Good Morning, Australia! – The UN denies politics slowed its Ebola response – An Australian is rescued from Antarctica – Bibi’s in – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is denying reports that politics delayed its response to the West African Ebola Epidemic.  But WHO spokeswoman did not directly address the documents that came out last week, which said that officials delayed declaring an international emergency over fears it would upset local politics and disrupt Guinea’s Bauxite mining industry (apparently, the Mayor from “Jaws” now works at the WHO).  The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) yesterday said the WHO’s delays cost thousands of lives.  More than 10,000 people died of Ebola in the outbreak that began in December 2013.  Most cases were concentrated in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

The Aurora Australis icebreaker is steaming back to Hobart after having rescued an ailing Aussie from Davis Station on Antarctica.  The man is in a stable condition.  The Aurora Australis actually left the station two days earlier, but had to turn around and plow through heavy ice to get closer enough for a helicopter rescue.  It’ll still take a week or so to return to Taz.

Now that 67 Israeli lawmakers have recommended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu form the next coalition, President Reuven Rivlin is expected to formally give Bibi the nod on Wednesday.  Netanyahu needed 61 seats for a majority, his Likud Party got 30 in last week’s election and his small party allies clearly made up the rest.  Rivlin wanted a national unity government, but Netanyahu has vowed to take Israel even further to the right.

It’s barely Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and Paris is already shrouded in smog.  So, authorities implanted the “Odd/Even” system of cutting the number of cars on the road in half – only odd-numbered plated were allowed to drive on Monday.  Public transportation is free as are car-sharing and bike-sharing programs.  The smog in Paris was so bad last week that for a brief period, Paris had the world’s dirtiest air – even worse than Beijing.

The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed an initial agreement to end a long-running dispute over the sharing of the waters of the Nile River.  The others were suspicious that Ethiopia’s Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam would choke off the Blue Nile from feeding the Nile, which is basically the only source of fresh water in the region.  Ethiopia says the project would provide electricity and divide the water more fairly.  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and some lawmakers were so concerned, more than a few have mentioned going to war to protect Egypt’s water rights.

A South African court found former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt “guilty” of raping underage girls as young as 12 and 13 years old.  Born in Australia in 1940, his tennis heyday was in the 1960’s and ‘70s.  The crimes occurred when he was coaching young girls in South Africa during the 1980s and ‘90s. 

Archeologists say they found the ruins of what appears to have been a secret nazi hideout in Argentina, covered in bush and vines deep in a forested area near the Paraguay border.  “We found German coins minted between 1938 and 1944, fragments of a porcelain plate that said it was made in Germany and Nazi symbols, and German inscriptions carved into the walls,” said Daniel Schavelzon, who led the team from the University of Buenos Aires and La Plata Museum.  It’s believed the nazis built such outposts in the event of Germany’s loss in World War II.