7440 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.geo.tv/latest/334662-smog-is-a-silent-killer-can-reduce-lifespans-by-6-11-years-says-pm-imran-khanPrime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that governments of the past "never cared much" about how climate change is affecting Pakistan and the success of any country depends on long-term planning. The premier expressed the government's resolve to change this practice and act to reverse the effects of rapid urbanisation.Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:58:00 +0100geo-tv-ba8d166f6451296617d838626f941b6c20210212135800https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6096283/mag4quake-Feb-12-2021-Taiwan-Region-Japan.htmlA moderately shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Yonakuni, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, Japan. According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the quake hit on Friday 12 February 2021 at 4:46 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 31 km.Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:15:00 +0100volcanodiscovery-586b93a132611deabfa6b391e464fdb020210212091500https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/is-state-vulnerable-to-chamoli-like-disaster/articleshow/80866956.cmsPATNA: With the large scale construction of embankments, dams and barrages, the seismologically-vulnerable region of Bihar runs the risk of repeating the Chamoli disaster sooner or later. The devastation caused by a breach in the Kosi embankment at Kusaha in 2008 is still fresh in people’s minds.Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:27:00 +0100timesofindia-b83e2812ca06c501ab5bab2fe62dcd9620210212042700https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/124159737/collapse-why-the-ctv-tragedy-is-a-blight-on-a-city-and-a-nationHarding’s errors were the root cause of the CTV collapse, but they were nowhere near the only cause. For one, Harding was aware of his own limitations, but took on the job in the knowledge that his boss, Alan Reay, was overseeing his work. Reay was not overseeing Harding’s work.Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:14:00 +0100Stuff-f46596506a75c5207809bfc73b5aff1b20210211201400