122120 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.hindustantimes.com/opinion/shinzo-abe-repositioned-japan-in-the-world-order-101657373490711.htmlThe assassination of Shinzo Abe has shaken the world because post World War II, Japan stood as symbol of peace. Abe first came to power in 2006 as the youngest prime minister (PM) of Japan from the Liberal Democratic platform, but it was short-lived due to his ill health.2022-07-09T17:30+0200HindustanTimes-af3122e3ac4ea99db91304a94a7f65d020220709173000https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2022-07-08-a-magnitude-3-6-earthquake-occurred-in-baicheng-county--aksu-prefecture--xinjiang--with-a-focal-depth-of-15-kilometers.ryGaTFsri5.html2022-07-08T12:57:41.037Z. China News Service, July 8. China Earthquake Networks officially determined that an earthquake of magnitude 3.6 occurred in Baicheng County (41.80 degrees north latitude, 81.21 degrees east longitude) at 20:23 on July 8, with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.2022-07-08T14:59+0200tellerreport-e010b181380f1db6d069b23ba2f11b9520220708145900https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/New-Rice-University-president-Reginald-DesRoches-17291156.phpThe university in November announced DesRoches would succeed former President David Leebron, who announced his retirement after 18 years as Rice’s leader. A presidential search committee had narrowed finalists down to 10 candidates from research universities around the country, before deciding that their pick was already on campus.2022-07-08T12:17+0200houstonchronicle-3cecb773a1ab7ce437e7442f6c45277a20220708121700https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4592128TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The death of Japan's ex-Prime Minister Abe Shinzo after a shooting on the campaign trail Friday (June 8) was met with shock and dismay in Taiwan, which described him as a friend of long standing. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Abe, 67, was a good personal friend who was also a staunch supporter of Taiwan.2022-07-08T12:09+0200taiwannews-db80bffcd84fd69da7c0e476d648bcc720220708120900