Howdy Australia!! - Scott Morrison is expected to announce a new plane for refugees - Macron appeals for European unity - A man gets killed by a truly awful choice of a house pet - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to announce that asylum seekers currently on Manus Island and Nauru who are deemed "a risk" to Australia will be sent to Christmas Island, if they apply for a medical transfer.  The ABC reports that those eligible apparently include 57 men currently on Manus and Nauru, some allegedly charged with murder, inappropriate behaviour or terrorist activity.  People on the external Australian territory, which geographically is closer to Indonesia, say there just isn't a medical or mental health infrastructure in place to deal with such new arrivals; but they have noted an influx of police and security staff since the PM announced the high security North West Point detention center would be reopened.

French President Emmanuel Macron issued a plea to European voters to reject nationalism and embrace a cooperative European Union in the next election.  He presented his plan for a "European renaissance" in an op-ed published in newspapers throughout Europe and online, suggesting:  Enhanced protection against hate speech; greater control of EU borders and immigration; and a nationally adjusted European minimum wage.  Naturally, Macron's ideas were well received in the western part of the EU, while the eastern nations that want all of the economic benefits but none of that touch-feely "togetherness" were quick to dismiss.  The European Parliamentary elections take place in late May.

With the UK Parliament's final Brexit vote expected in a week's time, automakers are sounding the alarm about the chaos that could come with a no-deal Brexit.  Speaking at the Geneva Auto Show in Switzerland, BMW which makes the UK-favorite Mini Cooper, Toyota, Bentley, and France's PSA which owns Vauxhall all said they could not guarantee British jobs if the UK crashes out of the EU on 29 March.  Jaguar Land Rover, Honda, and Ford have already issued warnings.  The auto-making sector accounts for 850,000 jobs in the UK.  Meanwhile, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and Attorney General Geoffrey Cox will meet EU officials in Brussels in search of guarantees over the backstop plan to avoid border checks in Ireland.

A Czech man is dead after being mauled by one of the full grown African Lions he kept in flimsy, make-shift cages in his yard.  Michal Prasek apparently had dreams of breeding the lion and lioness in the village of Zdechov, where officials and residents were extremely worried about this guy's ill-fated career ambitions.  Police shot both animals dead in order to retrieve the man's body.  Authorities didn't remove the animals earlier, because they couldn't come up with evidence that they were being mistreated not could they find a place in the Czech Republic that would take them.

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft sent back a selfie on its way to the Moon, with the big blue earth behind it.
SpaceIL/Israeli space Agency
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted the the 585 kilogram Beresheet into space last month, and it is expected to touch down on the surface of the moon on 11 April.  That would make Israel only the fourth nation to put a space craft on the moon, 384,000 kilometers away from Earth.

A Tokyo court has granted bail to ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who has spent more than 100 days since his arrest last November on allegations he understated his income at Nissan.  Ghosn recently switched out his defense team for Junichiro Hironaka, a lawyer nicknamed "The Razor" with a reputation of winning tough cases.