13510 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://dailytimes.com.pk/800743/tokyo-olympics-2020-do-you-know-of-the-significance-of-the-bouquet-given-to-medallists/For any sportsperson, winning a medal at the Olympics is a huge achievement and a great validation. It boosts their morale and sets them up for future glories. At the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, many athletes have led their countries to victories, securing both respect and a medal.2021-08-03T03:55+0200dailytimesPK-62bf86ca18c382278fe5fdae6db5e95d20210803035500https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/137128/Moderate-magnitude-49-earthquake-113-km-northeast-of-Hasaki-Japan.htmlAn earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred only 18 minutes ago 113 km northeast of Hasaki, Japan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 40 km beneath the epicenter near Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, Japan, after midnight on Tuesday 3 August 2021 at 12:35 am local time.2021-08-02T18:24+0200volcanodiscovery-8aad33527752da25945da98b15d6040b20210802182400https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/5-9-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-indonesias-papua-2500596Jakarta, Indonesia: A 5.9 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Indonesia's easternmost Papua region Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage. The quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 12 kilometres (7.5 miles), about 180 kilometres northeast of Tual city.2021-08-02T12:03+0200ndtvnews-111ea0cb171eed971a84018f667b6b8c20210802120300https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/137110/Moderate-tremor-of-magnitude-41-just-reported-32-km-southeast-of-Nemuro-Japan.htmlA magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Nemuro, Nemuro-shi, Hokkaido, Japan, was reported only 14 minutes ago by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 48.2021-08-02T10:26+0200volcanodiscovery-d8df0a02bd9110d0b8dfb8a2cd65a21c20210802102600