On Saturday the White House announced, President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of 16 major economies to Washington for a forum on energy and climate next month. Obama, who recently turned his attention to the need for more clean-energy funding, has also asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend. The forum, scheduled for...
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Drunk electrician starts fire in Moscow museum
A drunk electrician started a fire at a world-famous Moscow art museum after he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, a police source told RIA news agency Sunday. The blaze at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery started in an engineering building next to the main gallery Saturday and damaged technical equipment but not any of the...
