Hello Australia! - Moscow prepares to strike back at Turkey - Germany deepens its commitment to fight terrorism - A South African court deals a blow to conservationists and the Rhinos they protect - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Russia is planning a wide range of economic sanctions against Turkey, after that country shot down a Russian warplane that allegedly strayed into Turkish airspace while striking anti-government targets in Syria.  Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the measures would be drafted within days.  They could impact Turkey's reliance on imported natural gas, tourism, and joint development projects.  Russia also wants an apology from Turkey, but Ankara says Moscow should apologize for the breach of its airspace. 

Germany will deploy its Tornado fighter jets to assist France in attacks against Islamic State targets in Syria.  It comes after France activated a mutual defense clause in the European charter because of the 13 November attacks in the Paris that killed 130 people, and specifically asked Germany to commit more resources to the fight.  Germany is also deploying 650 troops to Mali - which Chancellor Angela Merkel says will provide relief to the 1,500 French soldiers already stationed there.

British PM David Cameron really wants in on this bombing in Syria.

Fire and contamination crews were rushed to deal with envelopes filled with white powder found at the Grand Mosque in Brussels; it turned out to be ordinary kitchen flour, not anthrax.  The threat level is being gradually reduced in the Belgian capital, after the city spent days in virtual lock down over terrorism fears.  Soldiers roamed the streets while schools, university, and the Metro were all shut down, and people to told to avoid pubic spaces.  The man they were worried abut - Paris terror suspect Salah Abdelslam - is still at large.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is expected to quickly sign a law that was passed to impose harsher sentences on those convicted of perpetrating acid attacks - which campaigners say happen more frequently in the South American country than in places like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.  The victims of these atrocities are almost always women.  The law is named after Natalia Ponce, a Bogota woman who rejected the advances of an obsessed neighbor who retaliation by throwing acid at her, burning her face and a third of her body.  Despite serious injuries and 20 surgeries (and more are planned), Ms. Ponce became a tireless campaigner to get the law passed.

China is conditionally releasing journalist Gao Yu from prison, allowing the 71-year old to serve the rest of her sentence outside jail bars.  A Chinese court back in April convicted the well-known investigative journalist of leaking state secrets for sending an internal Communist Party document about media suppression to a US website.  Foreign governments and rights groups at the time condemned the sentence.  In a secret hearing in Beijing on Thursday, Ms. Gao reportedly confessed to the leak and expressed regret, clearing the way for the judge to reduce her sentence and allow her to serve it outside prison.

A South African court is shockingly lifting the ban on the domestic Rhino horn trade, after two breeders argued it was their constitutional right to sell the horns.  The ban was quite rightly and obviously put in place to protect the grand animals from poachers who feed the black market in Asia, a despicable practice that is wiping out different Rhino species from Africa and Asia.  it is hoped the South African government will appeal this ruling.

Chicago Police pretty much kept their cool after several tense confrontations with largely non-violent protesters who are upset over video showing the murder of a black teenage boy by a white, on-duty Chicago cop.  City officials kept the video and case under wraps for 400 days - critics say so that it wouldn't effect elections.  But a court ordered the troubling footage released this week, which brought the protesters out.  America is sitting down to the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday.  Protesters are expected to try and disrupt "Black Friday", the unofficial first retail shopping day of the Christmas season.

Pope Francis held a huge outdoor mass in the rain in Nairobi.  He's on a five-day visit to Africa, which will also take him to Uganda and Central African Republic.