Australia’s natural wonders are in trouble – Boko Haram returns to the scene of the crime – Okay, maybe it’s not a Tiger – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) took a look at the planet’s National World Heritage sites, and found conditions in Australia to be of “significant concern”.  Specifically, the group is worried about a significant drop in the wildlife population at Kakadu National Park, as well as the deterioration of the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland’s wet tropics.  Parks Australia is not to blame, according to the IUCN, but development, global warming and invasive species are big problems.

The G20 summit is open in Brisbane, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott has not shirt-fronted Russian President Vladimir Putin.  But he is getting low marks for his opening remarks to visiting world leaders.  Opposition leader Bill Shorten is blasting Abbott for wasting the “moment in front of the most important and influential leaders in the world” to complain about public opposition to his proposed Medicare co-payment and plan to deregulate university fees.  “At best, this was weird and graceless.  At worst, it was a disastrous missed opportunity for Australia,” Shorten said.

Boko Haram has seized and occupied Chibok, the northeastern Nigerian town from where the group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in April.  It signals a dangerous new phase in Boko Haram’s insurgency, moving from hit-and-run attacks to actually expanding its territory where it claims to be creating an Islamic caliphate.  Locals who tried to hold the town allege that when Boko Haram attacked, Nigerian soldiers and security forces ran away without firing a shot.

Brazilian police have arrested 18 people in a series of raids in the corruption investigation against Petrobras, the state-run oil company.  Investigators searched at least eleven major Brazilian companies, including leading construction firms.  The raids seemed to be linked to allegations made by a former executive who says Petrobras controlled a slush fund that diverted money to political parties, including the ruling Workers’ Party.

A member of Greece’s vile Golden Dawn neo-nazi scum party has cancelled a plan fundraising visit to Australia, after the government stalled his visa application.  Former army general Georgios Epitideios wanted to raise money in Melbourne and Sydney.  Members of the Greek and Jewish communities, among others, opposed his visit.  Golden Dawn is loathed for its disgusting praise of nazis and nazi imagery, as well as violence against Leftists, LGBT, immigrants, and pretty much anyone who isn’t a white male.  Most of the party leadership faces trial for being members of a criminal organization after a party member murdered an anti-fascist musician outside an Athens cafe.

Israel is permanently banning Norwegian Dr. Mads Gilbert from entering the Gaza Strip, citing “security reasons”.  Gilbert is an outspoken critic of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, and a signatory to a strongly-worded letter denouncing Israel’s actions in Gaza this year, published in the medical journal The Lancet.  Gilbert worked at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City during the 50-day summer conflict.  Despite having never been arrested for nor accused of any wrongdoing by Israeli authorities, Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon described Gilbert as a “Jekyll and Hyde” figure.  Norway is appealing the ban.

Authorities in France say the big (or biggish) cat spotted near Paris isn’t a Tiger.  The mysterious animal on the loose near Disneyland Paris crossed a major highway and slinked past a gas station on Friday, and there’ve been many sightings over the past two days.  But wildlife experts have had a good look at the footprints, and they say it’s not a Tiger.  Authorities will continue to look for it, but probably not with 200 officers and wildlife wardens with tranquilizer guns.