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://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-83ca354611f3deb140ab587af7ae2582news-yahooen-12.0824 -77.0454CoronavirusInfectionPoliticalUnrestCommunicableDiseasesPublicHealthNaturalDisastersU.S. embassyU.S. EmbassyImran KhanState DepartmentFacebookApple WatchUSA TODAY20200404195200https://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-84eaed5bd5f91ce9d2d7a6bbe4713d68azcentralen-12.0824 -77.0454CoronavirusInfectionPublicHealthPoliticalUnrestNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesU.S. embassyU.S. EmbassyState DepartmentFacebookUSA TODAY20200404120800https://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 11:39:00 +0200usaToday-84eaed5bd5f91ce9d2d7a6bbe4713d68usaTodayen-12.0824 -77.0454CoronavirusInfectionPublicHealthNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesU.S. embassyU.S. EmbassyState DepartmentFacebookUSA TODAY20200404113900https://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 11:19:00 +0200news-yahoo-32891f993221480271073dc372af8b12news-yahooen-12.0824 -77.0454CoronavirusInfectionPoliticalUnrestCommunicableDiseasesPublicHealthNaturalDisastersU.S. embassyU.S. EmbassyImran KhanState DepartmentFacebookApple WatchUSA TODAY20200404111900https://www.zdnet.com/article/alphabets-loon-partners-with-at-t-to-extend-network-coverage-during-disasters/#ftag=RSSbaffb68May 6, 2020 -- 13:00 GMT (06:00 PDT) | Topic: Mobility Loon, the former Google X project and now independent Alphabet company, has formed a network partnership with AT&T that will make it easier for Loon to provide internet connectivity through its high-altitude broadband balloons over disaster zones.Wed, 06 May 2020 15:36:00 +0200zdnet-7f07edaa9632a0ee066c2f8db5ac3d63zdneten18.3988 -66.0685NaturalDisastersGoogleAlastair WestgarthHurricane MariaEl Nino20200506153600https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21249025/loon-att-partnership-internet-balloons-disaster-response-globalLoon, a division of Alphabet focused on providing internet access using floating balloons, has partnered with AT&T to help provide internet more quickly to disaster-stricken areas. In a blog post announcing the partnership , Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth says that the company has already integrated....Wed, 06 May 2020 16:09:00 +0200theverge-8dc859436946a24abff78625e71cad0bthevergeen18.3988 -66.0685NaturalDisastersAlastair WestgarthHurricane Maria20200506160900https://www.state.gov/briefing-with-dr-william-walters-deputy-chief-medical-officer-for-operations-bureau-of-medical-services-and-principal-deputy-assistant-secretary-ian-brownlee-bureau-of-consular-affairs-on-covid/MR BROWN: Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to what I believe is our 10th briefing on the State Department’s historic effort to bring Americans home from every corner of the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have two subject matter experts joining us for this on-the-record briefing, and....Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:08:00 +0200state-gov-f2ca427ba878feaa3f39f3b4c68db259state-goven28.5687 77.2168CoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesMigrationPublicHealthBay IslandsLara JakesPakistani GovernmentState DepartmentJessica DonatiCarol MorelloWilliam WaltersMatt LeeMR BROWNEastern AirlinesKylie Atwood20200422230800https://9to5google.com/2020/05/06/alphabet-loon-att-partnership/Alphabet’s Loon company has been working for the past few years on developing balloons to the stratosphere that can deliver internet connectivity to certain areas of the globe. Today, Loon has announced a partnership with AT&T that could speed up the process of deploying the balloons in disaster areas.Wed, 06 May 2020 17:23:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-e35e95306c7731f9c781821189202c0anewsnow-co-uken-12.0824 -77.0454NaturalDisastersGoogleAlastair WestgarthLinkedIn20200506172300https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21249025/loon-att-partnership-internet-balloons-disaster-response-globalLoon, a division of Alphabet focused on providing internet access using floating balloons, has partnered with AT&T to help provide internet more quickly to disaster-stricken areas. In a blog post announcing the partnership , Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth says that the company has already integrated....Wed, 06 May 2020 17:23:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-8dc859436946a24abff78625e71cad0bnewsnow-co-uken18.3988 -66.0685NaturalDisastersAlastair WestgarthHurricane Maria20200506172300https://www.cdrinfo.com/d7/content/alphabets-loon-and-att-offer-global-connectivity-solutionsAlphabet's Loon announced a global collaboration with AT&T in order to respond more quickly and effectively to disasters worldwide. Loon can be effective in times of crisis or disaster. Because even in a place that has good mobile network coverage, people who were served can quickly become unserved....Wed, 06 May 2020 18:44:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-f60c6d4b62e7a697a3a4b700023d7e65newsnow-co-uken18.3988 -66.0685NaturalDisastersHurricane Maria20200506184400