16531 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://japantoday.com/member/peter-webberThat's why I'm heading to Bali. It is much cheaper than staying in Japan, and winter, too. Upon return, heading out for two weeks driving up to Nagano, Gunma, Niigata and Tochigi. Not too expensive if you reserve months ahead of time, look for Airbnb deals and eat at reasonably priced places. Much cheaper than heading back to Canada.2024-07-18T08:58+0200japantoday-926330bc5cf99b3417969ff92cc3e59920240718085800https://www.miragenews.com/usaid-pledges-3-5m-for-papua-new-guinea-1277848/USAID announced an additional $3.5 million in additional funding to support disaster preparedness in Papua New Guinea this week. The funding was announced by Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, during a National Security Council delegation trip to Papua New Guinea where U.S.2024-07-17T23:33+0200miragenews-6be280a77f48dddc730524f95d1ac7e520240717233300https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/110163Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan has reaffirmed Japan's commitment to safely discharge ALPS-treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean from the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant. He said Japan aimed to prevent any environmental or human health risks. The discharge was commissioned in April of this year.2024-07-17T21:29+0200samoaobserver-ac21e620b0385a346f1fde38eac48f6f20240717212900https://bustler.net/news/9959/take-a-look-at-the-prix-versailles-world-s-most-beautiful-museums-list-for-2024Winners are said to "simultaneously serve creativity, the reflection of local heritage and ecological efficiency, and [...] extraordinary imprints on their environments." Each will now compete for the three available Prix Versailles 2024 World Titles that are expected to be announced in late November.2024-07-17T21:18+0200bustler-1511dc03d1d86118bc99806ccb3cb00320240717211800