An aftershock rocks Chile – Seven are killed by a World War II bomb – The Yakuza wants you to say no to drugs! – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Chile’s north coast near the epicenter of yesterday’s massive 8.2 Temblor.  This time there’s no tsunami alert.  The apparent aftershock came as thousands of people who had spent the night camping on hillsides to avoid tsunamis had returned home to assess the damage.  Those tsunamis made it all the way across the ocean – Iwate Prefecture in Japan measured a 20-centimeter wave attributed to the Chilean quake.  No kidding, they just spent 5 minutes on it on the Tokyo Noon News.

A bomb apparently left over from World War II exploded in a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok, Thailand, killing seven people and injuring 19 more.  A construction crew found the 225-kilogram device, and sold it to the scrap dealer where employees tried to cut it open with a blowtorch. 

Authorities in China are condemning a massive protest that turned violent.  More than a thousand residents in Maoming in Guangdong province over the weekend protested against the construction of a petrochemical plant that manufactures paraxylene.  The chemical is used to make plastic bottles and polyester clothing, but is toxic if inhaled or absorbed through the skin.  The protests went sout late into the night and people fought battles with cops.  Protests are rare in China, where a permit is needed for most demonstrations.

A key American lawmaker blasted General Motors chief executive Mary Barra for the “culture of cover-ups” that led to her company's decade-long failure to deal with defective parts GM knew were linked to fatal crashes.  Senators from both major parties demanded Barra explain why GM redesigned the faulty part but didn’t change the part number – insinuating GM was trying to sweep it away without attracting attention.  The faulty ignition switches on the Chevrolet Cruze, without warning, can make vehicle engines stall during operation and stop air bags from deploying and power steering and power brakes from operating.  At least 13 people are believed to have died as a result. 

This is why drivers shouldn’t try to beat trains.  The occupants of the van sustained minor injuries.

Foreign mining firms have locked down operations in Guinea and pulled out some international staff, because of the Ebola outbreak.  At least 83 people have died, and the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) reports five new suspected infections, bringing the total to 127.  The cases are spread over the West African nation, but the initial outbreak came from the mining area in Guinea’s southeast.

Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovych says Russia’s annexation of Crimea is a “tragedy” and it wouldn’t have happened on his watch.  Speaking in his first interview since fleeing his country and leaving it to street protesters and a group of unelected pro-western politicians, Yanukovich said he hopes to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conditions under which Crimea could rejoin Ukraine.

Baby Panda!

He’s single, often shirtless, and occasionally annexes neighboring territory.  The Kremlin says Russian president Vladimir Putin’s divorce from Lyudmilla is final.  The two announced their split last year.  The Putins were married for thirty years and have two daughters, but they never saw each other.

Speaking of ex-partner’s France’s cabinet shake-up returns popular Socialist politician Segolene Royal to government.  She’s the former partner of President Francois Hollande, and a former presidential candidate herself, and the mother of Hollande’s four children.  Royal is France’s new Environment Minister.

Hey kids, say “no” to drugs!  That’s the advice on a new website from Japan’s largest organized crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-Gumi.  The “Banish Drugs and Purify the Nation League” website (catchy) features wonderful photography and songs extolling the virtues of the “Ninkyo” spirit – an ideal of masculinity that battles injustice and helps the weak.  Funny, there’s not much on there about typical Yakuza activities, such as shaking down local merchants for protection money, running vice rings, or smuggling in guns from America and methamphetamines from the Korean peninsula.