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December 18, 2018 (Tuesday)

Disasters and accidents

Russian cargo vessel MV Kuzma Minin runs aground and then is refloated off Gyllyngvase, Cornwall, and taken to anchor in Falmouth Bay for inspection, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. (BBC)
A powerful tornado touches down near Port Orchard, Washington. Several structures are severely damaged or destroyed. (Global News)

Law and crime

Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
- The Donald J. Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision while a lawsuit in the state of New York is ongoing. (CNN) (The Daily Beast)
Gun law in the United States
- The U.S. Department of Justice issues a final regulation banning the use of bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic rifles to be fired at a rate similar to that of automatic weapons and became infamous following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. It is scheduled to go into effect on March 21, 2019. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

Space policy of the Donald Trump administration
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive memorandum to re-establish the United States Space Command. (CNN)
Politics of Belgium
- Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submits the resignation of his cabinet to King Philippe, after the biggest party in his coalition, the New Flemish Alliance, formally quit on 9 December over the government's support for the Global Compact for Migration. The King is withholding his decision. (ABC News (Australia))

Science and technology

Transportation in Los Angeles
- Elon Musk opens the 1.6km-long Boring Test Tunnel in Hawthorne, California, which is designed to demonstrate technology that will transport cars at high speeds below the city. (BBC)
Kamchatka meteor
- A meteor, which measured several metres in size, exploded 26km over the Bering Sea, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. (BBC News)

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 ;Law and crime
+*[[Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump]]
-*The [[Donald J. Trump Foundation]] agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision while a lawsuit in the state of [[New York]] is ongoing. [https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-foundation-agrees-to-dissolve-after-shocking-pattern-of-illegality (''The Daily Beast'')]
+**The [[Donald J. Trump Foundation]] agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision while a lawsuit in the state of [[New York (state)|New York]] is ongoing. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/trump-foundation-dissolve/index.html (CNN)] [https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-foundation-agrees-to-dissolve-after-shocking-pattern-of-illegality (''The Daily Beast'')]
-*The [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] issues a final regulation banning in the U.S. [[Bump fire#Bump fire stocks|bump stocks]], which fire [[semi-automatic rifle]]s at a rate similar to that of [[automatic weapon]]s and became infamous following the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]]. It is scheduled to go into effect on March 21, 2019. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/trump-bump-stocks-ban.html (''The New York Times'')]
+*[[Gun law in the United States]]
+**The [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] issues a final regulation banning the use of [[bump stock]]s, which allow [[semi-automatic rifle]]s to be fired at a rate similar to that of [[automatic weapon]]s and became infamous following the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]]. It is scheduled to go into effect on March 21, 2019. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/trump-bump-stocks-ban.html (''The New York Times'')]
 ;Politics and elections
 *[[Space policy of the Donald Trump administration]]
 **[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] signs an [[executive memorandum]] to re-establish the [[United States Space Command]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/trump-space-command-creation/index.html (CNN)]
+*[[Politics of Belgium]]
-*[[Charles Michel]] announces that he will offer his resignation as [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] to [[Monarchy of Belgium|King]] [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]] amid protests and a political crisis over the [[Global Compact for Migration]]. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/belgium-pm-resigns-over-migration-spat/10633300 (ABC News)]
+**[[Prime Minister of Belgium|Belgian Prime Minister]] [[Charles Michel]] submits the resignation of his [[Michel II Government|cabinet]] to [[Monarchy of Belgium|King]] [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]], after the biggest party in his coalition, the [[New Flemish Alliance]], formally quit on 9 December over the government's support for the [[Global Compact for Migration]]. The King is withholding his decision. [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/belgium-pm-resigns-over-migration-spat/10633300 (ABC News (Australia))]
+;Science and technology
+*[[Transportation in Los Angeles]]
+**[[Elon Musk]] opens the 1.6km-long [[Boring Test Tunnel]] in [[Hawthorne, California]], which is designed to demonstrate technology that will transport cars at high speeds below the city. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46616902 (BBC)]
+*[[Kamchatka meteor]]
+**A [[Meteoroid#Meteors|meteor]], which measured several metres in size, exploded 26km over the [[Bering Sea]], near the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], [[Russia]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47607696 (BBC News)]
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