1200 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://www.jamaicaobserver.com/history/history_203291?profile=1470Today is the day of 2020. There are days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT. 1994: A federal court jury in Anchorage, Alaska, orders Exxon Corp to pay US$5 billion in punitive damages to Alaskan fishermen and natives for the March 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. OTHER EVENTS.Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:33:00 +0200jamaicaobserver-ea6487257b71b3e6f92fd07b248c9b6320200916093300https://www.gulf-times.com/story/672916/6-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-Russian-KamchatkaAn earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck Russia's Kamchatka peninsula in the far east. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake was situated at a depth of 329.7 km. At the moment, there is no official information about possible victims or damages from the tremor.Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:51:00 +0200gulf-times-400d429403edf378c0e259fcd5cf027b20200915195100https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/internacional/un-terremoto-de-magnitud-64-sacude-la-penisula-rusa-de-kamchatka-KE21436682(Actualiza con información sobre las consecuencias del seísmo) Moscú, 15 sep (EFE).- Un terremoto de magnitud 6,4 en la escala de Ritcher sacudió hoy la península rusa de Kamchatka, bañada por el Pacífico Norte, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), que registra la actividad sísmica en todo el mundo.Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:15:00 +0200diariolibre-1c95c82aaef5d6fc8e0ed96e3e98ad9320200915091500https://nation.com.pk/15-Sep-2020/powerful-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-russian-kamchatkaThe peninsula is located in a seismically active zone of the Pacific, known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.Tue, 15 Sep 2020 07:48:00 +0200nation-13125c88cbb3980e4bf1157feb78f88f20200915074800