Portal:Current events/2018 November 19
November 19, 2018 (Monday)
Business and economy
- Nissan chairman and former CEO Carlos Ghosn is arrested in Japan for breaching the country's financial trading laws, prompting Nissan to recommend that he and director Greg Kelly step down for misconduct. Ghosn is also the chairman and CEO of Renault. (The Irish Times)
- The 930-kilometre (580 mi) offshore section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, between Russia and Turkey, is completed. (Bloomberg)
- David's Bridal files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (USA Today)
Disasters and accidents
International relations
- President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and his Cabinet announce that the Maldives is set to return to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations as a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. (Times Now)
Law and crime
- Watts family homicides
- Chris Watts of Frederick, Colorado, is sentenced to three consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters. (CBS News)
- Mercy Hospital shooting
- A shooting takes place at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, leaving four dead, including the gunman. (ABC)
- CNN v. Trump
- CNN drops its lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House restores reporter Jim Acosta's press pass. (The Washington Post)
- The White House also issues a set of four guidelines reporters must follow at press conferences to avoid further press pass revocations. (ABC News)
- List of executive actions by Donald Trump
- A federal judge blocks an order by President Trump that denies asylum to illegal immigrants. (The Washington Post)
Science and technology
Sports
- 2018 NFL season
- The Los Angeles Rams defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 54–51 on Monday Night Football in the third-highest scoring NFL game in history. (The Guardian)