329500 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://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2019/03/31/2003712550New research released on Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake. It was the day that nearly all life on Earth went extinct, including the dinosaurs.Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:44:00 +0100taipeitimes-b524142a2791ada8eecbf76507e69ec420190330184400https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/fossils-pinpoint-day-asteroid-hit-earth-causing-mass-extinction/article26689487.eceNew research released on Friday captures a fossilised snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked the earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake. It was the day that nearly all life on the earth went extinct, including the dinosaurs.Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:10:00 +0100thehindu-51e40d192f7c6729e3fde615edea002820190330181000https://www.heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/magnitude-53-earthquake-hits-greece/A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has hit central Greece with tremors felt as far as 130km away in Athens. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries authorities said after it struck at 12.46pm local time. The earthquake's epicentre was 8km (5miles) southwest of the town of Galaxidi near the....Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:31:00 +0100heart-128d4c221411f7cc46ec2605cec5f34a20190330163100https://www.publico.es/sociedad/terremoto-grecia-seismo-magnitud-5-3-escala-richter-sacude-noroeste-atenas.htmlUn seísmo de magnitud 5,3 en la escala de Richter sacudió hoy la costa norte del golfo de Corinto, cerca de la ciudad de Patras, sin causar víctimas. Según informó el Instituto Geodinámico de Atenas, el terremoto tuvo lugar a las 10.46 GMT en una zona marina y a una profundidad focal de solo 10 kilómetros.Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:04:00 +0100Publico-ES-f5c85ebf8a4356920f028c2e9675767120190330160400