45130 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12171764&ref=rssThis Christmas, the Herald and The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ are working together to bring the Gift of Sight to the Pacific, where four out of five people who are blind don't need to be. Alarmingly, an increasing number of these are young people, suffering from diabetes-related eye disease. At 2.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:56:00 +0100nzherald-455823c37e418c1f4f5475c47da822e620181205025600https://www.fijitimes.com/5-0-mag-earthquake-recorded-in-lau-region/The map showing the epicentre of the 5.0 magnitude earthquake that was recorded in the Lau region this morning. Picture: SUPPLIED. A 5.0 MAGNITUDE earthquake was recorded in the Lau region this morning. The Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department stated the earthquake occurred at a depth of 532km.Sun, 02 Dec 2018 03:52:00 +0100fijitimes-2c3d5b07e6402aa135315f3ca3976acf20181202035200http://www.ecuadorinmediato.com/index.php?module=Noticias&func=news_user_view&id=2818846235&umt=22informe_de_riesgo_global_201822_toma_de_ejemplo_a_nif1os_afectados_en_terremoto_de_ecuador_para_hablar_de_vulnerabilidadEn abril de 2016, el terremoto de magnitud de 7,8 que sacudió el suelo del noroeste de Ecuador dejó un saldo de más de 660 fallecidos y más de 80.000 damnificados. Además, 560 escuelas quedaron parcial o completamente destruidas. Especialmente fueron los niños los que más sufrieron debido a esa tragedia.Mon, 19 Nov 2018 19:46:00 +0100ecuadorinmediato-5809f6c83e4725a47a2fdac75d7b2b5d20181119194600https://www.dw.com/en/worldriskreport-children-suffer-most-from-war-and-disaster/a-46350216?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrssIn April 2016, northwestern Ecuador was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake . More than 660 people died, and 80,000 lost their homes and livelihoods. About 560 schools were partially or totally destroyed. Children were particularly affected. Many lost their parents and were left at first to fend completely for themselves.Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:59:00 +0100deutschewelle-sq-4dd0a648925beb1588061c3994ea6fbe20181119115900