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Washington, June 26 : The United States will launch negotiations toward global free trade in environmental goods and services, including clean energy technology, for a low-carbon world economy, President Barrack Obama has announced.

Also, the US will stop public financing for new coal plants overseas -- unless they deploy carbon-capture technologies, Obama said unveiling an aggressive climate change strategy that would limit pollution from existing coal-fired power plants.

Los Angeles, June 26 : Rapper Kanye West is reportedly set to launch a men's fashion lin

Mumbai, June 26 : Choreographer-director Remo D'Souza will closely work with the Disney team to make "ABCD 2", the sequel to his directorial project "ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance", a truly global franchise. A major chunk of the film will be shot in the US starting early next year.

"I always wanted to make a splash with 'AnyBody Can Dance', and I'm happy to say we managed to do that. With the sequel, I would like to make a bigger wave and I'm heading to Disney Studios in Los Angeles to start the groundwork for it," said Remo D'Souza.

Mumbai, June 26 : Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and actor Farhan Akhtar made the young contestants of singing reality show "Indian Idol Junior" drink a glass of milk each, as part of a promotional stint for their forthcoming movie "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag".

The movie is a biopic on the life of athlete Milkha Singh, and Mehra said milk was relevant during this promotion since, as a child, Milkha Singh used to drink a lot of it.

London, June 26 : World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has said he cannot take anything for granted and needs to work harder, keeping in mind former champion Rafael Nadal's exit from the first round of Wimbledon.

"You cannot take anything or anybody for granted. You have to be grateful for being in this position and work even harder to stay there. That's the whole point," said Djokovic after defeating German Florian Mayer 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 in the men's singles Tuesday.

New Delhi, June 26 :  A recent study of railways shows that the trains continue to be the most preferred medium for long distance travel in India.

The survey conducted by RailYatra. in shows that 76 percent travellers in India prefer trains for long distance travel, while 50 percent people take trains to visit their hometowns and cities.

"It is now reaffirmed by this study that railway is the lifeline of the Indian travellers," said Manish Rathi, chief executive officer of RailYatri. in.