Chileans mark World Water Day by protesting President Kast’s rollback of environmental rulesThe decrees rolled back by Kast’s administration had been signed during the government of left-wing former Chilean leader Gabriel Boric, whom Kast replaced as president earlier this month. The demonstration, called by several environmental organizations under the slogan “Don’t ‘Kast-igate’ Nature,” drew thousands more participants in 15 cities across the country.
https://apnews.com/article/chile-water-day-president-kast-protest-755a101737bc52ef66417905b0835ea5Mexico's coastal communities fear more crude contamination as spill source unclearResidents along Mexico's Gulf Coast fear more crude oil will wash onto beaches in Tabasco and Veracruz states nearly a month after the first signs of contamination were detected, as authorities investigate the source of the spill. The contamination has affected 230 km (143 miles) of shoreline and 39 communities in the two states, according to the Gulf of Mexico Reef Corridor Network, a coalition of fishing, Indigenous and environmental groups.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/mexicos-coastal-communities-fear-more-crude-contamination-spill-source-unclear-2026-03-20/Evo Morales Denounces Candidates Proscription on Bolivia’s Regional ElectionsIn statements to the media, he also called on the population to participate. “I ask the Bolivian population to participate. Everyone has their candidates, whether they are from the left, right, the empire, the people, it is a personal right today,” he said. In recent hours, political organizations from the city of El Alto, neighboring La Paz, protested before the TSE for the removal of two mayoral candidates, among 18 candidates.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/evo-morales-denounces-candidates-proscription-on-bolivias-regional-elections/Socialist Gregoire becomes mayor of Paris, as far right fail in targeted citiesIn Paris, Mr Gregoire, who ran on a united left ticket which included the Communist Party (PCF) and the Greens, won over 50 per cent against Ms Dati with 41 per cent and left-wing France Unbowed (LFI) candidate Sophia Chikirou with 8 per cent.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/socialist-gregoire-becomes-mayor-paris-far-right-fail-targeted-citiesAfter years of grief, trial opens over Greek rail disaster that killed college studentsThe defendants include station masters on duty that night, their supervisor, former rail officials, senior transport ministry staff and former executives from the Italian-owned operator Hellenic Train.
https://apnews.com/article/greece-rail-disaster-trial-tempe-190ad9b5e77163f972876976bfa9206bItalian voters reject Giorgia Meloni's judicial reform in referendum defeatWith almost all ballots counted from the Sunday-Monday vote, the "No" camp was at almost 54 percent, compared to just over 46 percent for "Yes", according to official figures. During the campaign, Meloni had insisted the referendum, which concerned the role and oversight of judges and prosecutors, was not about her own leadership of the government.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260323-italian-voters-reject-giorgia-meloni-s-judicial-reform-in-referendum-defeat Israel's Mossad promised it could ignite regime change in Iran, says report In the plan’s conception, the war would begin with the killing of Iranian leaders, followed by a “series of intelligence operations intended to encourage regime change”. This could, Mossad believed, lead to a mass uprising that would bring about victory for Israel and the US. As the war began, Trump’s public messaging reflected this. In an eight-minute video statement he said: “Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand…when we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations.”
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-mossad-promised-it-could-ignite-regime-change-iran-says-reportIsraeli settlers rampage through West Bank towns for second night in a rowAt least nine Palestinians have been injured as Israeli settlers rampaged through towns and villages in the occupied West Bank for a second night in a row. A 45-year-old man was shot in the foot late on Sunday during a confrontation with Israeli settlers in Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus, the Wafa news agency reported.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/23/israeli-settlers-rampage-through-west-bank-towns-for-second-night-in-a-rowMyanmar to Step Up Vehicle Fuel Rationing as Shortages GrowUnder the program, which begins nationwide next week, customers will be allowed to buy fuel once or twice a week depending on the size of their vehicle engines, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement Monday. The government earlier this month imposed driving restrictions for private vehicles as a way to preserve petrol.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/myanmar-to-step-up-vehicle-fuel-rationing-as-shortages-growhttps://archive.ph/zibtS‘Withdraw Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 Now’The statement of objects and reasons makes clear that the aim of the amendment is to exclude. As it notes, ‘The purpose [of the amendment] was and is not to protect each and every class of persons with various gender identities, self-perceived sex/gender identities or gender fluidities.’ The 2026 amendment will ensure that protection of the law is only extended to ‘those who face severe social exclusion due to biological reasons for no fault of their own and no choice of their own.’
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