27070 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.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=opinion&p=1394777&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29KYOTO – I have long been intrigued with the effort to predict a large, potentially devastating earthquake in the Tokai region of Japan and the legislation that established how scientists and public officials were to respond, should precursory seismic activity reach the point of a warning issued by the prime minister.Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0200japantimes-f00332da31da633a312d2730714acad420180417130000https://reliefweb.int/map/papua-new-guinea/papua-new-guinea-highlands-earthquake-snapshot-aftershocks-14th-april-2018Papua New Guinea: Highlands Earthquake Snapshot - Aftershocks (as of 14th April 2018) Informing humanitarians worldwide. A service provided by ReliefWeb has been the leading online source for reliable and timely humanitarian information on global crises and disasters since 1996.Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:00:00 +0200reliefWeb-01aeda13631e3f9790bea77861900eab20180417090000https://reliefweb.int/report/papua-new-guinea/png-earthquake-response-logistics-situation-update-16-april-2018Logistics Operational Updates. Australian Defence Force (ADF) C-130J was available until 15 April. After the departure of ADF C-130J on 16 April, out of the submitted Request for Assistance (RFA), over 70 MT of WFP and IFRC food and non-food items still require air assistance from Port Moresby to Moro and Mt.Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:00:00 +0200reliefWeb-7a6af1a7f461ff2c4a97865d829a51cd20180417090000http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12034370&ref=rssA move by New Zealand Police to today defend its decision not to lay manslaughter charges over the 2011 Canterbury Television building collapse in Christchurch despite "significant" design deficiencies has further angered grieving families. Professor Maan Alkaisi, on behalf of the CTV Families, said....Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:53:00 +0200nzherald-2171a00dec88a6cda7f21eb5504fdf4c20180417085300