Thousands of teachers and civil servants protest against proposed tax hikes in Sao Paulo

Hong Kong moves toward banning booing Chinese national anthem

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is stepping down

Thousands march in Brazil after murder of activist councilwoman

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 49km NNE of Gueiria, Venezuela

About 50 protesters plan to confront a former immigrant official in Washington DC

In Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, students at Baldwin School spoke out on gun violence

Students in Zurich formed a peace sign hours ahead of walkouts in America

Police in Colombia say they have arrested a Cuban man suspected of plotting to kill American diplomats in the name of ISIS.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 140km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia

[email protected]: "The toughness, the grit, and the fighting Irish resolve are fundamental American ways of life."

[email protected]: "More than 30 million Americans today claim Irish heritage. That's why you have such power in the halls of Congress and everywhere else. 30 million people."

Trump claims US has trade deficit with Canada despite US trade rep saying it has a surplus

"A more uncertain security environment means NATO allies need to invest more in defense," says @jensstoltenberg in releasing his annual report, which shows European/Canada increasing spending by almost 5% in real terms by 2017

Several hundred students at Newtown High School walk out in protest of gun violence on #NationalWalkoutDay. A 2012 mass school shooting in the town killed 26 students and educators.

A Cuban man has been arrested in Colombia on terror charges over allegations that he was conspiring with extremist groups to attack US citizens in Bogota, El Tiempo newspaper reports.

[email protected]: Together, we are MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

[email protected]: Today the House took major steps toward securing our schools by passing the STOP School Violence Act. We must put the safety of America's children FIRST by improving training and by giving schools and law enforcement better tools. A tragedy like Parkland can't happen ever again.

[email protected]: "It's very simple. Make America great again. That's what we're going to do, and that's what we're doing, and it's happening a lot faster than anybody thought possible."

Students march for tighter gun control along San Francisco's Embarcadero

[email protected]: "I keep telling these countries 'No, you have to buy American. I want you to buy American.'"

Oakland students are demanding action on gun violence outside of City Hall. Congress must listen to the voices of our young people impacted by this epidemic #NationalWalkoutDay

At Venice High School, 17 orange carnations are left on 17 school desks in honor of the victims of Stoneman Douglas High School during #NationalWalkoutDay

Students at @PittsburgUSD High School lay on the ground in the rain as part of their "die-in" protesting gunviolence - students stayed on campus during their reg. sched brunch period for their demonstration @KTVU

Students protest gun violence outside Trump Hotel in NYC

Speakers at Berkeley High encouraged their fellow students to register to vote and not let their activism on gun control end with today's walkout

VIDEO: Students marching in Boston from Park Street station to the State House as part of #NationalWalkoutDay

3 minutes of total silence here at Georgetown. "It took only three minutes for a gunman at Stoneman Marjory high school to end 17 lives." #NationalSchoolWalkout

Happening Now: Students across the nation stage walkouts in protest of gun violence. NationalWalkoutDay

Students at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia walk out of their classrooms to protest for stricter gun laws as part of NationalWalkoutDay.