Hello, Australia! – Three terrorist attacks in three countries kill dozens of Westerners – The week America changed forever: The rebel flag is out, Obamacare and now Gay Marriage are in from coast to coast – An escaped killer and cut down by police – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A gunman dressed as a swimmer attacked a hotel and beach at the Tunisian resort of Sousse, killing 37 people – mostly tourists from the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, and some locals – before being gunned down by police.  The terrorist is identified as a student from the center of the North African country, who wasn’t known to police prior to the attack.  Witnesses said the attacker concealed his rifle in a beach parasol, allowing him to get close to the tourists without attracting suspicion.  Police are reportedly in pursuit of a second suspect.

A delivery worker at a gas plant in France killed and beheaded his boss, scrawled Arabic slogans on the body and on two flags left at the scene.  The assailant also tried and failed to blow up the complex by ramming his car into an explosive gas tank.  France raised its terrorism alert to the highest level.  Police arrested 35-year old Yacine Sali at the scene.  He has no prior convictions but had been “under surveillance for radical Islamist activities since 2006”. 

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait that killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 200 more.  Most of the victims were young men and boys attending Friday prayers.  A Kuwaiti MP who was there and escaped injury saw the attacker, describing him as appearing to be a young man in his early 20s.

US President Barack Obama delivered a rousing eulogy at the funeral for his friend the reverend Clementa Pinckney, and led the congregation in a rendition of “Amazing Grace”.  The president also said that America has been blind to its own gun violence for too long.  Pinckney was one of nine African Americans shot to death in a bible study group at Charleston, SC’s Emanuel AME Church; the gunman, a white supremacist twerp who cherished the confederate flag.  That association with murder and hatred has finally prompted several south republican politicians to order the garish banner be stricken from state buildings, or introduce legislation to do so.

Earlier, Mr. Obama welcomed the US Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage in all of the United States – regardless of state laws.  The President said the ruling “affirms what millions of Americans already believe in their hearts”, and that Americans can now say “in no uncertain terms, that we have made our union a little more perfect”.  The five-to-four ruling was greeted with elated applause by the vast crowd outside the Court, which for the first time in history opened part of its grounds for people to celebrate.  A day earlier, the high court upheld the key provision of Mr. Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act which is commonly called “Obamacare”.

One of two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison three weeks ago has been shot and killed by police.  49-year old Richard Matt and 35-year old David Sweat busted out in a scheme similar to the movie “The Shawshank Redemption”, cutting through the backs of their cells to a service crawlspace, and out a sewer pipe.  But in the weeks since 6 June, they traveled less than 50 kilometers from the prison, judging from the location where Matt was killed.

A group of ruling party Senators from Brazil has traveled to Venezuela to support the government of President Nicolas Maduro, and to promote dialogue.  It comes a week after a rival group of Brazilian conservatives went to Caracas to support opposition figures jailed for their involvement in deadly violence last year, and who claimed they were attacked by a pro-government mob. 

Human Rights Watch wanted to announce its 33-page report on human rights abuses in Vietnam from Bangkok – but Thailand’s ruling junta forced the rights group to cancel the event.  Thai police claimed the scheduled announcement at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand could impact national security or the relations between Thailand and Vietnam.