28940 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 http://news.tj/en/news/two-russian-mountaineers-killed-avalanche-while-ascending-ismoili-somoni-peakDUSHANBE, August 18, 2016, Asia-Plus – Two Russian climbers have been killed by an avalanche while ascending the Ismoili Somoni Peak in Tajikistan. According to the Climbing Federation of Russia, the tragedy took place on August 14 at 7:50 am on the edge of the 7,495m Mount Ismoili Somoni.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:00:00 +0200news-tj-en-df1c352a5a2276c81a918cc0f377bb1120160818150000http://www.americaeconomia.com/economia-mercados/finanzas/pib-de-chile-crece-15-en-el-segundo-trimestre-y-resulta-mejor-lo-esperadoEntre abril y junio se contabilizaron además tres días laborales más que en el mismo lapso del año pasado, con un efecto calendario igual a 0,4 puntos porcentuales. El PIB del período abril-junio, difundido el jueves por el Banco Central, fue superior al 1,1% que esperaban analistas, pero inferior....Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:41:00 +0200americaeconomia-b165cbc519d3282f2f97687a4af5f59920160818144100http://lta.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idLTAKCN10T17USANTIAGO (Reuters) - El Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) de Chile creció un 1,5 por ciento en el segundo trimestre, una variación mejor a la esperada, en medio de un ciclo de bajo desempeño de la minería y de la inversión que fue compensado por un mayor consumo.Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:23:00 +0200reuters-lta-e0f5d77e23d7f67d277b422545ea070d20160818142300http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/sid/246845933. Irish Sun Thursday 18th August, 2016 • Cairn and Mackay airports were evacuated post the quake. • Six aftershocks were recorded in the region. • There is no threat of tsunami. QUEENSLAND, Australia An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck off the coast of Bowen in north Queensland around 2.30 pm (local time).Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:17:00 +0200irishsun-ab4d6e0ba9ec1a6918faae521c0a2eb820160818141700