A third witness says arguing and screams preceded the death of Reeva Steenkamp in Oscar Pistorius’ home – A warmer planet makes new places for tropical diseases to spread – Death is too much reality for a South Korean show – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs!

More damaging testimony in the trial of Oscar Pistorius – The Olympic sprinter was seen kneeling over the body of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and praying as she lay dying.  Neighbor Johann Stipp says he entered Pistorius’ home and saw this on the night Steenkamp was shot and killed, because he heard a woman screaming “like she was scared out of her mind”, followed by gunshots.  Pistorius doesn’t deny shooting Steenkamp, but claims he thought she was a burglar.

Global warming is causing Malaria to more to higher altitudes.  Researchers discovered that people living in the highlands of Africa and South America are now at an increased risk of catching the mosquito-borne disease as warmer temperatures move up mountainsides to areas that had historically been disease free.  Malaria infects almost 220 Million people per year, and that’s bound to rise with the global temperature.

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Beijing is asking that North Korea explain what happened when it launched one of its missiles as a Chinese passenger plane flew in the area on Tuesday.  The plane was carrying more than 200 passengers from Tokyo back to the mainland as the missile feel in the vicinity.  North Korea often “tests” missiles as the US and South Korea conducts their annual military exercises, as they are now. 

Japan is cutting off any further aid to North Korea until the issue of abducted civilians is settled.  It’s believed that North Korean agents captured at least 13 people in Japan during the 1970s and 1980s, and held them captive in the hermit kingdom.  Five have been repatriated and Pyongyang claims the others have died.

Cuba is taking up the European Union’s offer to begin talks on improving ties.  EU officials are seeking to upgrade ties with Cuba to broaden economic cooperation, as long as there’s progress on respecting individual rights and civil liberties.  Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says his country is willing to discuss human rights as part of improving ties.

England’s Football Association wanted a stronger punishment for West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka for performing an anti-Semitic gesture on the pitch, but settled for a five-game ban.  Anelka made the “quenelle” gesture, but the independent commission that decided his punishment said it was “not satisfied that Anelka was or is an anti-Semite or that he intended to express or promote anti-Semitism”.  The five game ban was the most lenient penalty the FA could have leveled.  Bottom line, don’t just keep bigotry off the pitch, keep it off the planet.

The CEO of a Bitcoin exchange in Singapore has been found dead near her home.  Singapore cops say 28-year-old American Autumn Radtke’s was “unnatural” – which can mean an accident, misadventure, or suicide – but foul play is not suspected.  Radtke was chief officer of First Meta.  Her death comes at a time of upheaval in the virtual currency world, including the bankruptcy of the Mt Gox exchange in Tokyo and the shutdown of Canada-based Flexcoin.

A reality show contestant has committed suicide in the middle of production.  “Jjak” is one of those “Big Brother”-type shows, with men and women in a house with a cameras everywhere but the bathroom.  And that’s where the 29-year old woman named “Chun” hanged herself.  She had earlier complained the producers were trying to isolate her and portray her as a “tragic girl”.  The network cancelled the airing of the episode.