Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang gives a speech at his farewell ceremony at the IAAF Diamond League Track and Field meet in Shanghai, May 17, 2015. Liu announced his retirement on April 7 on Weibo, a Twitter-like service. [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.