The annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast celebration hosted by the Irish Chamber of Atlanta at the Capital City Club downtown March 16 provided insights into the strengthening relationship between Ireland […]
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Commentary: Wakanda’s Foreign Policy in Georgia-Screened ‘Black Panther’
Editor’s note: This commentary was originally printed in the Macon Telegraph under the headline “Wakanda and the World.” The author, Jonathan S. Addleton, is a former U.S. ambassador to Mongolia […]
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Seven from the Atlanta Music Project to Perform in Mexico City With 293 Peers From Across the Americas
Seven teenage members of the Atlanta Music Project, an intensive music education program, are to perform in an international orchestra of 300 young musicians from around the Americas at a […]
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Puppetry Center Continues Interactive Instruction With Health Program for Hispanic Youngsters
Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts is teaming up with the Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia to develop a program advancing health policies and practices for Hispanic children living in Georgia […]
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Michael Jablonski: The Future and Frustrations of the Internet and Global Journalism
Georgia State University’s Transcultural Conflict and Violence Initiative (TCV) has brought 14 faculty members together to examine the causes of violence around the world, to explore means of predicting violent […]
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Group Petitions for Northern Irish Nobel Laureate to Grace Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade
An Atlanta nonprofit is petitioning the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee to honor a Nobel laureate from Northern Ireland this year. Atlanta: City of Peace wants John Hume, who was […]
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As Their Reputations Grow, Moldovan Wines Gain Market Share in the U.S. and China
For many centuries Moldova has been a major producer of wines appreciated locally as well as by the country’s trading partners, primarily Russia and European countries, These days, however, its […]
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Gov. Nathan Deal Decrees Feb. 8 as ‘Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Paralympics Day’ in Georgia
The week before a deployment ceremony took place today, Jan. 30, at Fort Stewart in Liberty County for 4,000 soldiers who will be leaving for the Republic of Korea, Gov. […]
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Memory of Japanese Consul Honored at WWII Holocaust Remembrance for Saving Jewish Lives
Am Yisrael Chai’s annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony held the evening of Jan. 21 at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North hotel in Sandy Springs drew more than 920 attendees to honor […]
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Seeking External Acceptance, Taiwan’s Grapples With Internal History
Editor’s note: Paul Varian visited Taiwan in November on behalf of Global Atlanta as a guest of the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is the first in a series […]