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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 – Greece confirmed 1,383 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, of which 14 were identified at the country's entry points, said the National Public Health Organization (EODY).
All cases in Greece total 114,568 of which 4,981 relate to travel from abroad and 30,207 to already confirmed infection cases.
A total of 594 individuals are intubated. Their median age is 65 years, 77.3 pct have an underlying condition or are aged 70 or more and 171 of them are women. Another 641 have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the pandemic.
EODY also registered 98 new deaths, bringing coronavirus fatalities to 2,902 in total. The median age of all fatalities was 79 years, 96.1 pct had an underlying condition and/or were aged 70 or above.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ROME (AP) — Canadian and Italian dignitaries on Thursday marked the successful recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as “The Roaring Lion," stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting is completed.
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed the director overseeing New York City's office for asylum seekers, the latest sign of escalating federal scrutiny of Mayor Eric Adams' administration.
Garrett Crochet, Tanner Houck and Tarik Skubal made their big league debuts pitching in empty ballparks.
PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Thousands of people turned up for the funeral of Italian World Cup hero Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci on Friday.