12170 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.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/i-have-nothing-left-flooding-adds-to-afghanistans-crisesSHINWARI, AFGHANISTAN (NYTIMES) - As heavy rains poured down on his village in eastern Afghanistan around 11am Monday (Aug 15), Mr Meya, a 57-year-old farmer, gathered his wife and daughters and rushed from their small home toward the safety of the mountains.2022-08-19T02:08+0200straitstimesSG-5272b92bcdb7ad3b4f14fe8becee449820220819020800https://idstch.com/technology/quantum/quantum-gravity-or-gradiometer-sensors-for-maritime-navigation-through-wall-imaging-detecting-deeply-buried-structures-and-stealth-aircraft-and-submarines/We are in midst of the second quantum revolution moving from merely computing quantum properties of systems to exploiting them. Quantum technology (QT) applies quantum mechanical properties such as quantum entanglement, quantum superposition, and No-cloning theorem to quantum systems such as atoms, ions, electrons, photons, or molecules.2022-08-18T14:52+0200idstch-2827acc38c0315f87634ee1633bfda8a20220818145200https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/afghanistan-situation-update-1-august-2022HIGHLIGHTS. In late June, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck districts in Paktika and Khost provinces, south-eastern Afghanistan. Over 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed, including 250 children, while an additional 3,000 people were injured, among them 600 children.2022-08-17T14:16+0200reliefWeb-3f51f00fe355f373fea6dadeb8fd158620220817141600https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-17/earthquake-damaged-licola-road-triggers-farm-trucking-trouble/101341020A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck between Licola and Mansfield in September last year. It damaged the Jamieson-Licola Road, which was further exacerbated by heavy rainfall. Vehicles travelling north of Licola must detour via Target Creek Road, a gravel single lane road. Locals say it becomes muddy and slippery in wet weather.2022-08-17T04:10+0200abc-au-b31638b9babd82622808f69d378b9e0220220817041000