2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis All editions of Wikipedia are blocked in Venezuela by state-owned CANTV amid an ongoing political crisis.
Politics of Taiwan Taiwanese premier William Lai announces his resignation and former premier Su Tseng-chang succeeds him.
2018 DR Congo general election The Congolese election commission announces that parties supporting outgoing president Joseph Kabila obtained the majority in the National Assembly.
2020 presidential election Joining several other Democrats in the race, Julian Castro, who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017, announces his intention to run in the 2020 United States presidential election.
United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019 On its 22nd day, the federal government shutdown becomes the longest in American history overtaking the record previously set in 1995–1996.
2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba names Julien Nkoghe Bekale as the country's new prime minister after a failed coup that happened five days ago.
Guayaquil At least 17 are killed and 12 others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Officials said the blaze took hold after patients set mattresses on fire in a bid to escape the facility.
2019 Paris explosion A large explosion caused by a suspected gas leak destroys a bakery in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Four people are killed, and 40 others are injured.