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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
Acting with impunity, Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace over the Aegean 36 times on Dec. 26 without a word from NATO, the defense alliance to which both belong, nor from the United States which had otherwise been offering words of support to Greece.
The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said the incursions came over the the northeast, central and southeast parts of the Aegean Sea as Turkey has stepped up provocations after the US started siding more with Greece.
GEETHA said nine of the violations were carried out by three formations of Turkish F-16 jets, four of which were armed, and the other 27 by two CN-235 planes. In five of the cases, the Turkish jets also infringed upon the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR).
One of the airspace violations developed into a mock dogfight with Greek jets with is a common occurrence, adding to tensions there could be an accidental conflict, and all the Turkish aircraft were identified and intercepted by Greek fighter planes in line with international rules of engagement, GEETHA said.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.
For Muslim soccer players in deeply secular France, observing Ramadan is a tall order, and this is not about to change.
TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film.
Sunday is International Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world to bring attention to a population that's often ignored, disparaged or victimized.