4210 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.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/apr/26/the-world-to-end-in-30-years--2135324.htmlBy The story is that a man used to walk up and down London’s glamorous Oxford Street with a placard proclaiming “the end is nigh.” The idea was to encourage people to repent their sins and prepare for the imminent apocalypse. What was only a spiritual note of caution then has now acquired real-life validity, thanks to the coronavirus.Sun, 26 Apr 2020 05:18:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-02714a5f6ba35771375a0e2dd45297b120200426051800https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/columns/t-j-s-george/2020/apr/26/the-world-to-end-in-30-years--2135324.htmlBy The story is that a man used to walk up and down London’s glamorous Oxford Street with a placard proclaiming “the end is nigh.” The idea was to encourage people to repent their sins and prepare for the imminent apocalypse. What was only a spiritual note of caution then has now acquired real-life validity, thanks to the coronavirus.Sun, 26 Apr 2020 05:13:00 +0200newindianexpress-2f070be9872de7b0925a1b02e688e05e20200426051300https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/apr/18/nonprofit-on-the-front-lines-of-pandemi/With covid-19 deaths soaring and the peak date uncertain, a charity known as Samaritan's Purse hurriedly set up a field hospital in New York's Central Park, providing 68 extra beds for the stricken city. While they went about their tasks, another Samaritan's Purse team was rushing to Arkansas to help tornado-ravaged Jonesboro.Sat, 18 Apr 2020 10:22:00 +0200arkansasonline-97e761fba577d30280e66a041637f34420200418102200http://english.almanar.com.lb/1002201The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Thursday that the outbreak of coronavirus in the Middle East threatens to shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people in conflict zones, and could fuel socio-economic upheaval.Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:43:00 +0200almanar-en-782ae56a478416a4266c0b97044fa77b20200416164300