500 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.business-standard.com/article/international/6-2-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-indonesia-no-casualties-reported-120090800219_1.htmlAn earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia on Tuesday, officials said, adding that there were no reports of any casualties or damages. The tremors were felt in the provinces of Maluku and West Papua, Xinhua news agency quoted the Agency of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics as saying in a report.Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:49:00 +0200business-standard-6617b36268a72c155b7871e06c996b0820200908104900https://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/earthquake-of-magnitude-68-strikes-near-coast-of-northern-chile-20200901A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck near the north coast of Chile. There were reports of damage and landslides. At least 15 aftershocks were recorded. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said, with local....Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:19:00 +0200news24-5e3f182fb92d9805de50a7cbdcffd00820200901181900https://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