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...
From left: 2019 Fellowship alumnae Elizabeth Mwambulukutu of Tanzania and Zaharah Namanda of Uganda pose in front of the ICT Chalk Talks art installation in downtown Wichita, Kansas, during their Leadership in Civic Engagement Institute at Kansas State University. Photo courtesy of Kansas State University

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....
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt (third from right) and U.S Ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa (third from left) meet with women energy experts at the chief of mission residence in Athens. State Department Photo

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...
While serving as deputy chief of mission for the Libya External Office in 2019, Natalie A. Baker visited Cape Angela on the Tunisian Coast. Cape Angela is considered the northernmost point in Africa. Photo by Natalie A. Baker

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,...
QSI International School of Dushanbe in Tajikistan used a grant from the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations and the Bureau of Administrations’ Office of Overseas Schools to purchase and install new plexiglass dividers in their tech labs and classrooms to provide safe areas for students to work. Photo by Liz Madlinger

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

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...
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 Makoto_Honda

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...
An aerial view is shown of the Beirut Port, completely destroyed. Photo by diplomedia

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...

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Making a Statement

The image is split down the middle with the "Making a Statement" logo in white on a blue background on the left, followed by the name Jennifer Tierney. Tierney smiles on the right.