218120 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.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/01/01/usman-among-deadliest-storms-to-hit-philippines/Manila: Tropical Storm Usman, which entered the Philippines on Christmas Day, emerged as the deadliest weather disaster for the country this year following Typhoon Mangkhut in September. Usman, a slow-moving storm with winds of up to 55kph, killed at least 61 people as it triggered floods and....Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:29:00 +0100manilametro-6b433b39b3f48585a783c25387ebb2e320190104172900http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MISC_349202.htmlA strong earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday, raising fears of dangerous tsunami waves across the region, but after about two hours, the tsunami warning was withdrawn. There were no reports of casualties or damage from the earthquake, which....Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:13:00 +0100tradearabia-4d39144fb04d02a28f71dd2600fbe62020190104141300https://www.emirates247.com/news/death-toll-in-landslides-floods-in-philippines-climbs-to-122-2019-01-03-1.677253The death toll from landslides and floods in the eastern Philippines has climbed to 122 as emergency teams reach isolated areas and recover more bodies, officials said Thursday. According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA, quoted civil defence and disaster risk reduction officials as saying that....Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:24:00 +0100manilametro-9ec3c4c92506b69c13aeb149761d412120190103222400https://aip.ci/cote-divoire-inter-retro-2018-lactualite-internationale-marquee-par-la-reconciliation-entre-les-deux-corees-et-les-cris-dalerte-sur-le-climat/Abidjan, 3 jan (AIP) – L’actualité internationale de l’année 2018 a été marquée entre autres par la réconciliation entre les deux Corées, le rapport du Groupe d’experts intergouvernementaux sur l’évolution du climat (Giec), qui a tiré la sonnette d’alarme sur les nombreux impacts du réchauffement....Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:26:00 +0100aip-ci-a6ef1321ed2a66fd48a90fd2aacad3ca20190103152600