229120 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://ec.europa.eu/echo/aggregator/sources/8_enEuropean Commission - Press release Brussels, 23 November 2018 As millions of people continue to be in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan, the Commission has announced an additional €18 million in emergency aid. This brings total EU humanitarian funding in Sudan for 2018 to €41 million.Sat, 24 Nov 2018 05:28:00 +0100EC-15dcaaaac6ba8fd54b4147a07a5b9e5020181124052800http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_18_11_22-1_en.html?infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=49789There have always been tsunamis across the world but the 2004 event in the Indian Ocean, which caused over 250 000 casualties, showed how devastating they can be. Likewise, the 2011 tsunami, which killed more than 19 000 people in Japan, underlined the fact that even for a well-prepared country the consequences can be dramatic.Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:53:00 +0100ec-europa-155548d122e392f0332f558db178c74f20181122135300http://www.ekathimerini.com/234939/gallery/ekathimerini/in-images/earthquake-response-drill-for-ppc-minersWorkers at a Public Power Corporation lignite mine in Kozani, northern Greece, carry out a preparedness exercise on Wednesday. Code-named Pandora, the annual exercise is aimed at training workers at the mine what to do in the event of a natural disaster.Wed, 21 Nov 2018 22:59:00 +0100kathimerini-en-97859ec14dbf83077936a1dad55a868c20181121225900https://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/elephant-in-the-room-are-animals-far-cleverer-than-humans-like-to-think-1.792627Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. Courtesy Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. An elephant that can count or a dog that can foretell a disaster would once have been the topic of fiction or a circus attraction, but now they are the focus of scientific interest and their abilities appear to be genuine.Sat, 17 Nov 2018 06:26:00 +0100thenational-5a5eaee9c27d3a5515141187c565ae1120181117062600