24600 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://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-20/arctic-doomsday-seed-vault-save-world-has-flooded-thanks-global-warming?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29So, the minimum doomish-day the seed vault should have been prepared for is that thing that melted the glaciers 12,900 years ago, right? We know that happened recently in geological time, and may have been the basis for hundreds of verbal traditions of massive flood killing everybody, in both the new and old worlds.Sun, 21 May 2017 05:33:00 +0200zerohedge-71e3bf5bbe1592fc6cbfc0a40fb48d1220170521053300http://almadapaper.net/ar/news/530135/%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9مثلما فعلت فوضى مابعد الحداثة، أزاح طوفان الرواية الذي اجتاح مشهدنا الثقافي، كثيراً من منظومات القيم الثقافية والتقاليد المعنية بالكتب الجديدة الجديرة بالقراءة، فقد كان صدور مجموعة قصصية ملفتة أو رواية بارعة في العقود الماضية يشكل حدثاً ثقافياً تنشغل به الصفحات الثقافية والنقاد الجادون، لم يكن أحد....Sun, 21 May 2017 05:00:00 +0200almadapaper-0f7661a186efc267b46d9b3913b4273920170521050000http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/five-things-to-know-about-the-japanese-royals/article/493015By AFP yesterday in World Japan is setting the stage for its first imperial abdication in two centuries after the government on Friday approved a bill that will eventually allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to step down. Here are five things to know about Japan's royals: Ancient history.Sun, 21 May 2017 03:42:00 +0200digitaljournal-b0759e5d53cfd450cc28dcf9c5d7238020170521034200https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/19/melted-permafrost-floods-doomsday-seed-vault/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was designed to be a repository should the worst happen and a disaster decimate crops around the world. But it was recently breached by floodwater from surrounding permafrost that melted after the hottest year on record. No seeds were ruined, but the security of the location is in question.Sun, 21 May 2017 00:32:00 +0200engadget-4de063c585edd75644edef121e5cb61f20170521003200