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There will be heavy clouds today, with rain and thunder in many areas, mainly in Western and Central Bulgaria. There will be light to moderate wind from north-northwest. The maximum temperatures are forecast at between 15°C and 20°C.

Spanish volunteer Fran Vargas digs the sand to pull out a buried bag as others hold bags with garbage during a trash collection at Kolovrechtis wetland near Halkida, Evia island. Greece has the European Union's longest coastline, poor waste management and an addiction to single-use plastic that littering the country's seabed.

Chinese state company HT Solar Energy is considering investing $1 billion in Turkey's renewable energy industry, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on April 5. 

Today the clouds will continue increasing from west to east. In the afternoon, there will be some rain with thunder in the western and central regions of the country, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology told Focus News Agency.

Scientists have detected the most distant star ever viewed, a blue behemoth located more than halfway across the universe and named after the ancient Greek mythological figure Icarus.

Today it will be sunny, in the afternoon with clouds high over the western regions of the country. With light wind from south-southeast, the temperatures will start increasing and the maximum ones will be in the range of 16°C to 21°C, in Sofia about 18°C,  the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology told FOCUS News Agency.

Windy weather is forecast for today, with moderate and strong wind from west-northwest. It will be mostly sunny, sometimes with more clouds and with light rain only in some places.

The maximum temperatures will range between 11°C and 16°C, in Sofia about 12°C, as reported to FOCUS News Agency by  the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.

Bulgarian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the owner of a herd of around 100 horses after they were found starving to death or already dead on a snow-bound mountainside, Reuters writes.

An earthquake of 7 magnitude struck off Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage, reported Reuters. 

The quake, the latest in a series in the region over recent days, struck 180 km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island, at a shallow depth of 10 km, the USGS said.

Human activity has driven animals and plants into decline in every region of the world, putting our own well-being at risk by over-harvesting and polluting, a comprehensive species survey warned on March 23.