Editing 2018 (section)

=== December ===
[[File:2018-12-29_14-50-04_manif-GJ-Belfort.jpg|thumb|Protest of the [[gilet jaune]]s]] 
* [[December 1]]–[[December 8|8]] – [[France]] experiences its worst [[civil unrest]] since the [[May 1968 events in France|protests of 1968]] due to the [[yellow vests movement]]. Protests in [[Paris]] morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the [[Arc de Triomphe]] is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yellow vest protests 'economic catastrophe' for France |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46499996 |date=December 9, 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209134544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46499996 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* December 1 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the [[Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal|much larger child sexual exploitation]] in [[Oulu]], [[Finland]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petri Turunen |title=Uutta tietoa lapseen kohdistuneista seksuaalirikoksista Oulussa: 7 miestä tunsivat toisensa |trans-title=New Information on Sexual Crimes against a Child in Oulu: 7 men knew each other |url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005918251.html |access-date=31 January 2019 |work=[[Ilta-Sanomat]] |date=1 December 2018 |quote=On Saturday afternoon, the police released a bulletin, the contents of which shocked many Finns. |language=fi |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822134808/https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005918251.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 3]] – NASA reports the arrival of the [[OSIRIS-REx]] probe at [[101955 Bennu|Bennu]], the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.<ref name="NYT-20181203-kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=NASA's Osiris-Rex Arrives at Asteroid Bennu After a Two-Year Journey - The spacecraft now begins a close study of the primitive space rock, seeking clues to the early solar system. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/science/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-arrival.html |date=December 3, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102801/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/science/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-arrival.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 4]]  – A [[2018–2023 Spanish institutional crisis|Spanish institutional crisis]] surrounding the [[General Council of the Judiciary]] (CGPJ) begins.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Spanish institutional crisis triggered by legal block of judicial reform |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2022/12/20/spanish-institutional-crisis-triggered-by-legal-block-of-judicial-reform/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804144518/https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2022/12/20/spanish-institutional-crisis-triggered-by-legal-block-of-judicial-reform/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 7]] – The U.N.'s [[International Telecommunication Union]] reports that, by the end of 2018, more than half – a full 51.2 percent – of the world's population are now using the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-half-global-population-now-115946999.html|title=More than half of global population now online: UN|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210061016/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-half-global-population-now-115946999.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] – [[2018 Armenian parliamentary election|Parliamentary elections]] were held in [[Armenia]] on 9 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-12-10 |title=Parliamentary election in Armenia respected fundamental freedoms: OSCE |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-election-osce-idUSKBN1O912R |access-date=2022-11-01 |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101155936/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-election-osce-idUSKBN1O912R |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[December 15]] – At the [[2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Katowice Climate Change Conference]], nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the [[Paris Agreement|2015 Paris agreement]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Katowice: COP24 Climate change deal to bring pact to life |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46582025 |date=December 16, 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216005435/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46582025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – Scandinavian tourists [[Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland|Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland]] are murdered by Islamic terrorists in the foothills of [[Toubkal|Mount Toubkal]] near to the village of [[Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi|Imlil]] in [[Morocco]]. At least one victim is beheaded with the murders recorded on video and posted on social media. In a previous video the perpetrators pledge allegiance to [[ISIS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/fifteen-men-charged-over-beheadings-of-female-hikers-in-morocco-11595382|title=Fifteen men charged over beheadings of female hikers in Morocco|website=Sky News|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322060703/https://news.sky.com/story/fifteen-men-charged-over-beheadings-of-female-hikers-in-morocco-11595382|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 19]]–[[December 21|21]] – [[Gatwick Airport drone incident]]: Reports of drone sightings close to the runway at [[Gatwick Airport]] in England causes major disruption, affecting approximately 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights, making it the largest disruption since [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|ash from an Icelandic volcano]] shut the airport in 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/23/gatwick-drone-chaos-arrested-couple-released-without-charge | title=Gatwick: suspects exonerated as confusion deepens over drone attack | work=The Guardian | date=December 23, 2018 | access-date=October 7, 2019 | archive-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524201637/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/23/gatwick-drone-chaos-arrested-couple-released-without-charge | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 20]] – In the [[Sea of Japan]], the South Korean warship [[ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great|ROKS ''Gwanggaeto the Great'']] [[2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute|targets]] a Japanese [[Kawasaki P-1|P-1]] [[maritime patrol airplane]] with its [[fire control radar]] while it was responding to a North Korean fishing boat in distress, creating a [[cause célèbre]] between the two countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/e/press/release/2018/12/28z.html |title=Regarding the incident of an ROK naval vessel directing its fire-control radar at an MSDF patrol aircraft |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228093825/http://www.mod.go.jp/e/press/release/2018/12/28z.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes at 22,445 after its worst week since 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46654064|title=US stocks suffer worst week in a decade|date=December 21, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223005734/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46654064|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/us-stocks-set-for-lower-week-after-fed-decision-government-shutdown-fears.html|title=Dow dives 400 points to end its worst week in 10 years|date=December 21, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223021817/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/us-stocks-set-for-lower-week-after-fed-decision-government-shutdown-fears.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 22]]
** An eruption from [[Anak Krakatau|Krakatoa]] causes a [[2018 Sunda Strait tsunami|tsunami]] that hits the [[Sunda Strait]], [[Indonesia]], killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46663158|title=Indonesia tsunami kills hundreds after Krakatau eruption|date=December 23, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518220215/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46663158|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The United States government enters a [[United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019|second government shutdown]], arising over a dispute over funding for the [[Mexico–United States barrier|U.S.–Mexico border wall]]. The shutdown, which lasted until January 25, 2019, is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
* [[December 24]] – [[Burundi]] moves its capital from [[Bujumbura]] to [[Gitega]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nimubona |first=Desire |date=December 24, 2018 |title=Burundi Moves Political Capital from Bujumbura to Gitega |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/burundi-moves-political-capital-from-bujumbura-to-gitega#xj4y7vzkg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227084940/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/burundi-moves-political-capital-from-bujumbura-to-gitega#xj4y7vzkg |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2023 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – After weeks of losses the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] posts its largest ever one-day point gain: 1,086 points.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Imbert |first1=Fred |last2=Huang |first2=Eustance  |date=December 25, 2018 |title=Dow rallies 1,000 points, logging its biggest single-day point gain ever |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/26/us-futures-following-christmas-eve-plunge.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331033211/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/26/us-futures-following-christmas-eve-plunge.html |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse]]: An apartment block in [[Magnitogorsk]], [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], Russia, partially collapses, killing 39 people and injuring 17 more. According to the official investigation the collapse was caused by a gas explosion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/magnitogorsk-russian-investigators-deny-explosives-caused-building-collapse|title=Russian investigators deny explosives caused deadly building blast|first=Marc|last=Bennetts|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=June 2, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602033517/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/magnitogorsk-russian-investigators-deny-explosives-caused-building-collapse|url-status=live}}</ref>