109210 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.geo.tv/latest/109005-China-floods-leave-more-than-100-dead-or-missing-report. BEIJING: Flooding in China´s Yangtze river basin has left 112 people dead or missing in recent days, media said Tuesday, with more damage feared from a typhoon expected to land within days. Some 16 million people have been affected by heavy rains that have left vast areas under water near the....Fri, 08 Jul 2016 04:55:00 +0200geo-tv-054256b0e97081f98aa26e5573a7df7220160708045500http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/heavy-rains-in-china-claim-128-livesBEIJING • Heavy rains have left 128 people dead and 42 others missing in 11 Chinese provinces over the last six days, with more damage feared from a typhoon that is expected to hit the country's south- eastern coast this week. Continuous rainfall since last Thursday has destroyed 41,000 houses and forced the evacuation of more than 1.Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:50:00 +0200straitstimesSG-5f7b98a4d8f7eaf5d215bd8af67b6afd20160707145000http://reliefweb.int/report/world/eu-provides-123-million-enhance-disaster-preparedness-capacity-across-asia-and-pacificBangkok, 7 July 2016 – The European Commission is making available € 12.3 million to strengthen the capacity of disaster-prone countries across Asia and the Pacific to prepare for and protect themselves from recurring natural disasters. Almost half of the world’s natural disasters last year occurred....Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:41:00 +0200reliefWeb-d890398c5246bf8641a0a197afba649920160707094100http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/us-police-officers-fatal-shooting-of-suspect-sparks-protest-by-hundreds-743494.htmlA Louisiana police officer shot and killed a black man during a confrontation outside a convenience store, prompting hundreds to protest at the site where the man died. An online video that surfaced purporting to show the killing of Alton Sterling, 37, of Baton Rouge, on Tuesday added to protesters' outrage.Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:43:00 +0200breakingnews-ie-b84d5b31ad0baff93442015a48da3b1520160706194300