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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.
BEIJING — Shanghai has imposed lockdowns on two of China’s best-known hospitals after they were linked to new coronavirus cases.
Outpatient services have been suspended at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Renji Hospital, both of which have been cordoned off along with some surrounding residential communities.
China now finds itself on guard against new clusters of coronavirus infections that have been emerging largely in the country’s frigid north.
Lockdowns have been imposed in parts of Beijing and other cities following outbreaks, schools are letting out early and citizens have been told to stay home for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday.
China hopes to vaccinate 50 million people against the virus by the middle of February.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
nicosia - Cyprus’ nominee to be European Commissioner for Oceans and Fisheries, Costas Kadis, failed to ensure the proper treatment for waste dumped into a landfill on the island, some of which was to become fuel, said a report in POLITICO.
DENVER - For 38 years, the Greek eatery the Monaco Inn Restaurant has been a favorite in Denver but - reluctantly - owner Mike Tsikoudakis and his business partner Terry Vaidis are retiring and shutting it down.
ANKARA - Turkey reportedly wants to shift the agenda in talks with Greece during a detente to include sovereignty of islands near Turkey’s coast and complaints about Greece keeping troops on some of them.
ATHENS - A visit to the Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis was an orchestrated media stunt and photo opportunity, the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance said.