32140 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://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/japan-plans-dump-million-tons-radioactive-water-pacific-171422The Japanese government recently announced plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of radioactive water from the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The move has sparked global outrage, including from UN Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak who recently I urge the....Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:45:00 +0100nationalinterest-1dd4a830912b808dea7a8121f1f3e48420201027064500https://newatlas.com/architecture/limb-inspired-bridges-earthquake-resistance/Today’s bridge columns are typically formed by large monolithic concrete structures that afford them great strength, but do invite the possibility of cracking should an earthquake strike. There are other options, including constructing these load-bearing structures out of limb-inspired joints and....Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:14:00 +0100newatlas-6676e2aee85a0b3c245063909245b7de20201027061400http://famagusta-gazette.com/2020/10/27/5-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-central-iran-no-casualties/5.2-magnitude earthquake hits central Iran, no casualties. A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Bahabad region in Iran’s central Yazd province at 1:04 local time (2134 GMT) on early Tuesday morning, according to Iran’s Seismological Center. The epicenter of the earthquake was 32.246 degrees north latitude and 55.Tue, 27 Oct 2020 05:56:00 +0100famagusta-gazette-281e6874167f63bdfa73edd68ab258e720201027055600https://en.tempo.co/read/1399736/earthquake-damages-65-houses-in-west-javas-ciamis-districtTEMPO.CO Ciamis - As many as 65 houses in the West Java district of Ciamis were damaged after a 5.6-magnitude rattled neighboring Pangandaran district on Sunday, the local disaster mitigation office reported. The 65 homes were located in the 10 sub-districts of Lakbok, Banjarsari, Purwadadi,....Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:54:00 +0100tempo-co-01a24ebaacdd9275c035c1d12e0fd23720201027045400