The 78th annual session of the United Nations General Assembly began this week at its headquarters on the East River of New York City.

This week is crucial. What makes it crucial is the meeting of the Prime Minister of Greece with the Turkish President in New York on Wednesday.

A few weeks ago, former President Donald Trump traveled from Florida to Atlanta on his personal plane and appeared at a local jail, where, like any ordinary American citizen, he went through the usual process for those charged with criminal offenses, including having his mugshot taken.

Days have passed since then, but the image doesn't leave my mind.

The recent unprecedented floods, almost of biblical proportions, wounded the souls of Greeks everywhere, causing unimaginable suffering with losses in human lives and damage to production and to the country's infrastructure.

It has been 22 years – unbelievable, isn't it? – since that perfect sunny morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when terrorists under the leadership of Osama bin Laden destroyed the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, the symbols of the American Empire, and covered the skies of Manhattan, America, and indeed the entire world, with dark clouds.

The British Museum is in crisis, argues the New York Times in its extensive report from London.

The news of Nikos Andriotis' death deeply shook up the Greek-American Community and me personally.

A poll conducted by the main American news agency, the Associated Press, regarding who is more suitable for the position of the country's president, Biden or Trump, yielded thought-provoking answers.

A Greek-American, Stefanos Kasselakis, seems to be lining up prospects to successfully vie for the leadership of SYRIZA, as becomes clear from a series of (positive) articles in the Athenian press.