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Funding for BRICSChina will set aside 500 million yuan (US$76 million) for economic and technological cooperation and exchanges among BRICS countries, President Xi Jinping said on Monday while addressing the BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian Province, which ended yesterday.

Xi also announced plans to inject US$4 million into a project prepara-tion fund to support the BRICS-led New Development Bank’s opera-tion and long-term development. He called on the fi ve countries that make up BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — to promote practical cooperation. CPC National CongressThe 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is expected to convene on October 18 in Beijing.

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee decided at a meeting on Thursday to submit the proposal on the schedule to the sev-enth plenary* meeting of the 18th CPC Central Committee, which will be held on October 11.Criminals caughtTwenty-fi ve criminals at large wanted some beer fun, but ended up being captured by police’s facial recognition system during the 27th Qingdao International Beer Festival from August 4 to 27.

During the 24-day event the system captured and recognized 2.3 million facial images, reporting more than 190 suspected faces. Police made a second check and confi rmed 25 of them were escaped criminals. With the help of facial recognition tech-nology, police also seized 19 drug addicts, caught fi ve pickpockets on the spot and drove away 32 with prior pickpocketing records.Cop punishedShanghai police said on Friday that they have suspended a police offi -cer who violently subdued* a woman while putting the child she was car-rying in danger.

A 50-second video shared on Chi-na’s multiple social networks since Friday noon has sparked an outcry online. The video shows that the woman, holding the toddler with her left arm, challenged and pushed the police offi cer several times before the offi cer body-slammed her onto the ground. (SD-Agencies)

1. Merkel wants to end membership talksGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that she would ask the European Union to call off member-ship talks with Turkey, amid escalating tensions between Berlin and Ankara.

“I don’t see them ever joining and I had never believed that it would happen,” she said during a televised debate with Martin Schulz, her Social Democratic rival in elec-tions later this month. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused German politicians on Monday of indulging in populism*, but added that he hoped strained relations would improve.

2. US astronaut, crew back on EarthNASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown* in Kazakhstan on Sat-urday, capping a

career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.Whitson, 57, ended an extended stay of more than

nine months aboard the International Space Station, a US$100 billion research laboratory that fl ies about 400 km above Earth.

“I feel great,” the biochemist said during an infl ight interview on Monday. “I love working up here. It’s one of the most gratifying jobs I’ve ever had.”

3. Japanese princess to wed commonerJapan’s Princess Mako, the eldest grand-daughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito, will wed a former class-mate, the Imperial Household said on

Sunday, confi rming a marriage that will further deplete* the royal family since she must become a commoner.

The announcement was aired by public broadcaster NHK. Mako is one of only four royal grandchildren. The other three are her younger sister, Kako, her brother, Hisahito, and Crown Prince Naruhito’s daughter, Aiko.

The shrinking royal population, which mirrors the broader aging of Japanese society, has raised concerns that the prince may also be the last.

4. WWII bomb forces evacuation in FrankfurtAt least 60,000 people were forced to leave their homes in central Frankfurt on Sunday, as Germany began an operation to

defuse* a huge unexploded World War II bomb dubbed “blockbuster.”

The operation was the biggest evacuation of its kind in post-war Germany, Frankfurt’s security chief Markus Frank said.

The 1.8-ton British bomb, which German media said was nicknamed “Wohnblockknacker” — or blockbuster — for its ability to wipe out whole streets and fl atten buildings, was discovered on August 29 during building works.

5. Cambodian opposition leader arrestedCambodian opposi-tion leader Kem Sokha was arrested in a police raid on his home on early Sunday and veteran

Prime Minister Hun Sen accused him of treason* with the backing of the United States.

The arrest marks an escalation in a campaign against critics, independent media and any potential threats to Hun Sen’s hold on power ahead of an election next year at which Kem Sokha has been expected to be his main challenger. “It’s an act of treason with conspiracy with a foreign country, betraying his own nation. This requires arrest,” Hun Sen said.

6. Body of missing Chinese teacher foundA DNA test of the skeletal remains of a young woman confi rmed that they belonged to Wei Qiujie, a Chinese teacher missing in Japan’s northernmost region Hok-kaido since July 23, according to the Chinese consulate-general in Sapporo on August 30.

A man who was fi shing along the beach at Katsurakoi on August 27, discovered the body that had washed ashore and immediately notifi ed the police, Fuji TV reported. The woman had long hair and was wearing a beige* skirt and white blouse, similar to the clothes Wei was wearing when she was last seen. (SD-Agencies)

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