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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.
NICOSIA — Cyprus’ support for Britain’s air campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq has been essential in sustaining almost 3,000 combat missions so far this year, Britain’s defense secretary said Aug. 2.
Michael Fallon said the Royal Air Force hasn’t kept such an operational tempo in a single theater of conflict in more than 25 years.
Britain maintains two military bases on Cyprus — including Akrotiri, from where anti-IS missions are being flown.
Fallon said it would be “much harder to sustain” so many missions, which included 948 air strikes in Syria and Iraq, without the help of Cyprus. The country’s eastern shores are 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the Syrian coastline.
“Only the U.S. is doing more,” Fallon said after talks with Cypriot counterpart Christoforos Fokaides, adding that IS “is losing land, losing money, losing the fight.”
Fallon said the air campaign has helped push the Islamic State group out of 40 percent of the territory it had taken since 2014.
“Britain is determined to keep pulling out all the stops in this fight against evil,” he said.
Fallon also offered assurances that British voters’ decision to leave the European Union in a June referendum doesn’t mean that the country will “abandon European security.”
He said Britain would accelerate the fight against IS, step up efforts to counter illegal migration and build stronger security ties with Cyprus, an EU member. Britain will take part in the coming months in joint search and rescue exercises.
(MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS)
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.
SANTORINI – The prestigious sports event of Santorini, Santorini Experience, which highlights one of the top tourist destinations in the world through sports activities, will be held for the 7th year from October 3-6.
ATHENS – The distinguished Greek-American scientist Nikos Kyrpides, biologist, researcher, head of the Prokaryotic Genomics Program at the Joint Genome Institute of the U.
VILLA MADERO, Mexico — As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City.
ATHENS – The world-famous humanoid robot Sophia filled the auditorium of the American Community Schools of Athens April 23, fascinating many in the audience.