The Perth skyline during sunset. Photo by Opailin

Perth

Building lights from Perth’s modern skyline reflect off the Swan River at dusk. Photo by Opailin By Elena Augustine and Hayley Roman The United States’ relationship with Western Australia (WA) stretches all the way back to the...

Hometown Diplomats

By Maura M. Pfeifer When Mia ter Haar spoke to ninth graders at Holmes Junior High, in Davis, Calif., she had hoped to give back to her hometown and inspire the next generation to think...

American service members’ remains returned from Papua New Guinea

The U.S. Embassy in Papua New Guinea and the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) fulfilled America’s promise to the families of fallen World War II service members at a repatriation ceremony for...
Steven Manders (red sweater) and members of Embassy Lusaka’s Marine Security Guard detachment (from left) Derius Wright, Nathanael Deschesne, Thomas Lopez, and Daunte Oronabuild, build a pond at an elephant orphanage in Lusaka National Park, Zambia, June 27. Photo courtesy of Embassy Lusaka

Lusaka colleagues build watering hole for orphan elephants

By Carol Borg  When the J. Kirby Simon Foreign Service Trust announced their annual call for proposals, Steve Manders jumped at the chance to use his skills to make a difference. Manders is a retired...
Ambassador Michael G. Kozak represents the United States of America during the opening session of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw, Sept. 26. Photo by Mahvish S.

The Human Dimension

Ambassador Michael G. Kozak represents the United States of America during the opening session of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw, Sept. 26. Photo by Mahvish S. Khan By Mahvish S. Khan  The Organization for...
Students take a soil sample and prepare to record measurements using the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) scientific protocols during the Regional GLOBE Expedition in Käsmu, Estonia, Aug. 3. Photo courtesy of GLOBE Estonia

GLOBE aims to make science education cool in Estonia

By Megan NaylorFor 25 years, the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program has been making science cool for students across Estonia. In August, with the support of visiting NASA scientists,...
Clean Energy Workshop participants in Suva, Fiji, Oct. 4. From left, front row wearing garlands: Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Strategic Lead for Pacific Women Lead Programme Mereseini Rakuita; SPC Deputy Director-General for Science and Capability Dr. Paula Vivili; Bureau of Energy Resources Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman; Tuvalu High Commissioner Dr. Eselealofa Apinelu; and U.S. Embassy Suva Chargé d’Affaires Tony Greubel. Photo by Bettylyn Matakitoga

ENR delegation launches ‘Women in Energy Strategy’ in Fiji

By Maxine Lunn and Marina Kelly On the heels of the first-ever U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit in Washington, a three-person delegation from the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR), led by Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Lochman,...
Participants of the Embassy Tashkent-sponsored self-defense camp in Tashkent demonstrate their skills. The program, which also includes mental health coaching, supports women’s empowerment and counters gender-based violence in Uzbekistan. Photo by Haqyor Haydarov

Tashkent-sponsored camp counters violence against women

By Utkirbek Tadjimov With the combined goals of empowering women and combating gender-based violence, the public diplomacy (PD) section at Embassy Tashkent launched its inaugural self-defense camp for women and girls in 2021. The effort,...

Vienna roundtable highlights civil society organizations

U.S. Ambassador to the Vienna Office of the United Nations Laura S.H. Holgate (far right) and Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Deputy Assistant Secretary Heide Fulton (second from right) co-led a roundtable...

Sports envoys inspire girls and women

Mission New Zealand and Samoa’s public diplomacy section, working with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Office of Sports Diplomacy, recently engaged in a three city, two country Sports Envoy program with Dr....

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Making a Statement

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