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The Daily Roundup - Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Today we’re heading to Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, where HALC teamed up with the Metropolis and Chicago CRED to deliver roughly 4-6 tons of food donated by our local Hellenic community to the South and West sides of Chicago. HALC chairman and former Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, Greek-American sports anchor and one of the owners of Avli restaurants Lou Canellis, and his Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael are on the ground with us to share their insight.

You can read the articles discussed on the podcast here:

Turkey launches major attack on Kurdish militants in Iraq

Zero new cases for second consecutive day in Cyprus

Five new schemes for economic recovery worth €150m

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