169130 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://vietnamnews.vn/society/570239/ha-noi-assesses-earthquake-risks.htmlHÀ NỘI — Hà Nội’s Department of Construction (DoC) has asked localities to check buildings, particularly high-rise apartment blocks and reservoirs, to prepare for earthquakes. The department requested the People’s Committees of districts around the city to assess the impact of earthquakes on....Mon, 23 Dec 2019 09:20:00 +0100vietnamnews-2ef0fbce6827463577cce82d67ff98ff20191223092000https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1053481The decade began with an immense disaster in Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. A devastating, 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island on January 12, killing hundreds and thousands of people (220,000 according to Haitian Government figures), and causing severe damage to buildings.Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:56:00 +0100un-org-25c3b2ba9517825880311fa1fb38550a20191223075600https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1053481The decade began with an immense disaster in Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. A devastating, 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the island on January 12, killing hundreds and thousands of people (220,000 according to Haitian Government figures), and causing severe damage to buildings.Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:40:00 +0100un-news-25c3b2ba9517825880311fa1fb38550a20191223074000https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/fukushima-water-could-be-released-to-sea-or-air-after-tokyo-olympics-20191223-p53mk5.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feedTokyo: Massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan could soon start to flow gradually to sea or be allowed to evaporate. The proposal made by Japan's Economy and Industry Ministry to a body of experts on Monday is the first time the....Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:19:00 +0100smh-8e8efdef4d5bf6c6eda25196f9d9bfb920191223071900