300170 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.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/christmas-shoebox-appeals-arent-always-13963081In all its caffeinated glory the Coca Cola truck has been spotted on Queen Street which (rather depressingly) means Christmas has arrived. One Christmas tradition that on the surface is much pleasant than a HGV full of sugar water is Operation Christmas Child.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 23:05:00 +0100southwales-eveningpost-f660b103823e72b9f02a4e17803597c120171129230500https://patch.com/california/pasadena-ca/california-faces-silver-tsunami-elderly-driversLOS ANGELES, CA — Nearly 90 percent of senior drivers -- who are more than twice as likely to be killed when involved in a crash -- do not make small, inexpensive changes to their vehicles that could improve safety and extend their time on the road, according to an Auto Club study released Wednesday.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:10:00 +0100patch-33f582aec71d67f74846794168904e1320171129221000https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/abandoned-land-has-eaten-up-an-area-of-japan-the-size-of-denmarkIn Japan’s declining regions, land gets abandoned. The ownership of about 11 percent of Japan’s landmass is now unclear, with the current owners unable to be contacted, or unknown. That’s about 41,000 square kilometers (16,000 square miles), which is equivalent to the size of Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu, or almost as large as Denmark.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:04:00 +0100bloomberg-058d8970ca7ca1fe8a136ae576438e1620171129220400https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/science/boulders-storms-waves-tsunamis.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA new study suggests that powerful storm surges are responsible for pushing giant boulders to the tops of cliffs in western Ireland. Credit Paul D. Ryan On a flat peninsula in western Ireland bordered by shallow cliffs that rise from the Atlantic Ocean sits a field of boulders. Some weigh nearly four times more than a school bus.Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:15:00 +0100nytimes-24e5e32370fe5e9504713045dfb5daa320171129211500