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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.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A new Australian deputy prime minister was appointed on Monday after his predecessor quit over a sexual harassment allegation.
Lawmakers in the Nationals party elected Michael McCormack as their leader. The junior coalition partner’s former leader Barnaby Joyce resigned Friday as both party leader and a Cabinet minister.
Joyce did not resign from Parliament, ensuring that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s single-seat majority in the House of Representatives is maintained.
McCormack’s name has been emerged as the dual citizenship saga rolled on in Canberra. McCormack’s maternal grandfather was born in Akrata, Greece, however, the Greek Embassy does not have him registered on Greek municipal records, a requirement of being a citizen, The Daily Advertiser reported.
McCormack is a former veterans affairs minister. The rural-focused Nationals’ leader automatically becomes Turnbull’s deputy under their coalition agreement with the prime minister’s conservative Liberal Party.
“I want to make sure that people know that in me they will have a fighter. I have a huge challenge ahead of me,” McCormack, 53, told reporters after his election.
He was later sworn in as deputy prime minister as well as minister for infrastructure and transport, portfolios that Joyce had held.
Recent controversies over Joyce’s private life had strained the coalition partnership.
Joyce is estranged from his wife of 24 years and four daughters and is expecting a baby in April with a former press secretary.
While Joyce argues that his personal life is private, there have been questions raised about two government jobs his current partner Vikki Campion got after she left his office and the rent-free accommodation they share in an apartment owned by a wealth political donor.
Joyce said reports that a woman had made a sexual harassment complaint against him was the “straw that breaks the camel’s back.” He denied the allegations, and said he requested they be referred to police for investigation.
Joyce and Turnbull have openly attacked each other in recent weeks.
Turnbull accused his deputy of making a “shocking error of judgment” by having an office affair. Joyce described his leader’s remarks as “inept” and “completely unnecessary.”
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(Material from the Associated Press was used in this report)
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it.
NEW YORK — Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts.
ASTORIA – The singer Anastasia visited St.
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