7730 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.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-01/08/c_139650079.htmBERLIN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Global losses from natural disasters increased to around 210 billion U.S. dollars last year, up from 166 billion U.S. dollars in 2019, the German reinsurance group Munich Re said on Thursday. The United States was hit particularly hard. Hurricanes, severe thunderstorms and wildfires caused 95 billion U.Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:42:00 +0100xinhuanet_en-be731f31353a4ddeab2c53b6cff43e9c20210107224200https://buffalonews.com/news/world/watch-now-rare-video-captures-snow-leopards-call-in-the-wild/article_64ea1e23-dfd3-5f01-82fb-7faad89fbd48.html"I was unable to move, I was just stuck like being in a slab of concrete." Hear Fulvio Giovannini's story as he describes what it was like being stuck in the snow after an avalanche. Seoul has dispatched an acclaimed anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz after a South Korean-flagged tanker was seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf on Monday.Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:44:00 +0100buffalonews-1a2d589ab809e093f3b9697255a7754b20210106184400https://buffalonews.com/news/world/watch-now-meet-the-italian-man-who-survived-an-avalanche/article_e113b12a-4735-55ab-b497-980dda23a89e.htmlSeoul has dispatched an acclaimed anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz after a South Korean-flagged tanker was seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf on Monday. Child labor has long been a dark stain on the $65 billion global palm oil industry. In some cases, an entire family may earn less in a day than a $5 box of Girl Scout Do-si-dos.Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:43:00 +0100buffalonews-d745eadebd2bfb5e8193aa30a83d43ef20210106164300https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/currency/UNITED-STATES-DOLLAR-B-35467117/news/Shanghai-stainless-steel-extends-rally-on-firm-demand-nickel-s-surge-32129081/(marketscreener.com) China's stainless steel futures jumped to a three-week high on Wednesday, extending a rally fuelled by brisk demand coupled with low inventory and a surge in prices of raw material nickel. The most-traded stainless steel contract with March expiry on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended daytime trading higher by 1.Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:36:00 +01004-traders-e434a9164332659464ed3cc4c4dc812c20210106083600