Stoneman Douglas High School shooting The NRA is suing Florida after it passed a gun control law which would raise the minimum age for purchasing guns from 18 to 21.
2017–18 North Korea crisis North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-ho will visit Sweden and meet with Deputy Prime Minister Margot Wallström.
Environmental issues in Chile Outgoing Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signs a new law which creates nine marine reserves. The new legislation will increase the area of sea under state protection from 4.3% to 42.4%.
East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists Lightning strikes a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nyaruguru District, Rwanda, killing 16 people and injuring dozens.
Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese President Joseph Kabila signs a law that increases taxes on mining and government royalties on international mining companies working in DR Congo, including on the mining of cobalt, despite the opposition from foreign companies.