799980 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.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/24/national/social-issues/japanese-education-panel-broadly-oks-smartphone-ban-lifting-junior-high-schools/A Japanese education ministry panel broadly approved at a meeting Wednesday a policy of allowing junior high school students to carry smartphones at school conditionally as means of communication during commuting in times of emergencies. But the panel of experts confirmed that the ban should be maintained for elementary school students.Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:19:00 +0200japantimes-e3fb99e20a4ac7945563b21f3b353ec120200624151900https://en.mehrnews.com/news/160133/VIDEO-Strong-quake-jolts-MexicoTEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) – A 7.7-Richter earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the center of the capital Mexico City hundreds of miles away and sending hundreds of people fleeing their homes into the streets.Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:10:00 +0200mehrnews-en-f3d1a1ea2d0b8563c8e943b1e745976d20200624151000https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-city-of-whitehorse-emergencies-evacuations-guidelines-1.5624396?cmp=rssBe prepared, listen to instructions, follow the instructions. That's the message Whitehorse Fire Department Deputy Chief Chris Green is delivering this summer. Green and other city staff have finished a two-years-in-the-making project called the Public Safety Protective Plan.Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:07:00 +0200CBC-1092c7a37db8119f0bbdd6cbb91bf4c720200624150700http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2020-06/24/content_76200171.htmVoici notre rubrique "Point de l'actualité" à 12H00 GMT : La Russie est prête à créer un système de sécurité global, annonce Poutine. MOSCOU -- Le président russe Vladimir Poutine a déclaré mercredi que son pays était ouvert au dialogue et à la coopération sur les questions les plus pressantes, y....Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:58:00 +0200french.china.org.cn-3ff4db4325eec05a6aa752ced38e6d6e20200624145800