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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.
WASHINGTON, DC – A protest outside the White House was held on November 13 by members of AHEPA and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) shortly before Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
Holding banners and shouting slogans such as “Erdogan leave,” “Shame on Turkey,” and “You are a terrorist,” Greek-Americans, members of AHEPA and HALC, were joined by Kurdish and Armenian demonstrators. More than 100 people gathered early in the morning at Lafayette Square opposite the White House.
The car carrying the Turkish President was driven from the back exit of the Willard Hotel to avoid the protesters. The Armenians, along with members of the HALC, asked for and changed the location of the protest in order for the Turkish President and his entourage to pass directly by them.
According to HALC members, Erdogan’s security men lowered the car windows, took photos, and cursed at the demonstrators.
“We were being photographed, cursed at, and they made the sign of the Gray Wolf,” HALC Executive Director Endy Zemenides told The National Herald.
He added, “As an American citizen, I am ashamed that our country, a country that believes in human rights and democracy, invites, warmly welcomes, and protects someone who threatens Americans with acts of violence.”
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.