Portal:Current events/2018 December 1

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December 1, 2018 (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Anchorage earthquake
- More than 1,000 aftershocks shake Alaska after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake knocked out power, ripped open roads and splintered buildings in Anchorage. (CNN) (Reuters)

International relations

2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, 2018 China–United States trade war
- The White House announces that the United States and China agree to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks. (BBC) (NBC News)

Politics and elections

Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sworn in as the 58th President of Mexico. (The Guardian)
Yellow vests movement
- Protesters clash with police in Paris. (Reuters)
2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Jordi Turull and Jordi Sànchez, jailed Catalan separatist leaders accused of rebellion, start a hunger strike. (The Washington Post) (The New York Times)

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