18440 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.manilatimes.net/2021/11/21/public-square/dost-supports-ndrrmc-in-nationwide-virtual-earthquake-drill/1823023n The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council concludes its ‘duck, cover and hold‘ earthquake drill with support from the Department of Science and Technology. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO. THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), through the Office of Civil....2021-11-20T17:58+0100manilatimes-14fd914428f966d5749d997333c35fbc20211120175800https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1109951/world/asia/japan-pm-confirms-oil-reserves-may-be-released-to-curb-pricesTOKYO: Japan is considering releasing oil from its reserves for the first time to curb surging oil prices, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signalled his readiness to counter oil price hikes following a request from the United States.2021-11-20T17:50+0100omanobserver-om-19011d79130538d53ce31ca094ede84720211120175000https://www.theepochtimes.com/japan-pm-confirms-oil-reserves-may-be-released-to-curb-prices_4115246.htmlTOKYO— Japan is considering releasing oil from its reserves for the first time to curb surging oil prices , Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signaled his readiness to counter oil price hikes following a request from the United States.2021-11-20T17:42+0100theepochtimes-0ed255fd2c87a25e7a4676f9429db93220211120174200https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/148037/Magnitude-48-earthquake-strikes-near-Manay-Davao-Oriental-Davao-Philippines.htmlIndonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.8 quake in the Philippines near Manay, Davao Oriental, Davao, only 19 minutes ago. The earthquake hit late at night on Saturday, November 20th, 2021, at 10:35 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.2021-11-20T16:14+0100volcanodiscovery-c5182713dec5409968eca00093e7a89620211120161400