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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.
ANKARA – Without offering any proof, Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said 150,600 migrants and refugees that had been held under a 2016 swap deal with the European Union managed to get into Greece by land or sea since Feb. 28 when Turkey opened its borders.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had sent some 10,000 to the northern land border with Greece near the Evros River and urged them to cross after the deaths of 33 Turkish soldiers in an an area of northern Syria they had invaded made him fear more Syrians would flee their civil war and come to Turkey, holding 3.3 million of them and 2.2 million others.
For the last nearly five years, more than a million had come to, or tried to enter, the European Union largely through Greece but the New Democracy government shut the Greek border after Erdogan sent busloads full, violating the EU deal he said he wants revised.
Turkey has made a number of allegations, including that Greek forces killed migrants trying to cross but there’s been no verification and now Soylu stepped up the provocations with his assertion that 150,600 got into Greece but there’s no evidence beyond his statement, which was reported by Turkey’s pro-government Daily Sabah.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — With local elections across Turkey days away, legal experts are coaching thousands of volunteer election monitors on the rules they'll need to watch for fraud and ensure a fair vote.
After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Naz Reid had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Jaden McDaniels added 20 points to help the Minnesota Timberwolves overcome a sluggish start Wednesday night to beat the NBA -worst Detroit Pistons 106-91.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — LeBron James had a triple-double with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, Rui Hachimura scored 32 points as the Los Angeles Lakers built a big lead in the third quarter and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 136-124 on Wednesday night.
Buckle up, cowpoke: On Wednesday, Beyoncé shared the track list for her forthcoming album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter.