30540 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.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-christchurch-school-board-chair-labels-ministry-of-education-toxic/BWNLZPXYL2YCVUTEACNB6M2DZY/By Phil Pennington of RNZ The Ministry of Education went against expert advice at a quake-damaged Christchurch school, hit spiralling problems and costs, and was obstructive and misleading, documents show. The Ministry hit out against the school's leadership when they asked questions - and has been forced to apologise three times.Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:26:00 +0100nzherald-5b2d015ab9b2c2e8cc685b60331eb71320201026222600https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/india-much-safer-against-tsunami-threat-incois-director/article32947534.eceIndia is much safer against tsunami threat than it was in 2004, thanks to the state-of-the-art tsunami early warning system established at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information System (INCOIS) here. However, the best of warning systems could fail, if communities are not prepared, if they do....Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:53:00 +0100thehindu-4491740c185e508be190dc6fd37bf17420201026205300https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201026135802.htmIn a study published in the journal Structure and Infrastructure Engineering , Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado Boulder researchers have conducted a comprehensive damage and repair assessment of a still-to-be-implemented bridge design using a panel of experts from academia and industry.Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:21:00 +0100sciencedaily-a0682c70e9641c60adfcd9314fc67eea20201026202100https://todayheadline.co/a-major-earthquake-could-unleash-on-a-portland-fault/Oct 26, 2020 12:00 PM EDT. A new study into the Portland Gales Creek Fault revealed that the fault could produce a major earthquake in the region of a magnitude 7.1. to 7.4, which could damage properties and potentially threaten lives in the Portland metro region. Researchers assured that this major earthquake is not likely to happen very soon.Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:35:00 +0100todayheadline-1405e1e6bb15af63b468e4f1ca76847e20201026193500