114120 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.earth.com/news/fracking-seismic-ripple-effect/Fracking is the process of injecting fluid at extremely high pressures deep into the Earth’s surface in order to extract oil and gas. In a new study, researchers from Tufts University found that the process of fluid injection and wastewater disposal has a ripple effect well beyond the injection area....Tue, 07 May 2019 14:04:00 +0200earth-48f75c9dfd75940960298790f1ac928e20190507140400https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/07/19/fact-check-no-this-is-not-a-genuine-tsunami-warning-issued-for-ph-in-aprilA photo has been shared thousands of times in Facebook posts published on April 27, 2019 alongside a purported “breaking news” tsunami warning following a major earthquake. The claim is false; the photo in the misleading posts shows a storm in Sydney, Australia in 2015; no official tsunami warnings....Tue, 07 May 2019 12:27:00 +0200abs-cbnnews-5c7bf926c9806a8ffad6aa397e2aed6f20190507122700https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/05/06/trump-defends-aid-puerto-rico-after-alex-cora-says-won-attend-white-house-celebration/kYinuTFBwHZi6U3iwocGBL/story.htmlover the weekend that he would not appear at the White House for the team’s visit on Thursday. “Puerto Rico is very important to me. During the winter I spent a lot of time back home, visiting my family and friends. Unfortunately, we are still struggling, still fighting.Mon, 06 May 2019 19:07:00 +0200bostonglobe-442828bd89348c9cf1a11bf9137636e320190506190700https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12228135&ref=rssA top Australian law firm is taking on a $300 million class action on behalf of 3000 Canterbury homeowners who feel ripped off on earthquake payouts by insurers Southern Response. The potentially-landmark case is being launched against the Government-owned insurance company Southern Response which....Mon, 06 May 2019 00:37:00 +0200nzherald-800f0bc1c3d2487304d29b13a473756c20190506003700