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Students and school staff across the US are commemorating the Florida school shootings with a walkout, exactly one month after the killings. They are stopping lessons for 17 minutes in memory of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stone-man Douglas High School. A former pupil has been charged with the killings. Organizers of the protest accuse Congress of failing to tackle gun violence adequately. The White House revealed a plan this week to deter school shootings which does not include President Donald Trump's repeated calls to raise the age for buying semi-automatic rifles to 21. Instead, it moves ahead with his controversial proposal to provide firearms training to school employees. The walkouts were scheduled to begin at 10:00 (10:00 EST is 14:00 GMT) across America's time zones. Organizers of the National School Walkout, who were also behind the Women's March in January 2017 against Mr Trump's inauguration, are calling on "students, teacher

Google pulled down 3.2 billion adverts that violated its advertising and publishers policies in 2017, adding that this was more than 100 bad adverts per second in Nigeria and other part of the world. Google explained that it used this approach to block the majority of bad adverts experiences, like malvertising and phishing scams, before the scams impacted people. Google said it took specific actions against violating adverts involved in scraping; tabloid cloaking; malicious activity; malware and trick to click formats. The United States of America’s technology company went on to reveal that it paid publishers $12.6 billion in the year under review. It added that 79 million adverts were blocked on its network for attempting to send people to malware-laden sites, and removed 400,000 of these unsafe sites last year. It equally removed 66 million, “trick-to-click” adverts as well as 48 million adverts that were attempting to get users to install unwanted software.

Paris Jackson’s star is rising. She appears in her first movie, Gringo , alongside heavyweights like Charlize Theron and Amanda Seyfried, and for last night's premiere in L.A., Jackson chose a look that reflected her new status. Her black gown from Valentino with a snake curving up its necklines projected the elegance of old Hollywood. She kept things simple elsewhere with her slicked-back, oversized hoop earrings, and a plum-stained pout, offering a departure from the bombshell vibe of her Oscar-night Versace dress and the hippie chic of her off-duty wardrobe.Of course, Jackson’s foray into classic fashion doesn’t mean she’s lost her inner rock chick.  She let her personality show beneath the layers of tulle and embroidery, from her visible tattoos to her now-signature beaded bracelets. Enjoying the night out with her co-stars and her big brother Prince, she marked the next chapter of her career in style.

Canada and Mexico may be exempt from US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, the White House says. Other countries may also see "carve-outs" on national security grounds, press secretary Sarah Sanders said. US President Donald Trump has said steel products will face a 25% tariff, with 10% on aluminum goods. But there are fears the plans could spark a trade war, and it reportedly helped lead to the resignation of White House economic adviser Gary Cohn. The EU has proposed retaliatory measures against a number of US goods including bourbon and peanut butter. Despite opposition at home and abroad, Ms Sanders said the US president would sign the measures in by the end of the week. But she added: "There are potential carve-outs for Mexico and Canada based on national security, and possibly other countries as well based on that process. That would be [on] a case-by-case and country by country basis." Mr Trump has railed against the US trade

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria, has disclosed the lessons he has learnt from the new movie ‘Black Panther’. Atiku Abubakar writes: Over the weekend, I joined my children to watch the much talked about ‘Black Panther’. It was a good film, and I was happy they took me to see it. However, I came out of the movie theater a little upset. When the first scenes came up, and I saw “Sambisa Forest” I was unhappy that the only reference the filmmakers could have for Nigeria was a negative one, but I was later encouraged by the thought of Africans solving African problems. That is a good thing, the kinds of things we used to do. For young people who may not remember, Nigerian civil servants and indeed most able citizens used to contribute money every month to support the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Nigeria was the single stabilizing force across West Africa. Helping to restore peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone are examples of the gigantic st

A 45-year-old man and 17-year-old girl have been arrested after sustaining injuries during an incident in a police vehicle in Perth. Stuart Lymer and the teenager, both from Staffordshire, had been escorted from a train in the city on Monday. The pair - who had previously been reported missing - are being treated in hospital, although their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. The incident is understood to have involved a bladed weapon. Police Scotland has referred the matter to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Pirc). Police in Staffordshire had previously issued an appeal to trace the pair, who are undergoing treatment in Dundee. Assistant Chief Constable John Hawkins said: "Following an incident yesterday within a police vehicle in Perth, a 45-year-old man and 17-year-old woman have been arrested. "Both are currently undergoing treatment at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee as a result of injuries sustained during the incide

France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, so that an adult who has sex with someone younger than that will be charged with rape. Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move, which follows advice from doctors and legal experts. Currently, prosecutors must prove sex with someone under-15 was forced in order to bring rape charges. The change comes amid uproar over two recent cases of men accused of having sex with 11-year-old girls. Under the existing legislation, if there is no violence or coercion proved, offenders may only be charged with sexual abuse of a minor and not rape . This has a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (£66,000; $87,000). Sentences are the same for sexual assaults of minors and non-minors , but rape convictions carry much harsher punishments. The government is to approve the new age limit as part of a package of other laws against sexual violence and harassment in the coming weeks. It had been di

I'd killed his wife in a car accident, and now he wanted to talk to me. M y junior year of high school was off to a great start. By the third day, I'd finally memorized my class schedule, my locker combination and most of my pep-squad routines. That morning I slipped on my new jeans and sandals, grabbed my books and pompoms, and kissed my mom goodbye. It was a 10-mile drive to school from our house in the country. As I got into my little brown car, I grabbed my seat belt, thinking, I never remember to wear this thing, but I may as well put it on now that I'm thinking about it. As I came over a hill, I remembered I still needed to put lipstick on. I adjusted my rear-view mirror for a quick application. As my eyes returned to the road, I caught a glimpse of something moving, then felt my car suddenly jolt. I had hit something. My initial thought was perhaps it was a farm animal. But I had a sinking feeling it was something much worse. As I stopped the

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri, has given more reasons why the Big Brother Naija 2018 housemates are not stars. Omokri maintained that housemates in the ongoing reality show are not stars but “darkness.” In a tweet, the United States, US-based Pastor said the housemates are darkness”foaming in their mouth with indecency.” Omokri wrote: “Let me end by saying that the housemates of #BBNaija are no stars. They are darkness. They are a blight on the nation, foaming in the mouth their indecency and Nigeria must not celebrate them at all. Not at all.” Recall that Omokri had last week Wednesday faulted the sex episodes in the reality show. Omokri wondered why housemates caught having sex in the toilet are been referred to as stars.

Khloe Kardashian is just weeks away from welcoming her first child, but she is still struggling with a very important decision – a baby name! The 33-year-old reality star admitted she’s having trouble naming her baby-to-be on Twitter on Sunday, after a fan asked if she’d landed on a moniker. “I have a few that I like, but nothing is picked. It’s so hard,” she replied to the follower. Back in January, Khloe told Ellen DeGeneres, “I think if it’s a boy I’ll go with Junior, Tristan Jr., but for a girl, I don’t know where to begin. I want a ‘K’ or a ‘T.’” KoKo recently returned from a babymoon to Japan with her sisters, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian, but seemed very excited to be home. “There’s really no place like home,” she tweeted with a blue heart emoji. “Bed – I missed you terribly.” One follower asked how Khloe was holding up returning home without her beloved dog Gabbana, who passed away in late January, to which she replied, “It’s absolutely horrible but her bed