KANDAHAR -- A fresh polio case was detected in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, bringing the total cases to seven in the country, an official said Friday.
"The virus affecting an 11-month-old girl named Subhani, was found in Zhuwando Hadiro area of Arghandab district a couple of days ago, after a previously detected one in the neighboring Helmand province in late June," Abdul Shakoor Nasrat, who is in charge of Kandahar Immunity Vaccination Program, told Xinhua.(Afghanistan-Polio Case)
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SYDNEY -- China's largest wind energy company Goldwind have partnered the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia to establish the country's first ever laboratory to test renewable wind technology.
The 2 million Australian dollars (1.45 million U.S. dollars) in funding is the first stage of a memorandum of understanding signed at the UNSW China Center Inauguration in Shanghai earlier this year, which aims to bolster ongoing research between the two organizations. (Australia-China-Wind Technology)
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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Central Bank on Friday revised down this year's growth forecast to 5 percent, after its gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter came in sharply below its expectation at 4.5 percent.
At her first-chaired GDP briefing after appointed as the central bank's governor, Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said the first half GDP growth of 4.9 percent was lower than expectation, thus the bank has revised down its full year growth to reflect recent global tensions.(Malaysia-Growth Forecast)
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SYDNEY -- A pilot in Australia was killed after his firefighting aircraft crashed "into a tree" 230 km south of Sydney on Friday, while battling a 1,700-hectare wildfire.
A spokesperson from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority told the local media that the Kawasaki BK117 helicopter went down near the township of Ulladulla, with paramedics called to the scene around 2:15 p.m. local time (0415 GMT). (Australia-Helicopter-Crash) Enditem
