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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.
TOKYO — A powerful magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night, but officials said there were no immediate reports of injuries and no danger of a tsunami.
The Meteorological Agency said the quake was centered in Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo, at a depth of 80 kilometers (48 miles).
It caused buildings to sway and hanging objects such as signs to swing violently, but there were no reported injuries or damage. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the authorities are investigating any possible damage. He said there were no abnormalities at nuclear power facilities in the area.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said about 250 homes in downtown Tokyo lost power.
"Shinkansen" super express trains in and out of Tokyo were temporarily halted, NHK public television said.
Many elevators automatically stopped, including those at Tokyo's metropolitan government building, and officials were using stairs, NHK said.
Yoshiyuki Yoshihara, an official in Tokyo's Adachi district, said a number of elevators stopped with people trapped inside but later resumed operation.
Videos taken in the busy downtown districts of Shibuya and Shinjuku showed cars moving and people walking on the streets as usual.
New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida posted a message on Twitter urging people to "check the latest information and take action to protect your lives."
Kishida returned to his office late Thursday to lead the government's response.
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.
ALBANY – New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Senator James Skoufis honored Greek Independence at the State Capitol on March 26, welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, who offered an invocation before the Senate.
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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".