While it will only take a few minutes for Hassan Naji to get to a polling booth on Saturday, he says it will be the culmination of a decades-long journey. “This is very important to me. In the 49 years of my life, it is the first time I will vote in a national election,”…
10,000 Ukrainian Refugees Arrive in Britain in a Week
The number of refugees arriving in the UK under Ukraine visa schemes has risen by more than 10,000 in just over a week, figures show. Some 37,400 people had arrived in the UK under Ukraine visa schemes as of Tuesday, according to Government figures published on Friday. This is up from 27,100 by Monday April…
South Australia Sends Medical Supplies to Ukraine
The South Australian (SA) government is donating five pallets of medical supplies to Ukraine to support hospitals and health care workers in their efforts to provide emergency care for wounded civilians. Donated items—which are expected to leave Australia this week—include laryngeal masks, first aid equipment including wound dressings, and pulse oximeters, which are used to…
Australia to Offer 100 Visas to Skilled Refugees From Ukraine and Afghanistan
Australia’s federal government will expand one of its skilled refugee migrant employment programs to provide new opportunities for 100 people fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine. Splitting the placements with 50 from each country, the scheme will expand the 100 existing placements to 200 in the Skilled Refugee Pilot Program. Announcing the decision on March 4, the Minister…
Ukrainians Hold Theater Performances Underground
Ukrainian refugees have taken up shelter in a theater’s machine room, where they also hold daily performances with live music to help lighten the mood. NTD spoke with director Rostislav Derzhypilskyi to learn more.
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Mozart With Afghan Refugees in Portugal
LISBON, Portugal—Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Tuesday for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Ma joined young Afghan and Portuguese musicians on a small stage at the National Conservatory, where the refugees who arrived last December are studying. “The…
Untold Story of Aid For Ukraine as Faith-Based Group Sends 1 Million Meals
March 21, 2022
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The untold story of the Ukraine war in much of American mainstream media is how churches and faith-based organizations in the United States and abroad are funneling food, medical supplies, and spiritual support into the chaotic mess that is war in Ukraine, said a spokeswoman for Intercessors for America to The Epoch Times on March…
Volunteers Lining Up for Ukraine at Mercy Works in Texas
LINDALE, Texas–Leaving for Poland today, March 18, to aid Ukrainian refugees is the first group of 200 people who have expressed a desire to travel to the stricken area with Mercy Works of Texas. If this group of volunteers is typical of small, faith-based non-profits in America, much of what they do, where they go,…
Video: Refugees at Train Station in Ukraine
Over 3 million Ukrainians have already fled their country. The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD is on the ground in Lviv, which is about 45 miles from the Polish border. He visited a train station on Wednesday that is now the central hub for refugees before they leave the country. From NTD News
American From Kyiv Recalls Escaping Ukraine: ‘It’s Surreal’
The first news David heard of Russia’s war on Ukraine was the explosion near his Kyiv apartment. David, an American, has ties to Ukraine, and has lived on and off there since 2015. After COVID-19 travel restrictions ended, he visited Kyiv again. At about 4 a.m. on Feb. 24, a resonant “ka-boom” woke him, he…
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