New York, NY, September 2023 – Hon. Michael R. Pompeo, 70th U.S. Secretary of State, will receive the Freedom Award at the 2023 Federation of American Cypriot Organizations (FCAO) Annual Testimonial Dinner. The testimonial dinner hosted by FCAO will take place on Friday, September 22, 2023 at Terrace on the Park and is co-chaired by His Excellency Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus and His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. The FCAO Freedom Prize recognizes individuals who defend world peace, religious freedom, human rights and democracy and support the national interests of Cyprus and Greece. Over the…
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INSTITUTE, W.Va. — It’s that time of year again when college reunions start happening across the board, and one local campus in the Charleston community is celebrating its own this weekend. Annual homecoming activities kicked off Thursday at West Virginia State University with the crowning ceremony of its king and queen, among other events to kick off the occasion. WVSU President Ericke Cage discussed the rest of what’s going to happen throughout the weekend on WCHS Radio’s 580 LIVE show Friday. He said they became particularly known for doing their homecoming celebrations well. Eric Cage “Listen, what makes us so…
– Empower Global allows consumers to discover, explore and shop the best Black-owned brands in beauty, fashion, art and more –ATLANTA, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Sean “Diddy” Combs launched Empower the World (EG), a curated immersive e-commerce platform that allows consumers to discover and purchase products exclusively created and sold by Black entrepreneurs. The platform gives Black businesses a wider audience and allows consumers to shop the best Black-owned brands in beauty, fashion, art and lifestyle. With culture and community at its heart, Empower Global elevates the Black economy by creating opportunities for Black entrepreneurs to create and…
The Turkish president defied all expectations and defeated his rival in Sunday’s election. But how did the country’s large European diaspora vote? Turkey’s elections are set to go to a runoff, following Sunday evening’s results. ADVERTISEMENTDespite successive polls putting him in the lead, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu – the incumbent president’s main rival – received around 45% of the vote, with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan securing 49% – 1% below the threshold needed to win the race. More … than 5 million people of Turkish origin live in Europe and their votes impacted the results, with each politician having their own regional strongholds.…
The former owner of Santikos Theatersthe largest movie theater chain in San Antonio, was so detail-oriented that he wouldn’t go to his own theaters to see a movie. “When I go to my house, I don’t look at anything,” John Santikos told the Express-News in 2011. “I start looking for imperfections.” Santikos owned and operated the movie theater company – now called the Santikos Entertainment Co.. – from the mid-1950s until his death in 2014. you might also like: HEB Banned Alcohol for Decades — and 5 Other Facts You Didn’t Know About the San Antonio Grocer Three months ago,…
This year, two Dallas universities earned high rankings for their high-quality educational experiences: Southern Methodist University And The University of Texas at Dallas both achieved top 10 spots on US News and World Reports list which has just been published Best Colleges in Texas for 2024. EMS won 4th place in Texas and placed 89th nationally. The private institution had more than 7,000 undergraduate students in fall 2022. The school, which costs $64,460 in tuition and fees each year, ranks 121st among “Best Value Schools -price” according to US News. In April, SMU’s Cox School of Business ranked No. 4…
As Eric without wreck he needs little introduction – he wrote and recorded the classic All the whole earth and had a hit in 1977. Since then, it has been a hit for countless other artists, including The Monkees, Cage The Elephant and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. Eric’s version featured in the Expedia/Superbowl/Ewan MacGregor 2022 travel ad, and the Cage The Elephant version is the new theme for the Smartless podcast. As Eric Goulden it’s a little more complicated – musician, artist, writer, sound engineer and producer, he liked neither the world of music, nor the mechanisms of fame,…
TEHRAN — This evening, when the Iranian presidential plane landed in Tehran, it purchased the fourth batch of Achaemenid clay tablets from the United States, where they had been kept on loan for nine decades.A total of 3,506 Achaemenid tablets were repatriated by the plane carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, who addressed the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly during his visit to New York. The recovered collection includes 836 small tablets written in Aramaic and 2,670 large tablets with Elamite cuneiform inscriptions, CHTN reported. “Thanks to the appropriate monitoring of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts…
Last updated: August 22, 2023, 10:18 p.m. @Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will be the engine of global growth in the coming years. Addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa this evening, the Prime Minister said that despite the economic turmoil in the global economy, India today remains the largest economy to the fastest growing in the world. He expressed confidence that India will soon become a five trillion dollar economy. Prime Minister Modi arrived in South Africa today to attend the 15th…
HANZENG, Vice President of China, called on the international community to “follow the direction of a multipolar world” and “make global governance more just and equitable”. He stressed that there is only one China in the world, represented by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, as the sole legal government for all of China. “Taiwan has been an integral part of Chinese territory since ancient times,” he stressed. No one or any force should ever underestimate the firm determination, strong will and power of the Chinese people to safeguard their sovereignty and territorial integrity. “Achieving the complete reunification…