The Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says at least120 people have been killed in the earthquake thatstruck towns and villages in a mountainous regionovernight. Rescue teams in central Italy aresearching the rubbles for survivors in the provincesof Umbrio, Lazio and Marche.

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels say they've captured the town of Jarablus in a major offensiveagainst Islamic State group. But Turkey says its intervention is not only intended to targetIS, it also wants to counter what Ankara regards as a security threat posed by Kurdishmilitants.

Security forces in the Afghan capital, Kabul, said they are working to clear a private universitycompound of any remaining attackers, hours after militants launched an attack there. Gunmengot inside the heavily-fortified American University and witnesses reported a huge explosionand volumes of gunfire.

Riot police have been reported of repeated clashes with anti-government protestors in theZimbabwean capital, Harare. Police used tear gas and water canon to disperse the supportersof the main opposition movement for democratic change, who demanded that Zimbabwe'spresident, Robert Mugabe, step down.

The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into a law a bill which caps interest ratescharged by commercial banks. Under the new law, banks will be prevented from charging morethan 4 percentage points above the central bank's base rate.

The Indian government has unveiled a draft law to ban commercial surrogacy in an attempt toregulate the industry. If approved by parliament, the law will block foreigners, people of Indianorigin, single parents and homosexuals from having children through surrogacy.

And space scientists have discovered a planet just outside our solar system that might hostlife. The leader of the team hailed the discovery of the planet, which is named Proxima b as theexperience of a lifetime.

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意大利总理马泰奥伦齐称，至少有120人在一整晚的地震中死亡，这场地震波及某山区的多个乡镇和村落。意大利中部的救援部队正在乌姆布里奥、拉齐奥、马尔凯的碎石泥土间搜索生还者的痕迹。土耳其支持的叙利亚叛军表示，在一场主要的攻击中，他们从伊斯兰国手中夺回了阿勒颇省。

但土耳其表示，序列呀叛军的介入不只是以伊斯兰国为目标，他们还想清除土耳其视为安全威胁的库尔德激进分子。阿富汗首都喀布尔的安保部队表示，在一所私立大学遭到激进分子攻击后，他们正在该校清除余下的攻击者。尽管该校戒备森严，武装分子还是得以偷混入内，并引起了一起巨大爆炸，现场可见浓烟滚滚。

据报道，在津巴布韦首都哈拉雷，防暴警察与反政府的抗议者发生了多次冲突。警察对叫嚣着总统罗伯特下台的抗议者使用了催泪弹和水炮，以驱散主要抗议人群。肯尼亚总统乌胡鲁与审批通过了一项法案，该法案对肯尼亚商业银行收取的利率采取了封顶措施。在该法案框架下，各商业银行禁止收取高于肯尼亚中央银行基准利率的利率，即4%。

为管理商业代孕行业，印度政府宣布了一项草案。若国会通过该草案，则该项法律将禁止外国人、印度裔、单亲父母、同性恋通过代孕方式生孩子。空间科学家在太阳系外发现了一颗宜居类地行星。该研究小组的负责人对这个空前的发现表示非常高兴。该兴兴名为Proxima b。

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词汇学习：

1.clash with 与……起冲突，与……不协调（可为名词短语或动词短语）

例：Those black shoes clash with that white skirt.

那些黑鞋与那条白色的裙子很不协调。

2.fortify vt.设防御于……，加强……的防御（文中用的是heavily-fortified）

例：Choose margarine or butter fortified with vitamin D.

选择人造黄油或用维生素D强化了的黄油。

3.surrogacy n.代孕行为

例：Hanson and Wilson decided on surrogacy after being inspired by another gay couple.

在另一对同志伴侣的启发下，Hanson和Wilson也决定找人代孕。

4.hail vt.欢迎，称赞，致敬

例：Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.

福克纳被赞颂为他那一代人中最伟大的美国小说家。

5.counter vt.对抗，抵抗，反驳，还击，抵消

例：The leadership discussed a plan of economic measures to counter the effects of such a blockade.

领导层讨论了一项经济措施计划来抵消如此封锁的影响。