16730 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.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/indian-institute-of-tropical-meteorology-inaugurates-pratyush-a-supercomputer-system-to-help-in-weather-forecasting-4293277.htmlOn 8 January India took a major step ahead in upgrading computing capacity in the area of weather forecasting and climate monitoring. Union Minister for Earth Sciences Dr.Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a supercomputer system at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune, taking its total....Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:14:00 +0100firstpost-a67f611510fdac245fafddf05b04829f20180108161400https://www.debate.com.mx/mundo/Sismo-de-5.4-sacude-a-Santander-20180108-0014.htmlColombia.- La mañana de este lunes un sismo de magnitud 5.4 en escala de Richter sacudió a Santander. De acuerdo con el reporte del Servicio Geológico Colombiano, el movimiento telúrico se produjo hacia las 7:58 de la mañana. El temblor presentó una latitud de 6.84 grados Norte, longitud de 73.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:35:00 +0100debate-cede132ae5bf77c306c0b78f61e160b220180108153500https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2018/0108/Ghosts-of-the-Tsunami-humanizes-the-survivors-of-Japan-s-2011-catastropheJanuary 8, 2018 I started reading Ghosts of the Tsunami half-expecting to be bored. Not because of its author, Richard Lloyd Parry, the Asia editor and Tokyo bureau chief for the Times of London, who over the course of three books has proven himself an excellent reporter and writer.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:29:00 +0100csmonitor-1d5408b527739a119624df16da2d72d320180108152900https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8041311-is-miss-america-s-swimsuit-competition-on-the-way-out-and-do-we-care-/Network executives parade successful young women around in swimsuits or less on all sorts of stages: Cheerleaders at NFL games. Cheerleaders at NBA games. Victoria's Secret models in an annual "fashion show." On "The Bachelor," successful young women parade in and out of hot tubs competing for a husband.Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:29:00 +0100thespec-2df42a7fe5d668597cd4a59a132f6b2420180108142900