1020 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.thenational.ae/uae/cleveland-clinic-volunteers-travel-to-bangladesh-to-aid-massive-humanitarian-crisis-1.736893Elizabeth Gilmore. Caregivers from Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have returned from working as volunteer clinical staff in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Courtesy: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Big-hearted caregivers from an Abu Dhabi clinic embarked on a vital mission of mercy in Bangladesh to....Tue, 05 Jun 2018 06:36:00 +0200thenational-098b9d1264fe491ae85a2fbcd3dfe51d20180605063600https://www.mmtimes.com/news/minister-calls-earthquake-readiness.html“Earthquakes have become a challenge that must be seriously addressed in Myanmar,” he said on Thursday. Myanmar was hit by 31 earthquakes in January, 13 in February, 11 in March and 20 in April ranging in magnitude from three to six on the Richter scale.Mon, 04 Jun 2018 04:58:00 +0200mmtimes-d4eccb3878cfd7206a502369b77711e120180604045800http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2018/05/31/coastal-tourism-destination-challenges-in-southeast-asia.htmlSoutheast Asia countries heavily rely on tourism and are vulnerable to disruptions such as natural disasters. These include cyclones, floods, earthquakes, tsunami, wildfires, droughts, and volcanoes. During 2000-2015, floods, drought, storms and landslides accounted for more than 80 percent of total occurrences of natural disasters in the region.Fri, 01 Jun 2018 05:46:00 +0200JakartaPost-006dd78cfa9870aecc37a9dd72e8599c20180601054600http://www.newsweek.com/puerto-ricos-hurricane-maria-death-toll-how-does-new-number-casualties-compare-949863The death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is thought to be much higher than official government counts, a new Harvard study revealed Tuesday. The island’s official death toll is 64, but the study found that an estimated 4,645 people died during the hurricane and its aftermath.Thu, 31 May 2018 05:05:00 +0200newsweek-5d02b0ce21ccd2c710924c9163cf452d20180531050500