Good Morning Australia!! - Turkey as we've known it for almost a century might be over - The US maintains pressure as North Korea's latest launch goes flop - It's been a busy Easter weekend in the Mediterranean - April the Giraffe gave birth, and the new mum is not to be messed with - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Turkey might be stuck with Recep Tayyip Erdogan for life, after the Turkish autocrat claimed victory in a referendum to grant him sweeping new powers.  Although the details of the constitutional changes were not actually printed on the referendum ballots Turks voted to give authority to clamp down on dissent and the press, as well as dissolve parliament at a whim.  The early voting appears to be 51.2 percent in favor of Erdogan (who once had his balls kicked in by a horse), and opposition demands for a recount based on claims of official interference are likely to be ignored.  Exit interviews conducted with voters by the Western media indicated that many believed the changes were necessary to make Turkey a strong Middle Eastern rather than European country.  Bye bye, century of secular parliamentary government.

Pope Francis used his Easter address to condemn the bombing of evacuation buses in Syria as "the latest vile attack on fleeing refugees".  At least 68 children were among the more than 125 fatalities.  No group has claimed responsibility for the bus attack, which targeted busloads of people trying to get out of besieged government-held towns.

Aid workers and European coast guards rescued thousands of people from rickety refugee boats trying to cross Mediterranean from Libya to Italy over the past few days, but scores have drowned.  The Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) of Malta rescued at least 453 people from a single over-crowded craft, but more than 1,000 remained in danger.  Doctors Without Borders said its rescue boats Prudence and Aquarius had rescued about 1,000 people.  More than 2,000 people were rescued on Friday and 3,000 on Saturday in dozens of separate rescues, the Italian Coast Guard said. 

US officials say they are working with China after North Korea tried and failed to launch a missile on Sunday.  US Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said, "I think there's an international consensus now, including the Chinese and the Chinese leadership, that this is a situation that just can't continue."  Although the US seems to be looking for a an excuse to respond to something, North Korea's latest missile test was a dud.  It took place early on Sunday at a launch site near Sinpo and failed immediately after launch.  And, the missile did not appear to be an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM), which likely means that North Korea still has not developed that technology.

April the Giraffe gave birth to a son over the weekend, and is mighty protective of the big little guy.  The 15-year old giraffe became an internet celebrity in recent weeks as millions tuned into her website at an upstate New York petting zoo to check in on her pregnancy; 1.25 million watched the birth live.  Now that the baby has had a day to find his legs, the vet tried to give him a check up - but April was having none of that.  Despite trying to bribe her with treats, April gave him a couple of swift, non-connecting warning kicks to the shins and crotch (not the first time she tried that).  I guess she has read CareerSpot news about Erdogan?  Later, zoo workers separated mother and son to weigh him, and you can see in the background that she really didn't like that.