December 1, 2018 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
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)