Hello Australia!! - The Pharma Bro faces possible prison time - America's top law enforcer threatens reporters for doing their jobs - An upscale high rise has a second major fire, maybe it's the name? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The European heatwave is blamed for at least two deaths, as thermometers register temperatures of 44 C degrees in places that didn't used to get that hot.  Several countries have issued health warnings - Italy is battling wildfires, not to mention drought, and the heat stretches all the way up into Poland.  Around the world, another heatwave figures into a series of wildfires in parched British Columbia, Canada where the cool Pacific Ocean breezes usually keep the rainforests shrouded in mists.  The smoke and haze spread hundreds of miles south to create breathing hazards in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon, two cities that are also baking in the unusual heat wave.  And as all of that happened, the White House formally notified the United Nations that the US is pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, as previously announced by the orange clown.

Speaking of heatwaves, the aptly-named Torch Tower of Dubai has burned - AGAIN.  It appears everyone got out okay, but 30 to 40 apartments in the 86-storey residential tower and two vehicles on the parking deck were heavily damaged.  The Torch was the site of another massive fire in February 2015.

A former top aide is rolling over on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Ari Harrow is reportedly agreeing to testify against his old boss in two corruption cases being investigated by police.  Netanyahu has been questioned about the cases three times, and denies any wrongdoing.  One of the cases involves accusations that Netanyahu offered to limit circulation of a free newspaper in exchange for favorable coverage from a bigger conservative rival.

The so-called "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has been convicted of two counts of securities fraud and one for conspiracy in a hedge fund scheme, and will remain free on bail until sentencing in a New York City court where he could get up to 20 years in prison.  Shkreli gained infamy when the youthful CEO of Turing pharmaceuticals ordered a 5,000 percent price hike on Daraprim, a drug used to treat babies with HIV, and then taunted the world with his smug, shyte-eating grin.

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller isn't using one grand jury to investigate Russian influence over Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, he's using at least two - in Washington and Virginia.  This will give Mueller wide-ranging authority to issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to tell what they know about the case.  Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn are reportedly subjects of the investigation.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened reporters who run with stories leaked from the White House or US intelligence agencies.  In a characteristic disregard for the US Constitution's First Amendment which guarantees a free press, Sessions said the Justice Department is "reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas" to force reporters to disclose their sources.  Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates joined Sessions and threatened leakers with prosecution "to the fullest extent of the law and you will not be happy with the result".  Neither man answered when asked if they planned to prosecute journalists.

Russian officials say 17 people are still missing after a diamond mine in Siberia flooded, and 133 people were safely evacuated.  The Mir mine in Siberia is one of state-controlled Alrosa mining's largest diamond deposits.  Mine workers last week had just begun installing new pumps to take out unsafe water levels.

South Korea's spy agency admits it tried to influence the 2012 presidential election that put their preferred conservative candidate Park Geun-hye into office.  An internal investigation sound that 30 teams "were charged with spreading pro-government opinions and suppressing anti-government views, branding them as attempts by pro-North Korean forces' to disturb state affairs" over a period of two years.  Park has since resigned in disgrace and is now facing trial for corruption and abuse of power; the man she beat in 2012, Moon Jae-in, won the special election to replace her.  Former spy chief Won Sei-hoon is currently on trial for a second time for trying to manipulate the election.