Germany wins the World Cup – China fights terrorism with force and cash – A jihadist rabble rouser is branded a “fraud” – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Germany will wake up on Monday with a World Cup title (and a massive hangover from the all night celebrations) after beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium.  Replacement Mario Goetze struck the winner on 113 minutes.  Argentina’s megastar Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball for being the tournament’s most valuable player, although he couldn’t break out of his frown over Argentina’s loss as he accepted the honor.

Just an hour before the start of the match, Rio police fired tear gas at a group of protesters trying to push past a blockade two kilometers from Maracana Stadium.  In addition to their unanswered concerns – that FIFA extracts too much from their economy while infrastructure, schools, healthcare, and education suffer – they protested the arrested of dozens of activists on Saturday, rounded up by Brazilian cops before they could demonstrate.  Human Rights groups condemned Brazil’s sweep as “unwarranted”.

You’d think the only rule in Pamplona, Spain would be “don’t get gored”, but there are some things people who run with the bulls just should not do.  Photography is one of them.  Pamplona police want to smack a fine on a guy who snapped a selfie while running just inches from the charging herd of bulls and steers.  Pamplona officials say it puts the runners life and the lives of all around him in danger because he isn’t paying attention to the big giant beasts with sharp horns.  They take it seriously.  That’s why the fine is more than A$4,300.

China is offering as much as A$85,000 for tips for tips about terrorism suspects and potential attacks – some of the biggest rewards yet in a nationwide “anti-terror” campaign.  China’s crackdown on terrorism has seen hundreds swept up in arrests and sentenced to prison in fast-tracked trials.  The government is reacting to the series of attacks that authorities have blamed on separatists and Islamist militants from the westerly Xinjiang region, home to the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says an Islamic convert being held by The Philippines is “a fraud”.  29-year old Robert Cerantonio, who goes by the name “Musa”, used the Internet to urge people to join him in “jihad” alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Mideast.  It turns out that instead of being in the desert with a rifle, he was holed-up in a flat in the Philippines, which will deport him back to Oz.

Meanwhile. ISIS militants are making gains towards Baghdad.  They killed at least 33 people during a raid on a suspected brothel north of the Iraqi capital.  29 of those killed were women.  Meanwhile in Baghdad, the government continues to dither as the despised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki refuses to give up power and end his campaign for a third term, despite alienating the Kurdish and Sunni populations and losing the confidence of most of his fellow Shiites.

The United Nations is temporarily moving some of its staff out of Libya after heavy fighting broke out between rival militias vying for control of Libya's main airport.  At least seven people are dead.  The Libyan government had earlier tried to put each militia on the government payroll to secure their cooperation.  Didn’t take.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to “reinterpret” the pacifist constitution to allow more overseas military operations has had its first test at the polls – and the candidate that Abe’s ruling LDP party put up for governor of Shiga Prefecture near Kyoto lost.  “This confirms that this was not a popular idea,” said Sophia University professor Koichi Nakano.  “The LDP will continue to have to worry about more defeats to follow.”