美国与太平洋岛国召开峰会

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

President Joe Biden hosted leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum at the White House Monday for the start of a two-day Washington summit.

美国总统乔·拜登星期一在白宫接待了太平洋岛国论坛18个成员国的领导人，开始为期两天的华盛顿峰会。

Biden announced that his administration is requesting Congress approve $200 million in new assistance for the region.

拜登宣布，他的政府正在请求国会批准为该地区提供2亿美元的新援助。

Russia on Monday dismissed Ukraine's genocide case in the International Court of Justice as an "abuse of process."

周一，俄罗斯要求国际法庭驳回乌克兰种族灭绝的指控，称其“滥用程序”。

Kyiv filed its case two days after Russia invaded Ukraine.

基辅在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰两天后提起诉讼。

Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia's most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward.

马蒂奥·麦斯纳·蒂纳罗周一在一家医院的监狱病房去世，他是西西里黑手党一些最令人发指的杀戮事件的策划者。

His death comes just months after being captured as Italy's No.1 fugitive.

就在几个月前，他作为意大利头号逃犯被抓获。

And Jordanian officials are hopeful that a copper ore concentration in a nature reserve will boost the country's economy.

约旦官员对在自然保护区集中开采铜矿石将会提振该国经济抱有希望。

The Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources says preliminary estimates of copper ore in the area amounts to nearly one million tons.

约旦能源与矿产资源大臣表示，初步估计该地区的铜矿储量接近100万吨。