MOSCOW, Jun 03 (IPS) - Aleksander Mizdrakin is convinced he knows who Russia's future international partners are – and they're not in Europe, nor is the United States among them.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jun 03 (IPS) - South Africa's eThekwini municipality may have come under fire from residents from proposing to purify wastewater so it can be used for drinking, but this municipality's pragmatic approach to water management has made it one of the most progressive in Africa. 

SEATTLE, Jun 03 (IPS) - "Supersize my salary now!"  The refrain rose over a busy street outside a McDonald's in downtown Seattle.

WASHINGTON, Jun 02 (IPS) - U.S. power plants would be required to reduce their carbon-dioxide emissions by almost a third in coming decades, under a landmark proposal that constitutes President Barack Obama's most significant attempt to counter climate change.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - When night falls, there are over 1.3 billion people, mostly in the developing world, who live in virtual darkness because they have no access to electricity.

BELGRADE, Jun 02 (IPS) - Waters have receded in Serbia after the worst flooding the country has seen in 120 years, and something new has surfaced, apart from devastated fields and property – censorship of the internet.

CAIRO, Jun 02 (IPS) - Unconsciously or not, most mainstream media and foreign correspondents here have been echoing Muslim Brotherhood voices by depicting Egypt's new president, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, as the general who led the July 2013 "military coup" against the "legitimately elected" Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi.

BERLIN, Jun 02 (IPS) - Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the United States has developed from a super power into a hyper power, says Subrata Ghoshroy, researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This development has far reaching negative consequences in terms of global security – continual promotion of the international arms race as well as persistent devaluation of diplomacy and international law.

BERLIN, Jun 02 (IPS) - For many months, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) debates between the European Commission (EC) and the U.S. government were a matter for insiders.

, Jun 02 (IPS) - It is now two years since Mexico passed the General Law on Climate Change, a landmark piece of national environmental legislation.