Highlighting U.S. trade and investment in Mexico
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau makes a strong case for economic partnership and sustainable energy during a visit to a U.S. solar plant in Hidalgo, Mexico, Sept. 11. The solar plant generates enough...
Empowering the Future
By Elizabeth S. Liu
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), the U.S. government’s signature initiative to engage the next generation of leaders across Sub-Saharan Africa, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and his wife Susan (second...
Mission Canada supports Capital Pride Week
Mission Canada prioritizes diversity and inclusion, both in the workplace and in their engagement with the Canadian public. To mark Capital Pride Week, the Progress Pride flag hung prominently from Embassy Ottawa’s chancery, Aug....
Event encourages increased roles for women in Southeast Europe’s energy sector
By Steven Tagle
Greece and Bulgaria signed an agreement that finalized a natural gas transmission and storage system operator’s—Bulgartransgaz—participation in the Alexandroupoli Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU), Aug. 24. FSRU is a U.S.-supported project that...
NEA takes on North Africa
By Alexandra Jameson
The Department of State’s newest office covers a region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean, across the Sahara Desert, and along the Mediterranean more than 5,000 miles to the Red Sea. In July,...
Mitigating impacts of pandemic at international schools
By Erica Renew, Michelle Adams, and Beatrice Cameron
Port Louis
Story by Isaac D. Pacheco
Millions of years ago, as tectonic forces conspired to reorient the physical geography of the supercontinent Gondwana, volcanic hotspots began to ferociously create new land in the nascent Indian Ocean....
Retirements | October 2020
Civil Service
Akard, Stephen J.Boone, Louise T.Brown, Julia D.De Soto, Marianne S.Duncan, PennyFranckiewicz, Omnia M.Hatton, JodyHerrick, Christopher M.Hubbard, Alicia M.Hunter, Kevin M.Juhnke, Jeannine M.Kealing, Jeffrey E.Manson, Dennis G.Mondy, Joyce A.O’Sullivan, Susan W.Pierce, Daad H.Queen-Foster, Janice...
Planning Pioneers
One of the most popular venues for cherry blossom viewing in the spring is in Meguro River, Tokyo. Cherry blossoms are symbolic of the diplomatic friendship between the United States and Japan. Photo by...
In This Together
(Above) An aerial view is shown of the Beirut Port, completely destroyed. Photo by diplomedia
By Kristina Hayden
A horrific explosion at the Port of Beirut, Aug. 4, shocked the world and resulted in widespread devastation to...
