21630 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://au.news.yahoo.com/two-huge-beirut-explosions-kill-78-injure-thousands-035444822--spt.htmlRescuers worked through the night into Wednesday after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people and injuring thousands, as they wrecked buildings across the Lebanese capital. The second blast sent an enormous orange fireball into the sky, immediately followed....Wed, 05 Aug 2020 06:46:00 +0200yahoo-au-d49748f513cac3b40b7d9f0f146f285a20200805064600https://www.pulse.ng/news/world/two-huge-beirut-explosions-kill-78-injure-thousands/1p3p64pThe second blast sent an enormous orange fireball into the sky, immediately followed by a tornado-like shockwave that flattened the port and shattered windows across the city. The explosions -- which were heard in Nicosia, 240 kilometres (150 miles) away in Cyprus -- were logged by seismologists, registering as the equivalent of a 3.Wed, 05 Aug 2020 06:24:00 +0200pulse-f3318a7a315f4c4180a3f1313b59e76620200805062400https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/pardeshi-to-head-un-crisis-response-team/articleshow/77362272.cmsCentre formally approves former BMC commissioner ’s foreign posting. Praveen Pardeshi will lead the United Nations’ efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases in 90 countries around the world, as exclusively reported by Mumbai Mirror on July 1. The Centre on Tuesday formally approved the former BMC commissioner’s UN posting.Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:35:00 +0200mumbaimirror-4108a7617b858e5a469cd34833c1e9af20200805023500https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/28/Isaias-weakens-to-tropical-storm-after-hitting-NC-as-hurricane/4861595961673/?ur3=1While the hurricane was approaching, the storm spawned a tornado that touched down on Bald Head Island, N.C. As Monday night progressed, numerous tornado warnings were issued across eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia as rain bands from Isaias spiraled inland from the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center said in a 5 a.Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:25:00 +0200upi-bae35c213416807d1f61f91baa743b9b20200804132500