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Bioethanol fuelChina plans to use bioethanol* gaso-line nationwide by 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration (NEA) said on September 13.

“The plan was unveiled as the country is pushing the use of biofuel, which is renewable, applicable, tech-savvy and environmentally-friendly. It is an ideal alternative to fossil fuel,” a senior NEA offi cial said. Ethanol fuel, known as E10, is 10 percent of ethanol. It is commonly used worldwide since it is believed to cut carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions and help ease the energy supply bottleneck.Oldest panda diesBasi, the world’s oldest captive panda, has died at the age of 37, equivalent to more than 100 human years.

Basi died on the morning of Septem-ber 13 at the Strait Panda Research and Exchange Center in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province in eastern China. Chen Yucun, director of the center, said Basi had died of multiple illnesses, including liver cirrhosis* and renal* failure. Basi became ill in June, and doctors had since tried every means to help prolong her life.Academic evaluationZhejiang University is now adopting articles from the Internet into their academic evaluation*.

A pilot evaluation method was rolled out on September 8 by the university, which includes outstanding online cul-tural achievements in the university’s academic evaluation, the same as papers published in key academic journals. This is the fi rst time a Chi-nese university has included online cultural achievements in its academic evaluation system.Shared electric bikesAuthorities in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou have banned shared elec-tric bikes, citing potential safety risks the fl edgling business could pose.

Five companies operating shared electric bicycles in the city were sum-moned for talks by a special team consisting of staff from Hangzhou’s transport bureau, the city management administration and the public security bureau. The authorities demanded that the companies stop operation and take their bikes off the roads within a fi xed period. Hangzhou authorities drafted guidelines about the development of the shared bikes market in April.

(SD-Agencies)

1. US possibly closing Cuban embassyThe Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday.

Tillerson’s comments were the strongest indication to date that the United States might mount* a major dip-lomatic response, potentially jeopardizing* the historic restart of relations between the U.S. and Cuba. The two former foes reopened embassies in Washington and Havana in 2015 after a half-century of estrangement.

2. Chinese embassy inaugurated in PanamaThe national fl ag of the People’s Repub-lic of China was hoisted* for the fi rst time on Sunday at the inauguration cer-emony of the Chinese Embassy in Panama,

a milestone in the two countries’ diplomatic relations.The event was chaired by Chinese Foreign Minister

Wang Yi and President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela.“The Chinese Embassy in Panama will be the new

home for the Chinese community and Chinese com-panies,” said Wang.

3. Singapore names 1st woman presidentSingapore named a former speaker of parliament as the mul-ticultural city-state’s fi rst woman president on September 13 while critics expressed dismay that other candidates

were disqualifi ed and the election went uncontested.Aiming to strengthen a sense of inclusivity*, Singapore

had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial* six-year post, would be reserved for candidates from the minority Malay community this time.

The returning offi cer declared Halimah Yacob, 63, elected after nominations closed. Of the four other appli-cants, two were not Malays and two were not qualifi ed to contest, the elections department has said.

4. Teen ‘killed mayor in revenge’A Belgian teenager who blamed his local mayor for the death of his father has confessed to slashing the politician’s throat in a cemetery, according to reports.

Alfred Gadenne, 71, mayor of Mouscron and a former politician in the regional parliament, was found dead on Monday in the cemetery where he opened and locked the gates every day.

His death shocked the country, with the Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel expressing his alarm at the kill-ing on Twitter. He wrote: “I learn with alarm the brutal death of Alfred Gadenne. All my thoughts go to his family and loved ones.”

5. Police arrest 2nd man over London bombBritish police said on Sunday they had made a second arrest in connection with the bombing of a London underground train, as their probe

into the terror attack widened.The 21-year-old man, who has not been named, was

arrested on late Saturday in Hounslow, on the western rim* of the capital, a statement said.

Offi cers had earlier arrested an 18-year-old man over Friday’s attack at Parsons Green station, which injured 30 people, and said they were hunting for more suspects. The bomb detonated in a packed train carriage on Friday morning with a large explosion followed by what an eye-witness described as a “fi reball.”

6. Car bomb kills three in Iraq’s KirkukA car bomb explosion targeting shops sell-ing alcohol in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday killed three civilians and wounded nine, a security offi cial said.

He said the blast damaged the shops and sparked a fi re in three vehicles. Kirkuk is the capital of the oil-rich prov-ince of the same name, which is disputed by the federal government in Baghdad and the autonomous region of Kurdistan. (SD-Agencies)

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