Positive news from Australia
Taiwan: Relief goods continue pouring in from abroadRelief goods continued to pour into Taiwan from abroad yesterday, while the United States is dispatching two heavy-lift helicopters, one of which is expected to arrive today to carry large crane excavators to the flood-ravaged area to help re-open blocked routes of transportation. |
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Australians Break Solar Power RecordIn a record reminiscent of a 100-meter dash, scientists at the University of South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have created the world's most efficient solar power cell ever ... by a hair. |
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Chocolate lovers to enjoy no-guilt snackChocoholics in Australia will soon have a good reason to tuck into a chocolate treat without feeling guilty. |
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Australian man wins right to dieA court in Australia has ruled that a quadriplegic man who wants to die can tell his carers to stop feeding him. |
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Woman checks old lottery ticket, wins $10 millionConcerned about her family's finances, a university student in Australia cashed some long-forgotten lottery tickets this week -- hoping the money would help her parents. |
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Stem cell-coated contact lens restores vision to the partially sightedResearchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have come up with a revolutionary treatment for corneal disease that involves growing stem cells from the patient on a contact lens. |
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Doctor saves dying teen with household drillA quick-thinking doctor has saved the life of an Australian teenager by boring a hole into his skull with a household drill to remove a blood clot. |
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Four-day journey to Cairns saves girl’s lifeA Papua New Guinea man made a four-day trip to Cairns carrying a six-year-old girl so badly injured her intestines were exposed. |
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Damaged Barrier Reef coral makes ‘spectacular’ recoverySections of coral reef in Australia's Great Barrier Reef have made a "spectacular" recovery from a devastating bleaching event three years ago, marine scientists say. |
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Rare Dolphins by the Hundreds Found in BangladeshThe discovery of 6,000 rare dolphins in Bangladesh and new guidelines for marine wildlife viewing in the Pacific Islands are among the announcements made this week at the First International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas underway on the island of Maui. |
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News from Oceania
- New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- New radio telescope to watch for solar flares
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Australia Acts To Stop Super-Trawler
- Australia to create world’s largest marine reserve
- KFC Australia stops using palm oil