163130 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://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/73267No tsunami warning was triggered by two major earthquakes Samoa felt early on Monday morning, only three minutes apart. The first was at 1:47 a.m. with a magnitude of 6.7, occurring in the Samoa region. The tremor was 10 kilometres deep and originated more than 372 kilometres southeast of Apia.Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:41:00 +0100samoaobserver-d847d3e26020c35b04373158cc972d3c20201026064100https://www.wral.com/2-8-magnitude-earthquake-reported-in-sparta/19353212/Another earthquake was reported in Sparta early Sunday morning. The quake had a magnitude of 2.8 and was felt by people in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina. Sparta is located on the North Carolina-Virginia line in Alleghany county. Experts say this was likely an aftershock of the August earthquake -- a 5.Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:03:00 +0100wral-5f5100d29c2f0f0d1f4ac6a190a7577020201025170300https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/nation_world/5-6-magnitude-earthquake-hits-iceland-no-injuries-reported/article_5bab3b5b-7672-55d4-a878-1ba618cabd1e.htmlREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Iceland on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital, Reykjavik. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Icelandic Meteorological Office said the quake struck at 1:43 p.m. (1343GMT) and was centered near Krysuvik, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of Reykjavik.Sat, 24 Oct 2020 18:18:00 +0200eastoregonian-6e98593270aaeb7608cb9fb087c527cf20201024181800