14570 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.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/02/23/59-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-Turkey-Iran-border-nine-deaths-reports/1141582475440/Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Nine deaths have been reported after an earthquake struck near the border between Turkey and Iran just before 9 a.m. Sunday. The earthquake was reported to be 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale by the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was located about 16 miles to the southeast of Saray, Turkey.Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:38:00 +0100upi-5ff80e354c6b7f5eb7d31aeffe6b401920200223183800https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/23/national/christchurch-mayor-apologizes-earthquake/CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND – The mayor of Christchurch offered a formal apology on Sunday to families, including from Japan, who lost loved ones in the collapse of a six-story building in a 2011 earthquake. Mayor Lianne Dalziel, who took office in 2013, met privately with the families in the central....Sun, 23 Feb 2020 09:31:00 +0100japantimes-0adcd0b4f3b430f7ff27bb0cd1f8e30120200223093100https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/3ec80beb671d-new-zealand-mayor-apologizes-over-quake-building-collapse.htmlThe mayor of Christchurch offered a formal apology on Sunday to families, including from Japan, who lost loved ones in the collapse of a six-story building in a 2011 earthquake. Mayor Lianne Dalziel, who took office in 2013, met privately with the families in the central New Zealand city's Arts Centre to convey the apology.Sun, 23 Feb 2020 07:52:00 +0100kyodonews-a8dbada451e4927c64b5779899bb862720200223075200http://www.china.org.cn/sports/2020-02/23/content_75734752.htmFILE PHOTO: Summer sunshine is seen through Olympic rings displayed at Nihonbashi district in Tokyo, Aug 5, 2019. Japan has brushed off London's offer to host the 2020 Olympics if the outbreak of the coronavirus forced the games to be moved from Tokyo, insisting the games would open as planned on July 24.Sun, 23 Feb 2020 02:45:00 +0100china.org.cn-c0ead0057f1d2caf51371f58750b707520200223024500