Hello Australia!! - Storms are brewing over southwestern Japan where killer earthquakes struck late last week - The US releases some prisoners from Guantanamo Bay - The Pope takes in a dozen Syrian refugees - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Japanese authorities are telling 240,000 people to evacuate their homes as bad weather bears down on Kyushu, where two earthquakes struck late last week killing dozens of people.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says rescuers are in a "race against time" to free people who are still trapped under collapsed buildings and debris from Saturday morning's magnitude 7.3 earthquake outside Kumamoto City in southwestern Japan.  It followed another quake in the same area on Thursday; at least 41 people died in both temblors.  Incoming heavy rain will make the situation even worse, as landslides have knocked out roads and bridges in the mountainous region.  In addition, water service is cut to 400,000 residential customers, and 100,000 households are still without electrical power.  Utility companies insist that two nuclear power plants in the area are safe.

Pope Francis paid a visit to a refugee camp on the Greek isle of Lesbos, and returned to the Vatican with twelve Syrian migrants, including six children.  The Vatican released a statement saying that the Pope wanted to "make a gesture of welcome'' to the refugees.  No matter how benevolent, it remains just a gesture to the thousands of families still stuck in refugee camps.  All three migrant families were already living in the Lesbos camp before the EU struck a controversial deal that return many of them to Turkey.

Before he went to Greece, the Pontiff spoke briefly with US Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders, who had attended a Vatican economic conference a day earlier.  Sanders, his wife, and staffers guests in the same Vatican guest house where Francis lives.  The Vatican stressed that it was a cordial meeting and not an endorsement in the increasingly contentious race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.  "If anyone thinks that greeting someone is getting involved in politics, I recommend that he look for a psychiatrist," Pope Francis added.

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians demonstrated for and against President Dilma Rousseff, who is the subject of an impeachment drive this weekend. Noting that she has not been charged with any crime while most of her political opponents expected to vote for impeachment have been, Dilma wrote in the Folha de Sao Paulo, "They want to convict an innocent woman and save the corrupt." She added, "Would those leading the coup allow the fight against corruption to continue?  What's their legitimacy?"  The lower house votes on impeachment on Sunday.

Another wave of protests in London, as thousands demanded the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron.  Some objected to spending cuts, some were upset with revelations that he had shares in an offshore fund set up by his late father, many were motivated by both.  "The austerity we are in is a political choice, not an economic necessity," said Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn.

London's dimmest bulb Mayor Boris Johnson dinged the "special relationship" between the UK and US, accusing US President Barack Obama of hypocrisy, over his support for the UK remaining in the European Union.  Boris said that the US "wouldn't dream of sharing (their) sovereignty"; Backers of the Remain campaign which wants the UK to stay in the UK properly note that the US is a member of several international treaties, such as NATO, the WTO, the IMF and World Bank, not to mention several trade treaties.  As recently as January, Boris Johnson said that the UK should stay in the EU, and critics accuse him of switching sides in hopes of advancing in the Tory ranks to become Conservative Party leader.  The vote on the UK's EU membership is on 23 June.

Just ahead of President Obama's key visit to Saudi Arabia, the US released nine more prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.  All nine are Yemeni nationals with families ties to Saudi Arabia, and the US State Department says they will be released to the oil kingdom.  One of the nine is Tariq Ba Odah, a persistent hunger striker and critically ill man who was never charged with a crime.