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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.
Swinging from offering diplomacy to sending in warships, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he will forge ahead with plans to drill for oil and gas off Greek islands despite a tense naval standoff there.
"We will never bow to banditry on our continental shelf. We will not back down against the language of sanctions and threats,” he said, in reference to Turkey claiming parts of Greek waters as European Union leaders have been reluctant to impose sanctions, fearful he will send more refugees and migrants into Greece.
He spoke as the Turkish energy vessel the Oruc Reis and Turkish warships were near the Greek island of Kastellorizo that some hard-core elements in his government have urged him to invade and seize.
"We have shown that we have softened our stance. However, Greece does not respond to this approach. If they continue like this, we will do whatever is necessary,” he said.
That referred to his earlier offer to host a session in Ankara with officials from the two countries to discuss overlapping claims to waters in the Aegean and the East Mediterranean, Turkey backed by the United States which said parts of the seas are “disputed.”
"At the moment, our priority is to protect our rights to the maximum in the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya and the Aegean,” said Erdogan of a deal Turkey made with Libya dividing the seas between them, claiming some Greek waters.
Greece responded with a similar deal with Egypt, leading a furious Erdogan to scuttle the negotiations and the EU's foreign chiefs to host a meeting in which Germany refused to support Greece, leaving sanctions up in the air now.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "no challenge will go unanswered" while Turkey said any attack on its ships would draw immediate return fire.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
It was a close brush with death but a 40-year-old British tourist bitten by a deadly viper while at a yoga retreat on Cyprus is recovering after getting swift hospitalization to counteract the venom.
ATHENS - After Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system - with help from French, American and British fighter jet pilots - knocked Iranian missiles and drones from the skies during an attack, Greece is looking to create a similar protection method.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Visitors to Disney's California parks could one day walk through the snow-covered hamlet of Arendelle from “Frozen” or the bustling, critter-filled metropolis of “Zootopia” under a park expansion plan approved by the Anaheim City Council.