18560 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://thehill.com/opinion/international/491164-its-time-to-consider-an-enhanced-role-for-nato-to-combat-pandemicsIn 2019 when the U.S. remained the world’s largest defense spender, governments of the EU member states increased their defense spending to reach the 2 percent GDP NATO contribution target. The U.S. government built a wall across its southern border to improve American security; meanwhile, EU member....Sat, 04 Apr 2020 21:01:00 +0200thehill-d9f3e100d31bef12896b4ca4557f996820200404210100https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-travel-nightmare-blur-cancelled-090026918.htmlWASHINGTON – Before sunrise on Tuesday, Candace Kaiser and her friends hurried out of their Airbnb and crammed into a van destined for the Cusco airport. It was 5:15 a.m., and Peru's curfew – imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic – had just lifted. The group of American travelers had a special....Sat, 04 Apr 2020 19:52:00 +0200news-yahoo-83ca354611f3deb140ab587af7ae258220200404195200https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=355452&SEO=henry-reeve-170-anos-de-un-simbolo-de-solidaridadPor Adriana Robreño La Habana, 4 abr (Prensa Latina) Cuando cientos de médicos cubanos combaten el nuevo coronavirus en diversos países como parte del contingente internacional Henry Reeve, se cumplen hoy 170 años del nacimiento en Estados Unidos de ese héroe de la independencia de Cuba.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:33:00 +0200prensa-latina-da93b2d6ac46cea7a71d1db47e8ccfe320200404173300https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/04/coronavirus-one-stranded-us-travelers-nightmare-trying-get-home/5113352002/More than 30,000 Americans used State Department for help home. The State Department and American embassies around the world have been flooded with pleas for help. As of April 3, the agency had helped more than 37,000 stranded Americans return home from over 60 countries, according to Ian Brownlee,....Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:08:00 +0200azcentral-84eaed5bd5f91ce9d2d7a6bbe4713d6820200404120800