Kazakhstan will elect members of the Mazhilis, the lower house of Parliament, and maslikhats, local representative bodies on March 19. New names will surely appear in the legislative branch, while up to 50 percent of the country’s local representative offices are expected to have new members. Thirty-nine percent of the self-nominated candidates are women and young people. The vote will be held according to the new rules adopted following last year’s constitutional amendments.
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Floods and deadly landslides hit Southeast China
Thousands of people have been evacuated in southeast China after heavy rains hammered the region over the weekend, triggering floods and deadly landslides. According to state-run broadcaster CCTV, over 35,000 people were evacuated as of Saturday. As of Monday morning, more than 10,000 people were evacuated in Meizhou, the hardest flood-hit city in Guangdong province. Seventeen waterways in the major Han River basin recorded flooding above alert level, including two rivers at record flood levels
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Mauricio Garcia identified as Texas Mall gunman
Investigators are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people and wounded seven others at an outlet mall in Texas on Saturday was motivated by domestic violent extremist ideals. The Texas Department of public safety confirmed Sunday, the gunman has been identified as Mauricio Garcia, 33.
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421 violators were detained during the riots in France
More than 400 people were detained in France during the riots that arose due to the massacre of a French policeman over a 17 year old teenager. The newspaper Figaro writes about this, citing sources in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the publication, there is an unstable calm in France. In total, on the night of Friday, June 30, 421 violators were detained, most of them young people aged 14 to 18 years.
