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一 |     MEXICO CITY -- Mexican court employees said Wednesday they will go on strike from Thursday through Tuesday to protest proposed funding cuts, threatening an already creaky court system.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed cutting funds for the judicial branch, arguing that judges make too much money and often protect criminals.The court employees’ union denied that its members — which include employees like typists and bailiffs — are overpaid, and said the cuts would affect them. Mexican courts have never been known for their speed or efficiency. One court recently handed down sentences against five soldiers in the 2010 killing of two university students, after legal proceedings that lasted almost 13 years.Despite some reforms, such multiyear trials are not uncommon in Mexico. That has contributed to the controversy surrounding López Obrador's push to require more suspects to stay in jail pending trials that may last years, even if they end in acquittal.Nor is it unusual for López Obrador to quarrel with other branches of government, especially the judiciary.López Obrador regularly criticizes judges by name for court rulings he doesn't like, accusing them of corruption or political bias. The president has also proposed reforming the constitution to make top court seats elected positions.。    The third season of The Family Man has been released with the introduction of newer characters. Jaideep Ahlawat, Nimrat Kaur and more have joined the series. Opening up about her villainous role, Nimrat Kaur shared how she tried to focus on playing the self-assured character who operates ruthlessly in a male-dominated sphere.          Speaking about the nitty gritties of playing such a role, she noted, "I think it's fascinating that the writer's room is all men. We are meeting a woman in a man's world who is running a show like a man and is written by men. I find that fascinating and it is so empowering to take that position and then fly with it and then look at your own self. And many times I used to actually think about my own self and I used to be like - it would be kind of cool to be this self assured about so many situations which otherwise I would just you know be under a quilt about."Nimrat acknowledged the gap between the character's self-assuredness and her own personal life. She added, "It is so interesting that what I'm trying to sell as an idea or as a character on screen, I'm not sure if I can pull it off in real life. I really don't know if I have it in me with my conditioning, my upbringing, all of that. This is the freedom of being an actor."Apart from Nimrat and Jaideep, the series marks the return of fan-favourite actors like Manoj Bajpayee (Srikant Tiwari), Sharib Hashmi (JK) and Priyamani (Suchitra).          Opening up on the season, our reviewer noted, "Season 3 may not be the franchise’s most cohesive outing, but it remains gripping, emotionally alert, and rich with possibility. Its excesses suggest a universe ready to grow, what it now needs is not less ambition, but sharper focus."Also Read: The Lunchbox: Love and Longing Served With Melancholy and Measure。

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