250110 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://mia.mk/today-in-history-499/?lang=en28 February 2020 (MIA) 202 BC – Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty’s rule over China. 628 – Khosrau II is executed by Mihr Hormozd under the orders of Kavadh II. 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:11:00 +0100mia-mk-3c15070681ccb547a48c5d371a38563a20200228081100https://www.news18.com/news/india/sc-slams-ukhand-lawyers-skipping-work-on-saturday-over-pak-blast-nepal-earthquake-kavi-sammelans-2518667.htmlNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held as "illegal" strikes by advocates in Uttarakhand on a working Saturday over a variety of reasons, including bomb blast in a Pakistan school, earthquake in Nepal and death of family members of some advocates. The practice going on for more than the past 35....Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:28:00 +0100news18-bf555947de75fec40cbdabdb0a2dcc7120200228072800https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/india-vs-new-zealand-hadlees-76-astles-double-ton-a-look-back-at-christchurchs-history-2518561.htmlIndia take on New Zealand in the second and final Test of the series at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch from Saturday. The Hagley Oval is the second international ground in the city after the AMI or the Jade Stadium which was damaged during an earthquake in 2011.Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:06:00 +0100news18-40bc2271226954eb8257f5bfb475b51220200228060600https://english.kyodonews.net/tokyo/news/2020/02/cc9db903e411-olympics-japan-dismisses-ioc-members-view-on-tokyo-games-fate.htmlJapan on Wednesday dismissed a comment by an International Olympic Committee member suggesting a decision would be made by late May on whether the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead amid the new coronavirus outbreak, saying it is "not official.Fri, 28 Feb 2020 05:43:00 +0100kyodonews-61518c80829db376e1cdbed28e4cd40f20200228054300