320460 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.timescolonist.com/news/local/you-want-the-darkness-uvic-scientists-search-sea-bottom-for-subatomic-particles-1.23372828Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria, installed the instruments last month to test whether the area is suitable for collection of data on neutrinos. Benoit Pirenne, Ocean Networks executive director of user engagement, said the sea bottom is good for neutrino detection....Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:40:00 +0200timescolonist-ae08b1262e00de7ea97d8883b971568e20180719144000https://japantoday.com/category/national/takahashi-wins-akutagawa-literary-award-shimamoto-wins-naoki-prizeNovelist Hiroki Takahashi has won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, while the Naoki Prize for popular fiction has been awarded to writer Rio Shimamoto, the selection committee said Wednesday. The 38-year-old Takahashi's novel "Okuribi" (Ceremonial Fire) depicted boys....Thu, 19 Jul 2018 01:19:00 +0200japantoday-dbd7edc3e54630bcda80a4ecd36f53b420180719011900https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-Relations/Foreign-aid-rushes-into-Japan-after-deadly-rainsTOKYO -- Taiwan, the U.S. and China were among the first to come to Japan's aid after torrential rains and floods, with leaders close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also offering quick support. The head of Taiwan's liaison office in Japan, Frank Hsieh, presented the government with a 20 million yen....Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:53:00 +0200nikkei-en-6043fd3f7c0e806552e8bd96d63319be20180718195300https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2018/07/18/mil-osi-asia-pacific-government-has-projects-to-improve-cyclone-monitoring-and-forecasting-dr-harsh-vardhan/Source: Government of India. “Ministry of Earth Sciences/India Meteorological Department has following projects to improve cyclone monitoring and forecasting: Global Ensemble Forecasting System (GEFS) with a resolution of 23 km was adapted from NCEP, NOAA, USA.Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:50:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz-a1964b998e3fdc00b427e1fd367f52d920180718135000