11690 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://thediplomat.com/2020/03/how-singapores-military-is-fighting-covid-19/The spread of the novel coronavirus and its disease, COVID-19, has brought significant impact to global trade and travel. As governments scramble to deal with rising cases of COVID-19, one nation’s response has won international praise. A global city with the world’s leading air and seaports,....Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:24:00 +0100thediplomat-net-e11a01e96c3242fbda83ea5c66bef11220200324162400https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/03/24/tampa-bay-travelers-struggle-to-get-home-during-the-pandemic/Jessica Langlois of St. Petersburg had been working as a teacher in Honduras before the country closed its schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. She struggled to get home as flights were canceled and nations clamped down on their borders. [courtesy Langlois family] . Sign up for our DayStarter newsletter to receive updates weekday mornings.Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:31:00 +0100tampabay-8f2ca82f799d3494a9dace8549e904bf20200324113100https://www.ksl.com/article/46732923/ioc-looking-at-postponing-tokyo-olympics-canada-pulls-outLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling of the coronavirus crisis that now includes Canada saying it won't send a team to the games this year and the leader of track and field, the biggest sport at the games, also calling for a delay.Tue, 24 Mar 2020 04:23:00 +0100ksl-e461f009fd48910832d22816ce604f0c20200324042300https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/42326-croatia-covid-19306 Coronavirus Cases in Croatia As of March 23, 2020, 254 coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been reported in Croatia. Note that koronavirus.hr is now mapping cases by county instead of town/city. Index continues to map coronavirus cases by city/town.Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:34:00 +0100total-croatia-news-a97b82fb3f4cef3126b3e713d086183020200323103400