A violent earthquake has struck central Italy, killing at least 8 people,

義大利中部昨天發生一起強烈地震，造成至少八人死亡，

and destroying dozens of buildings across the regions of Lazio, Umbria, and Marche.

還摧毀拉西奧(Lazio)、恩伯利亞(Umbria)和馬凱(Marche)的數十棟房屋。

The Epicenter of the quake, which took place around 3:36 a.m. local time,

地震發生在當地時間的凌晨三點三十六分，

was in the Northeast of the Lazio region.

震央在拉西奧的東北方。

The quake was followed by a series of aftershocks,

地震發生之後餘震不斷，

and was felt across central Italy, as far as Rome.

最遠甚至連羅馬都可以感覺到。

Four of the world's biggest banks have teamed up to develop a new form of digital cash

四家世界上最大的銀行聯合起來開發出新型態的數位現金，

that they believe will become an industry standard to clear and settle financial trades over block chain,

他們相信數位現金將會成為業界標準，以穩定在區塊鍊中進行的金融交易。

the technology underpinning Bitcoin.

區塊鍊這個科技是用來保障比特幣交易的網路錢包技術。

The move is one of the most concrete examples of banks cooperating on a block chain technology,

這個舉動被視為銀行與區塊鍊技術合作的具體例子之一，

to improve the efficiency of financial market plumbing.

為的是增進金融市場流動的效率。

And WPP, the world's biggest advertising company,

另外，世界上最大的廣告公司WPP表示，

said a sharp fall in Sterling following Britain's vote to leave the EU,

英國離開歐盟的投票決定，造成英鎊隨之大跌，

may have helped a post-Brexit recovery at the group.

而英鎊大跌可能會有助於經濟復甦。

In July, like-for-like revenue was up 4.6% year on year.

七月，同期比的收入比去年同期增加百分之四點六。

And that sells for 1.9% higher.

銷售量也高了百分之一點九。