Jul 3, 2024 · Washington boasts two clubs on the 11 Most Exclusive Private Clubs in America list, created by Los Angeles-based consultancy Club Marketing. One of these, the University Club, about a half mile north of the White House at 930 Sixteenth St. NW, ranks fifth on the list.

Oct 11, 2024 · Washington’s newest crop of ambassadors includes five women, two diplomats who have previously served here, and one son of a former ambassador. They represent a variety of countries ranging from the world’s most populous, India, with just over 1.45 billion inhabitants, to one of its smallest—tropical Barbados—with only 282,000.

Mar 28, 2024 · Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova speaks at our Feb. 29 event in Bethesda, Maryland. “Putin has been very open about what his goals are,” she said.

A career diplomat, an advocate of Tunisian-U.S. relations, and a champion for women’s freedoms in her country; this is the resume of Hanène Tajouri Bessassi and she was recently named the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Ambassador of the Year.

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Mar 14, 2024 · Dominican Republic marks 180 years since ‘El Trabucazo’ Dominican Republic Ambassador Sonia Guzmán hosted diplomats and State Department officials at her residence in early March to celebrate the 180 th anniversary of independence of the nation, which is on the same island as troubled Haiti. “The great action that took place on February 27, 1844 … was …

Nov 9, 2010 · Top diamond exporter Botswana aims to diversify its economic base; Tunisia’s Tajouri Bessassi makes history as 2024 ‘Ambassador of the Year’

Sep 26, 2024 · The Biden administration just made a worthy pledge: “The United States is committed to sustaining critical investments in the fundamentals of thriving societies,” the White House stated a few days ago in its U.S. Strategy on Global Development, which received no news coverage.. The report highlights the importance of education.

Jan 16, 2024 · U.S. Army veteran and legionnaire Wes Lam presented the medallion to the ambassador at an event at the French diplomat’s residence in Washington last year for Sciences Po alumni. Lam attended Sciences Po for one year in 2018-19 as part of a dual degree program run with Columbia University in New York.

May 10, 2024 · Visitors stamped souvenir passports as they walked around Washington, D.C., during Passport DC’s “Around the World Embassy Tour” event on May 4, in which more than 50 embassies, representing countries from Armenia in West Asia to Zambia in southern Africa, took part.. The aromas of different cuisines filled the air in parts of the U.S. capital, more than they …