Good Morning Australia!! - For now, the Venezuelan coup attempt has failed - Cops clash with Workers on May Day - He's been silent throughout Trump's term in the White House, now Robert Mueller may speak in public - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Juan Guaido's US-backed attempt to topple democratically-elected President Nicolas Maduro has apparently flatlined, leaving a standoff on the streets of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities.  "Clearly this was a failure in the sense that this left the opposition weaker than they were before," said David Smilde of the Washington Office on Latin America.  The Venezuelan military AGAIN remained loyal to the constitution and the government, as it has during previous US-backed attempts to destabilize the country to get at its oil wealth, and put down the small pockets of opposition violence.  But the opposition did not surrender, calling for more demonstrations on Wednesday - and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened Venezuela with military intervention.  Instead, hundreds of thousands filled streets on May Day to support Nic Maduro.

May Day rallies mostly went off without a hitch in cities throughout the world (at least the ones that properly recognize 1 May as Labor Day).  But there were clashes in Berlin, Gothenburg, and St. Petersburg - and the worst of it happened in Paris.  Black-clad anarchists joined Gilet Jaunes "Yellow Vest" protesters when a few hundred left the main crowd of 40,000 plus to kick in windows and set stuff on fire.  More than 7,400 police and gendarmes responded.  In Berlin, Labor concerns with mixed with opposition to the rapid spread of gentrification in parts of the city formerly behind the iron curtain, pushing out low-income residents.  Spain's trade unions sought to make their voices heard before the victorious Socialist Party tries to form a new government after elections.  Athens had no public bus, tram, or urban rail services because workers called a one day strike.

With the threat of further attacks in Sri Lanka, the Department of Foreign Affairs is offering to fly the families of Aussie personnel out of there.  DFAT is extending the offer of "voluntary departures to return to Australia" to dependents of embassy staff and for volunteers working under the Australian Volunteers International (AVI) program.  The Easter Sunday Bombings killed more than 250 people and injured more than 500 more.

The world may finally hear from US Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.  US House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York says Mueller will testify on a date that is yet to be decided.  This comes hours after word got out that Mueller was concerned that US Attorney General William Barr's interpretation of his 400 page report "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office's work and conclusions".  Nadler says that Mueller's objections makes it important for his committee to hear from Barr, as well.

Barr was on the other side of the US Capitol, getting grilled by Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about his earlier testimony that he didn't know that the Mueller team was angry about his handling of their work.  "But you knew you lied," charged Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono, "And now, we know."  Barr denied lying.  But critics say that Barr's performance before the Senate on Wednesday wa sa cavalcade of lies and obfuscation, and several Democrats called on him to resign or be impeached.  Doesn't mean it'll happen, but Democrats rarely make such powerful statements.

When far-right extremists make it into government, things get awful in a hurry.  Estonia's far-right EKRE party gained five cabinet positions after a strong electoral performance with all of the usual "we hate this, we hate that" garbage.  Three of the minsiters are already national disgraces.  Party leader Mart Helme and his son Martin, two grown men, both made the "white power" hand gesture popularized on teenage troll websites as they were sworn in as government ministers.  Marti Kuusik, minister of foreign trade and IT, was forced to resign the next day after he was accused of being a wife-beater.

Brazil's far-right government is planning to slash university funding by 30 percent over student demonstrations against its horrid policies.  "The university must have a surplus of money to be making such a mess and organizing ridiculous events," said Education Minister Abraham Weintraub  to friendly conservative media, "I can cut and, unfortunately, need to cut from somewhere."  University staff and education experts denounced the ideological nature of the Education Ministry's decision.  Some plan to challenge the move as grossly unconstitutional.