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VOA60 - 29 June, 2021

Ethiopians are hopeful for peace after the government declared Monday it would observe an immediate ceasefire and withdraw from the country’s Tigray area.

In Italy, foreign and development ministers of the G20 countries gather in Matera to discuss food security and cooperation on vaccines and climate change.

In South Africa, former President Jacob Zuma is sentenced to 15 months in prison for failing to appear in court over corruption charges.

And people keep watch in Surfside, Florida, where a deadly building collapse last week left more than 150 people missing.

Word List

Ethiopian:   n. 埃塞俄比亞人
hopeful:   a. 抱有希望的;充滿希望的
declare:   vt. 宣布,宣告;聲明
observe:   vt. 遵守,奉行
ceasefire:   n. 停火
withdraw:   vi. 撤退;離開;退出
minister:   n. 部長;大臣
cooperation:   n. 合作,協力
vaccine:   n. 疫苗
sentence:   vt. 宣判;判決
prison:   n. 監獄
appear:   vi. 出現;顯露
deadly:   a. 致命的,致死的