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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.
ATHENS — A light earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale was recorded at 05:30 on Wednesday in the area 11 km southwest of Nafpaktos and with focal depth 5 km, the National Observatory of Athens Geodynamics Institute said. The quake was felt in many areas in Achaia, Etoloakarnania, Corinth and Fokida.
A second tremor was recorded at 06:38 on Wednesday with epicentre close to the earlier 4.9 Richter quake.
The Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens said that the quake measured 4.1 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was located 13 km east of Nafpaktos and its focal depth was roughly 8 km.
No injuries or damages have been reported so far.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection.
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