307250 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://reliefweb.int/report/world/2018-year-review-responding-and-preparing-disasters-across-asia-pacificOverview. Asia-Pacific remains the world's most disaster-prone region and, in 2018, natural disasters once again affected millions of people. During the year the region experienced a number of sudden-onset disasters that prompted international responses, including Tropical Cyclone Gita in Tonga (February), a 7.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:43:00 +0100reliefWeb-f2cedbdac7f17d97796d3f8656ddfd5220190115184300https://dailytimes.com.pk/344203/indigenous-groups-are-the-worlds-endangered-environmental-guardians/Brazil’s new President, Jair Bolsonaro – known for his misogynistic, racist, homophobic and anti-environmental comments – has raised questions about the future of the world’s fourth-largest democracy with his support for torture and his unapologetic nostalgia for the country’s 1964-85 military dictatorship.Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:22:00 +0100dailytimesPK-2fa2159fd9cc22c4dae70b4dd1ac5cde20190114232200https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/asia-and-pacific-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-8-14-jan-2019INDONESIA. Following the earthquake at the end of September 2018, some 133,631 people remain displaced across Central Sulawesi. While thousands more left the province or found refuge with host families, increasing numbers of these people are returning to Central Sulawesi.Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:49:00 +0100reliefWeb-82cad62f0bbc4a6ab8967d160c9b284720190114104900http://www.generaccion.com/noticia/229078/efemerides-ocurrio-dia-como-hoy-14-eneroEN EL PERÚ Un día como hoy hace 138 años, el 14 de enero de 1881, e l cuerpo diplomático presidido por el Contralmirante francés Abel Georges Bergasse du Petit Thouars advierte al general chileno Manuel Baquedano que usará la fuerza contra los buques chilenos si las tropas de Chile saquean e....Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:53:00 +0100generaccion-efd1ad20bf2e7724307d7aab27432d7920190114065300