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://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-17-23-apr-2018MYANMAR. Armed conflict between the Myanmar Military and the Kachin Independence Army since 7 April has displaced up to 2,000 people in Tanai Township, Kachin State from Awng Lawt, Sut Ring Yang and Sut Ra villages. On 22 April, the Myanmar Red Cross Society evacuated 225 people from the area and....Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:38:00 +0200reliefWeb-792e8ff619d6120e721c97b13fe76fb7reliefWeben-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersKachin StateRed CrossEmergencyMyanmar Military20180423123800http://ec.europa.eu/echo/aggregator_enA first visit by the Myanmar Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Win Myat Aye, to Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar took place on 11 April. The purpose of the visit was to meet with Rohingya refugees and speed up the resettlement process with the Government of Bangladesh.Sat, 14 Apr 2018 04:48:00 +0200EC-3c71e68f1f5cb31e76ce7dce70d586ccECen43.460541 -3.800415ConflictEnvironmentUNbodiesNaturalDisastersMigrationManMadeDisastersClimateActionAlternativeEnergyCivil ProtectionViti LevuPalestinian AuthorityEmergencyMyat AyeIsraeli Defense ForcesUNHCRRefugee CampSocial Welfare20180414044800https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180412102945.htmAndreas Schaefer, an engineering geophysicist at the Geophysical Institute at KIT, presented the team's findings showing that the equivalent of over 250 million USD (ca. 200 million €) is lost annually to beach economies around the world. Based on the simulation model "TsuPy," the team examined over....Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:21:00 +0200sciencedaily-8946b8b00f7367ba1b67bd51dd0e8dc9sciencedailyen9.969485 -84.842957NaturalDisastersAndreas SchaeferAndreas SchäferJames Daniell20180412172100https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/kift-tcc041218.phpCredit: Photo: Andreas Schaefer, KIT. Going to the beach this summer? European tourists are more frequently going to places all over the world with significant tsunami risk, researchers have found. A global tourism destination risk index for tsunamis was released today at the 2018 Annual Conference....Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:12:00 +0200eurekalert-9cbc4e8ba26220ac3cf964c251536400eurekalerten9.969485 -84.842957NaturalDisastersDisasterReliefResearch UniversityAndreas SchaeferAndreas SchäferKarlsruhe InstituteJames Daniell20180412171200http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2018_041_tsunamis-could-cause-beach-tourism-to-lose-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-every-year.phpEuropean tourists are more frequently going to places all over the world with significant tsunami risk, researchers have found. A global tourism destination risk index for tsunamis was released today at the 2018 Annual Conference of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna, based on a study....Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:27:00 +0200kit-a84c3ab344ee91a228772c75a10401aakiten9.969485 -84.842957NaturalDisastersDisasterReliefResearch UniversityAndreas SchaeferAndreas SchäferKarlsruhe InstituteJames Daniell20180412132700http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=440241New diplomat. Vanuatu has appointed John Licht as its new ambassador to the European Union and Belgium. Mr Licht officially signed his contract at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, according to the Daily Post. Bar licence. A Samoan MP and bar owner Olo Fiti Va'ai is suing the Liquor Board....Mon, 02 Apr 2018 01:55:00 +0200fijitimes-97f813cd5a44fe91ff160910923bb0d1fijitimesen-19.0500047500816 -169.860169314311PublicHealthNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesEU-PacificEU-AsiaThe Jakarta PostEuropean Union20180402015500http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=173890&SEO=debate-omc-vinculos-entre-comercio-y-desastres-naturales26 de abril de 2018, 16:30 Ginebra, Suiza, 26 abr (PL) La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) abogó hoy mejorar los vínculos entre políticas y prácticas del sector y el enfrentamiento a las catástrofes naturales, cuya frecuencia y magnitud siguen en ascenso.Thu, 26 Apr 2018 22:44:00 +0200prensa-latina-218b902a6aefa8d3dc4d85bc1c8b4f8bprensa-latinaes-17.7404 168.3214:30 Debate wto links between trade and natural disasters4:30 Debate wto links between trade and natural disastersNaturalDisastersRoberto AzevêdoOrganización Mundial del Comercio20180426224400