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December 18, 2018
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2018-12-18
)
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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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