403220 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.northkoreatimes.com/news/260752799/emperor-announces-abdication-japan-marks-end-of-eraTOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. 'Today, I am concluding my duties as the emperor,'' Akihito said as he stood in front of the throne, as....Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:45:00 +0200northkoreatimes-ab443f083ae0ba3e6c2deac574457c4b20190430224500https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/04/22/earthquake-shakes-philippines-leaving-five-dead-north-of-manila/A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines, leaving buildings damaged and 5 dead north of Manila. The earthquake struck 1-kilometer West-Northwest of Bodega, Philippines at a depth of 20km. According to the USGS , the Philipines earthquake struck at 9:11 AM UTC (5:11 AM EST) on April 22, 2018.Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:06:00 +0200manilametro-b78197825e86ec945c59b5ee6fa2c93d20190430210600https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1803633/Baguio/Opinion/Esnara-Have-you-found-DRRM-platforms-yetTHE Monday after next week is fast approaching. This day will inform the campaigning candidates of their fortune in the next three years. It is the day when we cast our votes to be counted. That’s why, we should perhaps start listing names and numbers of our choices for this election.Tue, 30 Apr 2019 18:45:00 +0200sunstar-ae87483e7aea5972a4fb55a63e045a0820190430184500https://www.manilametro.com/news/260751909/emperor-announces-abdication-as-japan-marks-end-of-eraTOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. 'Today, I am concluding my duties as the emperor,'' Akihito said as he stood in front of the throne, as....Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:29:00 +0200manilametro-ab443f083ae0ba3e6c2deac574457c4b20190430162900