68950 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.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/phuket-to-be-chennais-sister-city/article35642363.eceThe city of Phuket in Thailand has proposed to establish a sister city agreement with Chennai. The Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chennai has requested the Greater Chennai Corporation to discuss various aspects of the sister city partnership. Once the State government gives its nod, the Corporation....2021-07-30T21:47+0200thehindu-75ec8ddf706db2332206a046350dfaff20210730214700https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alaska-earthquake-no-tsunami-threat-to-bc-1.6122218?cmp=rssA powerful earthquake that struck just off Alaska's southern coast caused prolonged shaking and prompted tsunami warnings that sent people scrambling for shelters. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake measured magnitude 8.2 and hit 91 kilometres east southeast of Perryville, Alaska, at about 11:15 p.2021-07-30T21:32+0200CBC-8243c0050a61bccf19978779d6b0692620210730213200https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/coastal-tsunami-threat-reminder-los-angeles-beach-townsEarly Thursday an 8.2 magnitude quake struck the Aleutian Islands in Alaska causing a ripple effect through California's oceanfront towns. (Courtney Teague/Patch) LOS ANGELES, CA — Early Thursday, four hours after the 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off of the coast of Alaska near a remote island....2021-07-30T21:15+0200patch-da09dc977c012c89266d2388c5d8aa6520210730211500https://www.greenmatters.com/p/alaska-earthquakeOut of the 50 U.S. states, California tends to be the most notorious for earthquakes — but Alaska just sustained its largest on record since 1964. On July 29, 2021, The Last Frontier was unfortunately struck by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake, which resulted in two massive aftershocks.2021-07-30T20:41+0200greenmatters-6c2bb8eb94c04c745cb9cc6afa65d6c920210730204100