81280 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://srilankamirror.com/news/news-in-brief/24093-the-medal-winners-flowers-that-pay-tribute-to-2011-disasterWinning an Olympic medal is a huge moment for any athlete, but there is special significance to the bouquet of flowers they are being handed at Tokyo 2020. More than 5,000 bouquets are being handed to athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The ceremonial blooms were mainly grown in three....2021-08-02T05:50+0200srilankamirror-bbe45abc346cf42b431efbb024a3c15320210802055000https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=1988359HONG KONG, Aug 2 -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 01:27:36 GMT (1.27 pm local time) on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 30.4171 degrees south latitude and 177.2021-08-02T05:24+0200bernama-0938c9f866996b8eb43a35d738ef64ca20210802052400https://mb.com.ph/2021/08/02/on-this-day-1968-7-3-magnitude-luzon-quake/At 4:19 a.m. on Aug. 2, 1968, a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Luzon. The quake killed 268 people. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Intensity VII was recorded in Manila despite its location being far from the epicenter.2021-08-02T04:21+0200mb-com-ph-c766ac2976acd1c8d9dc870b49b7a47720210802042100https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/3db07eba09aa-earthquake-alert.htmlDay and Time: Aug. 2, 2021, 9:37 a.m. Epicenter: In Shimane Prefecture. N 35.1, E 133.1. Depth: 10 kilometers. Preliminary magnitude: 4.3. Seismic intensity scale: 4 out of maximum 7. Note: No tsunami warning issued. To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox, subscribe here.2021-08-02T03:06+0200kyodonews-09b4f0109494a1ec72f76dc3400d4d0820210802030600