2010 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.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a21990710/chinas-pacific-war-games-rimpac/The United States began hosting RIMPAC in 1971 as a means of assuring allies that the U.S. withdraw from Vietnam did not preclude a larger withdraw from Asia. The exercise is held every two years and this year includes: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, India, Indonesia, Israel,....Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:24:00 +0200popularmechanics-629dcf35b9e80b0ce99493d6f7d9b85c20180628212400http://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/asia-and-pacific/pacific_enThe Pacific Region is frequently hit by natural disasters ranging from cyclones, floods, droughts to earthquakes. Pacific island countries including Papua New Guinea, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu, rank among the highest in the world in terms of numbers of casualties and people affected by disasters.Wed, 27 Jun 2018 05:01:00 +0200EC-ffa07e574a308b58972ab4a5f971f95e20180627050100http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/313801A large shipping container filled with essential disaster-relief supplies has arrived in the small Pacific Island country of Tonga, still struggling to restore normality after Cyclone Gita. The Hastings District Council approved a grant of $10,000 on March 22, to assist the Tongan Hawke’s Bay....Mon, 18 Jun 2018 04:47:00 +0200voxy-65b11a7fa3b4c56e887d23092a930c1a20180618044700http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/16/earthquake-of-magnitude-6-point-1-strikes-off-tonga-usgsSINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck 223 km (139 miles) south-southeast off the coast of Sigave in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the....Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:10:00 +0200euronews-en-bc2d796ae76ac5c04a787bda62115df520180617041000