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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.
Two Greeks and a foreign national were arrested during a major police operation to dismantle an international drug trafficking ring that distributed large quantities of cocaine in many different countries.
The Greek police operation took place in cooperation law enforcement authorities in other countries, while six more persons have been arrested in Ecuador.
More than 300 kg of cocaine that were destined for Australia have been confiscated in Ecuador.
The Greek police said further details about the case will released to the press on Thursday.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DENVER (AP) — One person was killed and 12 people were rescued after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site, authorities said.
Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s best-selling airline planes.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 230 migrants reached Greece in small boats over the past two days, including a rare case of a crossing from north Africa to Greece's southern mainland, authorities said Friday.
Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.
NEW YORK – One of Greece's most popular stand-up comedians, Giorgos Xatzipavlou, is heading to North America for a four-city tour in November.