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The Menu - Culinary ambassadors

22 July 2022

We meet two top chefs who have brought fame to their home countries: Israel’s Eyal Shani and Brazil’s Gero Fasano.

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The Menu - The ambassador of modern Chinese

25 September 2015

Andrew Wong explains how you launch a successful Chinese restaurant. We also discuss the pisco boom in Peru and discover a mysterious new hit drink in Israel.

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The Menu - The ambassador of Mexican cuisine

2 March 2018

We meet the man who brought top Mexican food to Wellington and consider the role of food magazines in the future. Plus: how can science support the art of cooking?

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The Foreign Desk - Why ambassadors still matter

3 November 2018

Despite being the world’s most powerful country, the US has dozens of vacant ambassadorships in the capitals of some of its most important allies. Does the current administration’s disregard for America’s foreign service…

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The Menu - Malaysia’s food ambassador

19 May 2017

How Christina Arokiasamy wants to bring Malaysian cooking to the mainstream in the US, a top dining tip in Venice and the week’s headlines from Toronto.

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Meet the top dogs

20 March 2014

If your frosty international relations need melting, a big, friendly dog may do the trick. We meet four important members of the diplomatic staff.

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Reportage 2. Ambassadors’ sanctuary

21 July 2016

When in Rome, diplomats and their retired counterparts head here to play tennis, take a dip and cut a few deals.

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Diplomacy

21 February 2019

A triple whammy of headaches for the eurozone and an odd couple get friendly in the Middle East.

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Diplomacy

18 May 2016

India’s ambassador in Kabul, Russia’s embassy in Cuba and Japan’s envoy in the Solomon Islands.

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Full steam ahead

21 June 2018

Finland’s ambassador to Poland can take the heat, whether relaxing in her sauna or building relations with regional leaders.

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Diplomacy

16 November 2017

Checking in with the ambassador in Rome, why Japan is looking to Latin America and the art of the ambassadorial Christmas card.

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Dogged diplomacy

10 March 2015

Last year we ran a feature on Ambassadogs. After a considerable amount of diplomatic pressure we are delighted to throw open the chancery gates for ‘Ambassadogs II’.

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First lady

15 August 2009

Bahraini Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo has broken the diplomatic mould by being a young Jewish woman representing an Arab country abroad. With her island nation’s proximity to Iran, relations with that country occupy much of her…

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The Briefing - EU ambassadors discuss further sanctions on Russia

8 May 2024

We discuss today’s EU meeting on new sanctions on Russia. Then we bring you the latest from Tokyo as prime minister Fumio Kishida returns from his diplomatic trip to Brazil and Paraguay. Plus: business news and why the…

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Diplomacy

18 April 2019

Press freedom comes under the spotlight and the UK’s ambassador to Switzerland tells all.

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Diplomacy

17 January 2019

Australia’s ambassador to Poland and why Canada’s world-stage win isn’t helping at home.