196120 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/philippines/asean-helps-asean-communities-affected-typhoon-mangkhutManila, 24 September 2018 – The Government of the Philippines has welcomed ASEAN’s assistance for the typhoon-affected communities. Typhoon-Mangkhut (Ompong) made landfall in Cagayan Province on 15 September 2018. To date, over 2.1 million individuals have been affected by the strongest typhoon of....Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:55:00 +0200reliefWeb-a30a0b5acf69e116aad5ff15272335d720180924145500http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2018-09/23/content_63844403.htmUn tremblement de terre de magnitude 5,0 sur l'échelle de Richter s'est produit à 156 km au nord-ouest de Saumlaki, en Indonésie, samedi à 19h16 GMT, a indiqué l'Institut des études géologiques des Etats-Unis (USGS). D'une profondeur de 73,01 kilomètres, l'épicentre du séisme a été localisé à 6,7903....Sat, 22 Sep 2018 22:32:00 +0200french.china.org.cn-a721bb1b15cfe24ea8b84add375229da20180922223200https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/21/09/2018/Let-women-make-a-splash,-even-in-conservative-societies,-says-Olympian-PhelpsHONG KONG: Women and girls must be allowed to learn how to swim even in conservative societies, American swimming great Michael Phelps said on Friday, as he sought to make the world better through the "awesomeness" of sports. Studies have shown women and girls are more at risk from natural disasters....Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:24:00 +0200thepeninsulaqatar-46bfa9dcefde1eaa699b3b81664ef54820180921212400http://news.trust.org/item/20180921151448-wu0pq/Cultural and religious taboos mean women and girls are not taught how to swim, making them more at risk of natural disasters like flooding. By Beh Lih Yi. HONG KONG, Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women and girls must be allowed to learn how to swim even in conservative societies, American....Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:53:00 +0200trust-e86b2014da409676a7eba374aa339ee220180921195300