156200 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 http://risingkashmir.com/news/for-4-decades-srinagars-man-with-the-golden-arm-donates-blood-to-save-livesFor four decades, a 60 a year-old man from Srinagar has donated 172 pints of blood to help the needy and poor patients across Kashmir valley. Shabir Hussain Khan, known as ‘man with the golden arm,’ has set an example by donating 172 pints of blood since 1980.Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:38:00 +0200risingkashmir-3f50a7ee915c37a2e82377b3e82ce5f120200825213800https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/book-examines-art-nouveau-buildings-on-buyukada-157655ISTANBUL A book by Nigan Bayazıt researches the buildings and mansions on the island of Büyükada , the largest of the Princes’ Islands off Istanbul ’s coast in the Marmara Sea, built under the Art Nouveau effect. “I did not expect to encounter such a rich cultural background,” Bayazıt said, studying 161 historical buildings.Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:43:00 +0200hurriyetdailynews-cb4fe1350d73da66d30437a950ee596b20200825104300https://ticotimes.net/2020/08/24/magnitude-5-9-earthquake-rattles-costa-rica-on-monday-afternoonA magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Costa Rica on Monday afternoon. According to data from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), the earthquake occurred at 3:51 p.m. The tremor had an epicenter off the coast of Jacó in Garabito, Puntarenas.Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:48:00 +0200ticotimes-0e311bcd4c3a63701c14d0d83b0c698220200825004800https://www.theepochtimes.com/north-queensland-hit-by-second-earthquake-of-the-year_3471779.html, their second for the year. The 4.9 magnitude quake occurred about 1 p.m. AEST on Aug. 23 about 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Charters Towers, according to Geoscience The quake, about 10km deep, has so far caused no damage, with people reporting windows rattling nearly 200km away in Townsville.Sun, 23 Aug 2020 08:56:00 +0200theepochtimes-4f57751b178ce60b187317dc8ed85abb20200823085600