Hello Australia!! - Ireland's amazing social revolution takes a quantum leap forward - Harvey Weinstein in handcuffs - Bishop blames the Kremlin - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

An Irish Times/Ipsos Exit Poll indicates that Ireland voted overwhelmingly to scrap the ban on abortion in a major victory for Women's Reproductive Rights.  The vote is lop-sided, with 68 percent voting to legalize abortion and 32 percent voting against.  Polling places were particularly busy in urban areas, and the airports had been busy with ex-pats going #HomeToVote to #RepealThe8th amendment to the Irish constitution.  It's not like abortion is unknown to Ireland, but women have been forced to travel to the UK or Europe to get the medical procedure.  But the issue was pushed to the forefront with the completely unnecessary death of 31-year-old Indian immigrant Dr. Savita Halappanavar from a septic miscarriage after she was refused a termination.

Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar still has to get the legislation through both houses of the Oireachtas (parliament) before it is signed by the President at Dublin Castle, but now he has the weight of a crushing victory to overturn some of Europe's most-oppressive restrictions on Women's Reproductive Rights.  This victory is the latest in the amazing liberation of Ireland, following the legalization of Divorce, Contraception, and Gay Marriage.  The official vote-count doesn't start until Saturday morning in Dublin.  Official results aren't expected until late Saturday afternoon in Ireland, overnight in Oz.

The West African country Burkina Faso became the latest country to cut ties with Taiwan, under pressure from mainland China which considers Taiwan to be a renegade province.  It's the second country to turn its back in Taipei diplomatically this month, following the Dominican Republic.  China is stepping up its long game to erase Taiwan's independence.  In addition to using its growing economic might to push nations to isolate the island, Taiwan on Friday was forced scramble fighter jets to shadow Chinese bombers that have been stepping up military operations nears its airspace.

Disgraced former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteain is now charged with rape and several counts of sexual abuse stemming from two separate accusers.  Weinstein turned himself in to New York police officers early on Friday, and was handcuffed when he was escorted into court.  Dozens of women have alleged they were sexually harassed, assaulted, or raped by Weinstein, who has denied the allegations.  "It's a very significant moment, it's a concrete slap in the face of abuse of power," said actor Rose McGowan, who accused Weinstein.  "It's just the beginning of that process and if we can see this through to the end, I hope we emerge victorious."

The orange clown Donald Trump, after writing the mother of all middle school break-up letters, now is acting like the summit with North Korea can still go on next month.  A day after cancelling the summit, he says US negotiators are talking with Pyongyang about possibly restarting the process.

Brazil's appointed president Michel Temer is ordering the military to clear roads that have been blocked for the past five days by striking truck drivers angry about fuel prices, including diesel that's twice as expensive as it was two years ago.  The protests have paralyzed the country and created long queues at filling stations.  The truck drivers' union Abcam says it is resolute and told its 600,000 members to maintain the strike, until the un-elected Temer government comes up with some sort of relief.

Foreign Minsiter Julie Bishop is calling on Russia to pay into a fund to compensate victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 which was shot down by a Russian missile over Ukraine nearly four years ago.  Russia denies responsibility.  But earlier this week, Dutch investigators said they are convinced Russia's 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade was responsible for the missile attack.  The Boeing 777 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board including 27 Australians (38 when passengers with close ties to Australia are included).