199140 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.whittierdailynews.com/2018/10/18/millions-take-part-in-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill/LOS ANGELES — The annual Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill was held Thursday, with people in the Southland and around the globe encouraged to drop, cover and hold to test their level of preparedness for a major temblor. The 10th annual drill took place at 10:18 a.m.Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:05:00 +0200whittierdailynews-d70038301946d7fe8a5f83ee6ce938b720181019000500https://www.dailynews.com/2018/10/18/millions-take-part-in-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill/LOS ANGELES — The annual Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill was held Thursday, with people in the Southland and around the globe encouraged to drop, cover and hold to test their level of preparedness for a major temblor. The 10th annual drill took place at 10:18 a.m.Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:45:00 +0200dailynews-d70038301946d7fe8a5f83ee6ce938b720181018234500https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/china-to-launch-3-artificial-moons-with-mirrors-to-provide-24-hour-sunlight-118101800826_1.htmlChina is preparing to launch three artificial moons in space in 2022, the state-run Science and Technology Daily reported. The artificial or manmade moon is a satellite carrying a huge space mirror, which can reflect the sunlight to the Earth. According to plans, the verification of launch, orbit....Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:15:00 +0200business-standard-a19a5d5162e0c1223057e07b4a4b936a20181018211500http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/asia-pacific-airlines-tackle-better-handling-disruptionsAgainst the backdrop of increased effects of natural disasters, such as Typhoon Jebi and the Hokkaido earthquake in Japan, the director-general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), Andrew Herdman, said one key area its members will review is the handling of mass air-service disruptions, along with passenger-rights legislation.Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:57:00 +0200aviationweek-4903df7d18eb04a9f863997ad9001c7620181018185700