A robot saleswoman sells ice cream in Shenyang city, Liaoning province, on Jan 13, 2015. After two months, the use of robot in promoting the ice cream has dropped along with the price, which has fallen from from 20 to 10 yuan. [Photo/IC]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.