they were more than willing to sit down and discuss the matter – but with an independent third-party mediator present. The department also questioned the scope and purpose of the inquiry. Shortly after the Republican press conference, House session commenced, and one of the first orders of business was to approve House Resolution 117 holding Benson in contempt. The resolution was sponsored by DeBoyer and Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton), chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Bollin was also present at the Thursday morning press conference, along with House Election Integrity Committee Chair Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Martin). Benson held her own news conference on Thursday afternoon, following the House session. She said has a sworn duty to protect sensitive election information from falling into the wrong hands, and that included DeBoyer, who was given authority by the House to disseminate the information provided. The secretary of state said that could very well happen if all that information was handed over without redaction or review. Overall, Benson said that the Republican-led House's tactics were 'no way to govern a state.' 'Every day the House Republicans spend playing political games like this, while the people of Michigan are struggling to pay for housing, pay for child care and pay for their basic needs, is an affront to the people they are elected to serve,' Benson said. 'This is government rooted in bullying and chaos, and I'm tired of it. It's not only ineffective, but it is dangerous, because [Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall] is the same person who chaired a committee meeting with Rudy Giuliani in 2020 to spread lies about the 2020 election.' Although she believes in oversight and transparency, Benson said truth rules the day and that also meant ensuring the safety and security of the state's elections. 'You cannot bully me or abuse your authority to get access to information that, if it ends up in the wrong hands, could be used to interfere with the chain of custody of ballots, tamper with election equipment or impersonate a clerk on election day,' Benson said. 'The caveat that we need to be clear and careful about is information that could end up in the wrong hands and essentially enable the tampering of election equipment, impersonation of a clerk or harm the chain of custody of ballots.' Given DeBoyer's broad authority, Benson said those concerns about security and confidentiality were real and justified. Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel Jr. in a statement said Hall and his caucus were abusing their power and control of the House to attack their political enemies and push election conspiracy theories. 'Right now, we are seeing yet another gross overstep by MAGA Matt Hall's House Republican caucus as they put their extremist agenda ahead of the well-being of Michiganders,' Hertel said. 'At a moment when Republicans at the federal level are trying to gut Medicaid, it's deeply concerning that Michigan Republicans are doing absolutely nothing to help Michiganders and are instead wasting time with political attacks.' Hertel added that the move by DeBoyer and Michigan House Republicans was not about election security, but rather a push to legitimize debunked election theories. 'It's an embarrassment, and Michiganders deserve better,' Hertel said. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
The Hindu
15-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
A.P. teachers to continue protest against G.O. on school restructuring
Teacher organisations in Andhra Pradesh have voiced strong opposition to the proposed school restructuring program, expressing concerns that it will harm the education sector. They plan protests, including State-level demonstrations, to highlight their concerns. Raising concern over 'categorisation of schools and the potential negative impact on students and teachers,' leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Teachers' Federation (APTF) have announced their decision to continue their protests in a phased manner. On May 5, they held mandal-level protests, on May 9 at district-level and on May 14, at the State level. Opposing what they called irrational policies being implemented in government schools, they said instead of revising the incoherent decisions taken by the previous government, the TDP-led coalition government, through G.O. 21, proposed to set up nine categories of schools, which may dismantle public education system. The federation leaders said on May 16 and 17, teachers across the State would send messages via WhatsApp and Email to the Minister for Human Resource Development Nara Lokesh demanding reversal of the decision to protect the education sector. On May 18, 19 and 20, they would submit memoranda to the elected representatives, from village sarpanches to the Members of Parliament, including School Education Committee Chairpersons, Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad members, seeking their immediate intervention. Pointing out that no other State in the country had nine categories of schools, the leaders demanded that the government revert to the old system that existed before the issue of G.O. 117 by the previous YSR Congress Party government. Leaders of the State committee of the Student Federation of India (SFI) have also condemned the decision, insisting that the government reconsider its stand. In a statement on Thursday, the federation's State president K. Prasanna Kumar and general secretary A. Ashok said G.O. 117 issued by the YSRCP government on division of schools in six categories evoked stiff resistance by the stakeholders. The current government repealed that G.O. and instead, issued a fresh one as an alternative, categorising schools in nine categories. They said the proposed restructuring would cause serious harm to the school education system and would facilitate privatisation of the education sector.
