Good Morning Australia!! - The UK Supreme Court rules against the government on the Brexit - Trump tries to push through two controversial oil pipelines - Is a madman in the White House? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The UK government must get parliament's approval before triggering the Brexit - that is the ruling from the country's Supreme Court.  It slows the Tory government of Theresa May's ambitions to trigger Article 50 of the European Charter on its own.  Last year's Brexit referendum "is of great political significance," said Supreme Court president David Neuberger, "But the Act of Parliament which established it did not say what should happen as a result," said.  Therefore he reasoned, an Act of Parliament is the only constitutional way forward.  But the court dealt a blow to Brexit opponents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, ruling that Britain did not need the approval of the UK's devolved assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland before triggering Article 50.

Israel announced it approved 2,500 more housing units in Palestinian leads of the occupied West Bank, days after announcing 500 more in East Jerusalem.  Emboldened by the election of Donald Trump in the US, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told aides, "We can build where we want and as much as we want."  Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainahsaid, "The decision will hinder any attempt to restore security and stability."

At the White House, Trump signed executive orders Tuesday clearing the way for the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines to expedite environmental reviews and move forward.  Other than to insult former President Obama's environmental legacy, it's not clear what Trump is trying to accomplish:  Many of those reviews are statutory and the legislation that created them cannot be swept aside by an executive order.  The White House did not immediately release texts of the orders. 

Unseemly takes of stupidity are leaking out of the Trump White House, such as an alleged fist fight involving adviser Kellyanne Conway, who allegedly punched a man at one of the inaugural balls over the weekend.  "Inside the ball we see a fight between two guys in tuxes and then suddenly out of nowhere came Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway who began throwing some mean punches at one of the guys," said Fox Business news correspondent Charlie Gasparino.  The "whole thing lasted a few mins no one was hurt except maybe the dude she smacked," he added.  Remember all of those fistfights involving high ranking members of past US administrations?  Yeah, neither do I.

Another leak involves Trump's unhinged tantrum after turning on the TV on Saturday, and realizing that the Women's March crowd was much bigger than the audience for his inauguration a day earlier.  "The lack of discipline troubled even senior members of Mr. Trump's circle," wrote the New York Times.  "Trump grew increasingly and visibly enraged," wrote the Washington Post, quoting horrified aides who watched Trump order press secretary Sean Spicer to give that ill-fated Saturday night news briefing in which he badly lied about crowd sizes to make his boss seem to be "bigger" if you know what I mean.  Staffers have to "control information that may infuriate him," a task made difficult by the fact that the leader of the free world "gets bored and likes to watch TV".

China claimed "indisputable sovereignty" over its artificial islands in the South China Sea, after the White House vowed to prevent China from taking territory in the region.  Beijing's Foreign Ministry said it would "remain firm to defend its rights in the region", after White House Spokesman Sean Spicer said the US would "make sure we protect our interests there".  Until last week, the Obama administration kept down the rhetoric on the subject, but conducted "freedom of navigation" exercises by sending US Navy ships and warplanes through the region claimed by China.

South African police suspect a Chinese syndicate is behind an illegal donkey skin smuggling ring.  Cops discovered more than 5,000 hides stashed away at a farm east of Johannesburg.  it's believed the hides were destined for China, where they are boiled down for gelatine used in completely useless "traditional medicine" to ease unrelated maladies such as menopausal symptoms, insomnia, and poor circulation.

Brazil is rushing two million doses of Yellow Fever Vaccine to Minas Gerais state, after an uptick in cases there.  Health officials have confirmed 63 cases of Yellow Fever this month, compared with seven in the state during all of last year.  The state governor also declared a 180-day state of emergency.

A rescue helicopter crashed in Central Italy, killing six people.  The chopper had just picked up an injured skier off the slopes of the Campo Felice Ski Area, but slammed into a mountainside with enough force to make most of the aircraft except for the tail rotor break up into small pieces.  Witnesses wondered why the pilot appeared to be flying too low in heavy fog.

Police in Fort Worth, Texas are looking for the guy who stuffed a US$1,700 Fender electric guitar down his pants and walked right out the door.  Not clear if it's a Tele or a Strat or Jazzmaster, or whatever.