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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 registered 1,449 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 11 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Sunday.
Greece has confirmed 254,031 infections from the start of the pandemic (daily change: +0.6 pct). In the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 55 infections are related to travel from abroad and 2,605 to other confirmed cases.
There are also 54 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of pandemic victims to 7,880. Of these, 95.7 pct had an underlying condition and/or were 70 years old.
A total of 735 patients are on ventilators in hospitals. Their median age is 68 years and 82.3 pct have an underlying condition and/or are aged 70 or more. Another 1,664 have been discharged from ICUs since the pandemic began.
In addition, 422 Covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours (daily change of a +13.75 pct). The average admission of patients with Covid-19 to hospitals over the last 7 days was 438.
The median age of new infections is 44 years, while the median age of the deceased is 79.
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.
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LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture presents a captivating evening with acclaimed singer-songwriter Alkinoos Ioannidis, who will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 PM, in a solo concert.
ATHENS - The "OLYMPOS - Global Spiritual Center" Association presents on Saturday, April 6, at 6:00 pm, at the "Antonis Tritsis" Amphitheatre of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, 50, Acadimias Street, the truly ingenious funding proposal for the construction of Heptapolis in the wider area of Delphi, entitled "World Green Taxation Fund".
ATHENS - Disregarding the recommendation of a prosecutor who said there wasn’t enough evidence, an Athens Mixed Jury Court found a 55-year-old man guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl but found her mother innocent of pornography.