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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.
MONTREAL — Quebec’s premier is closing all non-essential businesses across the Canadian province from Christmas until at least Jan. 11.
Premier Francois Legault says that big box stores will be prohibited from selling any goods that are deemed non-essential. The premier is also forcing all office towers to empty starting Thursday and requiring employees to work from home until at least Jan. 11.
Legault says elementary and secondary schools will close Dec. 17 and can reopen at the earliest on Jan. 11. He says hospitals across the province are under too much pressure because of the COVID-19 pandemic to allow non-essential businesses to stay open during the holidays.
Quebec reported 1,741 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
The Middle East moved closer to a long-feared regional war the day after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel and Israel said it began limited ground incursions into Lebanon targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.
ATHENS - With the country’s population shrinking fast after an economic and austerity crisis and a high cost of living for low paid and heavily-taxed residents, Greece plans to spend 20 billion euros ($22.
ATHENS - The re-privatization of financial institutions was finished with the sale of a 10 percent stake in the National Bank of Greece (NBG) that raised 690 million euros ($762.
ATHENS - The escalating battles in the Mideast between Israel and enemies in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Iran have brought worries about refugees fleeing the conflicts coming to Greece as well as fears of terrorism.
THESSALONIKI — Greek authorities arrested eight Romanian football fans under fan violence laws on Thursday, after a knife and a retractable baton were found in the van they were travelling in ahead of a Europa League match.