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It’s not every day a politician becomes a diplomat, and then after only a year decides to switch careers entirely and ...
Lithuania's Jovita Neliupšienė, the EU ambassador to the United States, faces two crises at once: Trump's tariff threats and ...
Helen Hayes Awards welcomes DC's performing arts community, often supported by various diplomatic initiatives.
AAM Awards Dinner attracted some 200 people, including the DC-based ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Egypt, France and Israel.
Tunisian Ambassador Hanène Tajouri Bessassi speaks April 3 at the Washington Diplomat's Ambassador Insider Series. (Photos by Patricia McDougall) Hanène Tajouri Bessassi, Tunisia’s ambassador in ...
Gustavo Petro, 62, is a former M-19 guerrillero who in 1985 was captured and tortured by the army, served 18 months in prison, eventually went into politics and in 2022 won election as the 34th ...
The International Student House of Washington, DC receives WECAA's second annual DC Diplomatic Day of Kindness Award on Nov. 22. (Photo by Patricia McDougall) Lively music and an expansive feast of ...
Students from five continents gather in San Francisco earlier this year for the convocation of Minerva University, where students rotate among four continents in four years. (Photo by Martin Klimek) I ...
From left: Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova; Italian Ambassador Mariangela Zappia; and Marisa Lago, US undersecretary for international trade, attend an Oct. 22 event promoting international ...
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson shakes hands with Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon at Villa Somalia in 2013. (AMISOM Public Information / Flickr) Sweden’s Jan Eliasson is ...
Minerva University President Mike Magee welcomes new students from 47 countries at a Sept. 3, 2024, convocation in San Francisco. (Photos by Martin Klimek) The Biden administration just made a worthy ...
Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour of State of Palestine attends Security Council meeting on situation in Rafah at UN Headquarters in New York on May 20, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock, Lev Radin As the ...