17250 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.ecns.cn/news/2019-05-13/detail-ifzicwaz7650363.shtmlScientists from China and other countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative will work together to enhance scientific and technological cooperation in disaster prevention and mitigation, according to a joint declaration. The collaboration aims to make areas along the initiative safer, more....Mon, 13 May 2019 02:53:00 +0200ecns-9d3a9b3c581cf2109568291e9fa5a4e620190513025300https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/world/strong-m6-1-earthquake-hits-panama-no-initial-reports-casualties-usgs/WASHINGTON - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Panama on Sunday near the border with Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) in the far west of the country and the closest town was Santa Cruz, about 5 km away, it said.Mon, 13 May 2019 01:03:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-c9689803a74538e1c05d43082a6e6b9420190513010300https://robohub.org/the-social-animals-that-are-inspiring-new-behaviours-for-robot-swarms/From flocks of birds to fish schools in the sea, or towering termite mounds , many social groups in nature exist together to survive and thrive. This cooperative behaviour can be used by engineers as “bio-inspiration” to solve practical human problems, and by computer scientists studying swarm intelligence.Mon, 13 May 2019 01:01:00 +0200robohub-35c54a5a2f0c38f0c62475268e0a900520190513010100https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/05/13/world/strong-m6-1-earthquake-hits-panama-no-initial-reports-casualties-usgs/WASHINGTON - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Panama on Sunday near the border with Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) in the far west of the country and the closest town was Santa Cruz, about 5 km away, it said.Mon, 13 May 2019 00:49:00 +0200japantimes-c9689803a74538e1c05d43082a6e6b9420190513004900