Los Angeles Times
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
First Harvard, now UC Berkeley: Trump administration to probe foreign funds
The Trump administration accused UC Berkeley of failing to disclose millions of dollars in foreign funding on Friday, touting muscular new enforcement of an obscure federal rule amid ongoing efforts to bridle America's top research institutions. The University of California flagship is the second top school to come under investigation this month for alleged violations of Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which requires disclosure of 'foreign source gifts and contracts' worth more than $250,000. A similar investigation into Harvard was announced last week. On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Education to ramp up enforcement of the rule. The department 'will begin by thoroughly examining UC Berkeley's apparent failure to fully and accurately disclose significant funding received from foreign sources,' U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement. Dan Mogulof, assistant vice chancellor of the UC Berkeley communications and public affairs office, issued a statement that said the school has already been in contact with federal authorities about the issue. 'Over the course of the last two years, UC Berkeley has been cooperating with federal inquiries regarding [Section] 117 reporting issues, and will continue to do so,' Mogulof said. The audits are the latest in a barrage of administrative actions against elite universities around the country. The campaign-season blueprint known as Project 2025 that laid out Trump's potential agenda highlighted Section 117 as a possible mechanism to claw back federal funding from top schools, including through Pell Grants and Fullbright Scholarships — a move experts say could devastate critical research. 'All of these are really existential threats to the research university as it currently exists,' said Kevin Kinser, a professor of education policy at Penn State University. 'A world-class university has to have engagements around the world — that's what defines world-class.' The University of California system was already reeling from massive federal funding cuts, student visa cancellations and Justice Department probes into admissions and allegations of antisemitism. Harvard, the world's richest school, emerged as an unlikely folk hero after it rebuffed the administration's demands for extensive control of the school. A wave of Section 117 challenges could further isolate institutions already under assault. America's elite universities are already deeply enmeshed with top schools abroad, from engineering partnerships with the Indian Institute of Technology to the Persian Gulf campuses of Georgetown, Texas A&M and NYU. Proponents say such partnerships are essential to innovation and academic excellence. Critics argue that foreign cash buys influence over American students and wedges open a back door to American intellectual property for foreign governments. 'Protecting American educational, cultural, and national security interests requires transparency regarding foreign funds flowing to American higher education and research institutions,' Wednesday's executive order reads. The new UC Berkeley inquiry revives a 2023 House subcommittee investigation into the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, a partnership between UC Berkeley's College of Engineering and China's Tsinghua University begun in 2016. The two schools have collaborated extensively on research including clean energy and climate change for decades. Tsinghua has similar formal partnerships with the University of Washington, Indiana University and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, among others. According to tax forms from its American nonprofit, Tsinghua gave $2.5 million to the UC Regents to fund the program in 2019 and 2018. It gave $4.5 million to the Regents in 2017. Times staff writer Jaweed Kaleem contributed to this report.
TimesLIVE
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Hyundai launches tariff task force, shifts some Mexico output to the US
Hyundai said on Thursday it has launched a task force to respond to US tariffs, adding production of some Tucson crossovers has been shifted from Mexico to the US. It is also considering whether to move production of some US-bound cars from South Korea to other locations, the carmaker said as it reported a 2% rise in first-quarter operating profit and reaffirmed its annual earnings targets. Hyundai and affiliate Kia, which together are the world's third-biggest carmaking group by sales, are particularly vulnerable to US tariffs. They generate about one-third of their global sales from the US market and imports account for roughly two-thirds of their US car sales, according to data from Korea Investment & Securities. "We expect a challenging business outlook to continue due to intensifying trade conflicts and other unpredictable macroeconomic factors," Hyundai said. The task force, launched this month, will seek to minimise the impact of US tariffs on its finances and will craft plans to increase local sourcing of car components in the US. President Donald Trump's administration has slapped 25% tariffs on automobiles since April 2 and plans to impose tariffs of 25% on car parts no later than May 3, which threaten to hike vehicle prices and cut car sales. Later on Thursday, South Korea and the US agreed to craft a trade package aimed at removing new US tariffs before the pause on reciprocal tariffs is lifted in July. Finance minister Choi Sang-mok said Seoul has asked for some exemptions from the tariffs and had highlighted the car sector, which is particularly vulnerable. Hyundai's task force comes on top of a $21bn (R396,117,670,200) investment plan for the US announced last month by the wider Hyundai group with Trump at the White House. As part of the plan, Hyundai has pledged to boost production at its new Georgia factory, but any ramp-up in US output will take time and tariffs could cost the group billions. The shift of some Tucson production to its Alabama factory, while significant, is relatively small, with 16,000 vehicles made in Mexico last year. Other measures taken include frontloading some vehicle shipments to the US, which has led to 3.1 months of inventory in North America. Hyundai plans to keep sticker prices on its model lineup steady until June 2 and manage prices flexibly afterwards.
