French president-elect Francois Hollande is man of broad vision and precisely what France needs to pull itself out of the current crisis and put in place a policy for economic and social recovery. But his victory Sunday goes far beyond this: it is a resounding confirmation of numerous signs that Europe has recognised the failure of neoliberal ideology and is changing course, writes Mario Soares, ex-president and ex-prime minister of Portugal.

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act signed by President Barack Obama on April 4th, 2012, had been loaded with provisions pushed by Wall Street lobbyists to include "small" companies capitalised at up to one billion dollars and perverted by relaxing both requirements of Security and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley financial regulations passed in response to the 2008 crisis, writes Hazel Henderson, author, president of Ethical Markets Media (United States and Brazil), creator of the Green Transition Scoreboard, and co-creator of the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators.

'Out of love for the river, we reforest, recycle, and make this place beautiful,' says a sign welcoming visitors to the Floragaita school, where a balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) tree with enormous white flowers guards the entrance to the lush green grounds on a hill in the heart of Colombia’s Andes mountains.

In December 1985, The New York Times reported on what was believed to be the first anti-apartheid conference of U.S. high schools discussing divestment from corporations operating in South Africa.

On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa.

Major changes that have swept both Turkey and its neighbourhood since the Cold War require Washington to forge a 'new partnership' with Ankara, according to a new report released Tuesday by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

'They made me drink my own urine,' said one former detainee, Addam Ayedh al-Shayef, describing his experiences in detainment in Yemen. 'When I refused to drink it, they electrocuted me. After I came home, I would dream I was still being tortured and I'd wake up screaming.'

More than a year since president Hosni Mubarak was removed from power, the money he allegedly syphoned from Egypt during his 29-year rule remains beyond the reach of authorities attempting to recover it.

On Tuesday, the latest round of negotiations begins on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), potentially the largest free trade agreement ever signed by the United States.

After two weeks of closed door negotiations, a U.N. preparatory committee (PrepCom) has failed to reach consensus on a global plan of action, titled 'The Future We Want,' to be adopted by a summit meeting of world leaders mid-June in Brazil.