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The death toll of those known to have died in the massive 7.8R-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday has climbed to at least 3,326 with more than 6,500 injured, according to the national Emergency Operation Center. Thousands spent the night outdoors in massive tent cities around Kathmandu.

A man from Bulgaria's Ruse boasts a huge teapot collection and is even considering attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit Taiwan's eastern coast on April 20, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking offices in the capital, Taipei. 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami after the quake, which had been measured at 6.3 by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. 

The European Parliament in its draft resolution on Albania's progress towards the EU in 2014 has called on Tirana to reconsider plans for the construction of hydropower plants in the country's protected areas, including the current building of a plant on the Lengarica River in the south, citing environmental concerns.

A miner died, while another was injured on Tuesday after rocks collapsed in a manganese-extracting mine in the Bulgarian village of Tsarkva, near the town of Balchik.

The first man died on the spot after being hit by a falling rock even though he was wearing a helmet, daily Dnevnik reports.

Albanian authorities ordered the evacuation of an entire village in southern Albania after two uncontrolled leakages of natural gas occurred during drilling works for a new well owned by Bankers Petroleum, the main petroleum extraction company in Albania.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea Monday, sending startled residents fleeing from their homes, but a tsunami threat passed with no immediate reports of major damage.
      

The biggest company in Albania, Canadian-based Bankers Petroleum, registered its highest ever crude oil production in Albanian oilfields during 2014, earning $583 million, 3 per cent more than in 2013.

Oil production averaged 20,690 barrels per day, 14 per cent more than in 2013, the company said in a press release.

Students of the Technical University of Crete have built an amazing hydrogen car that emits water instead if carbon dioxide or any other pollutants.

In cold drizzle Takayuki Ueno combs a desolate winter beach for the bones of his three-year-old son, unable to move on in his grief until he finds the remains of a boy killed by Japan's monstrous tsunami four years ago.