21370 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.geospatialworld.net/videos/digitalglobe-satellite-imagery-2018/The year 2018 witnessed some leading events that were prominent global newsmakers. From one of the largest youth protest in the US to the most destructive Earthquake that struck Indonesia, and from the devastating forest fire in California to 2018 Fifa World Cup in which France emerged as new....Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:35:00 +0100geospatialworld-c78de279b8a885b69c411cb58b4063d020181220013500https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/helping-injured-earthquake-and-tsunami-victimsThe earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia on September 28, killed more than 2,000 people and injured 4,000 others. Some 68,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, displacing more than 200,000 people. Humanity & Inclusion is assisting victims of the disaster, in partnership with Ikatan Fisioterapis....Wed, 19 Dec 2018 23:49:00 +0100reliefWeb-9a1e1ec902a1190c6a6e6a107fc6174020181219234900https://www.qt.com.au/news/the-darling-fault-stretching-for-1000km-in-western/3605974/WESTERN Australia - home of the quokka, beach camels and most of the country's outback. And it's also home to one of the biggest fault lines in the world. Starting in Albany and stretching 1000km to the north is the Darling Fault, one of the longest and most significant fault lines on Earth, formed....Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:45:00 +0100qt-47d6d3bfd365d1c95afeb507319cf14020181219204500https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/two-thousand-uae-solar-lanterns-to-bring-light-to-off-grid-island-in-bangladesh-1.804472Thousands of men, women and children who have been living in the dark in an isolated Bangladeshi city were given the gift of light on Wednesday. Hazarbighar Char Island is home to 5,000 people and has long been off the grid due to its remote location. The inhabitants of the island are the latest....Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:41:00 +0100thenational-820c2665f786d661ad38c8cbb4ea85c520181219174100