内容摘要：“We want to build a dream on the stage – even for three minutes, for Ukrainians – like the war will be over in the very near future,” he told The Associated Press.

“We want to build a dream on the stage – even for three minutes, for Ukrainians – like the war will be over in the very near future,” he told The Associated Press.

The government has offered veterans reintegration into the armed forces.“Tigray has too many individuals with disabilities who need support, especially medicine, and the situation is extremely dire,” said Gebrehiwot Gebrezgiabher, commissioner for the Tigray Disaster Risk Management Commission. “We are too overwhelmed to support them without more financial support.”

The Mekelle Ortho-Physiotherapy Center, which has operated in Tigray for nearly three decades with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross, is trying to fill the gap.The group has treated disabled combatants, providing prosthetic limbs and mobility aid such as crutches. But it is unable to help everyone who needs support without more funding.“Over the years, we have delivered a total of 180,000 services. However, this number pales in comparison to the 65,000 we have provided in just the last three years,” manager Birhane Teame said.

Teame urged international organizations to assist his group “in alleviating the burden” in Tigray.Birhane Teame, the manager of Ortho-Physiotherapy Centre, speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Mekele, Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)

Birhane Teame, the manager of Ortho-Physiotherapy Centre, speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Mekele, Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)

Prosthetic which have been serviced for clients, rest on a wall at Ortho-Physiotherapy Centre in Mekele, Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanuel Birhane)A public blessing ceremony with hundreds of believers takes place in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

A public blessing ceremony with hundreds of believers takes place in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)Francis, who died Monday, “was a transformational leader who included LGBTQ people in historic ways,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of the U.S.-based advocacy group GLAAD, who met twice with the pope. “His principles of empathetic listening, inclusion, and compassion are exactly what this divided world needs right now.”

Many conservative Catholic leaders were wary of his LGBTQ+ outreach — and sometimes were angry and defiant, such as when he decided in 2023 toto implement the Vatican declaration, saying same-sex relationships were “contrary to the will of God.” Individual bishops in Eastern Europe, Latin America and elsewhere also voiced opposition.