229120 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.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/12/356_279930.htmlBy Park Ji-won TOKYO ― A Japanese disaster response expert stressed the importance of fostering female leaders in local communities to take a leadership role in disaster recovery as it leads to preventing further damage and deaths. "I have been saying to local Japanese community leaders ― mostly men....Sun, 08 Dec 2019 08:49:00 +0100koreatimes-3d6c63b81a647787ed7affa6a9e7fd0c20191208084900https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/12/07/news/regional/jamaica/jamaica-study-reveals-fault-line-in-kingston-harbour-could-trigger-big-6-9-earthquake/(Jamaica Gleaner) The complete rupture of a recently discovered fault line in the Kingston Harbour could generate a 5.8 to 6.9 magnitude earthquake, potentially having serious implications for the capital city located less than five kilometres away, according to a recent study.Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:12:00 +0100stabroeknews-2810cdf046408132555cd260df44b21320191207171200https://reliefweb.int/report/ghana/unesco-mobilizes-support-ghana-s-earthquake-disaster-risk-reduction-effortsUNESCO in collaboration with Challenge Company Limited, a company based in Japan, which develops and manufactures innovative products for Earthquake Early Warning System, has provided support to Ghana’s preparedness towards earthquake disaster risk reduction. In August 2019, UNESCO invited Mr.Sat, 07 Dec 2019 12:55:00 +0100reliefWeb-999405f88cfe4615b0d944c12f5fa1f120191207125500https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/12/07/On-This-Day-Japan-attacks-Pearl-Harbor/5451575341250/Dec. 7 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1909, Leo Baekeland patented the process for making Bakelite, giving birth to the modern plastics industry. In 1941, Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii , catapulting the United States into World War II.Sat, 07 Dec 2019 09:35:00 +0100upi-fd527554784c49f1d96d62ca9f34ecf920191207093500