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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 — The lowest temperatures early on Wednesday fell many degrees below zero Celsius both at higher altitudes but also in low-lying areas of northern Greece.
The lowest temperatures recorded by the automated weather stations of the Athens National Observatory's meteo service (excluding mountain refuges and ski resorts) were -6.7C in Neos Kafkasos, -6.6C in Nevrokopi, -5.5C in Paranesti, Drama and -4.8C in Mesovouno, Kozani.
Gale force winds were blowing in the Aegean, with gusts reaching up to 111km/h around the island of Tinos, 108 km/h in Karystos on the island of Evia, 108 km/h on Mt Parnitha and 85 km/h on Mt Penteli, both mountains in the region of Attica.
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.