Is Twitter hemorrhaging money? – Syria misses an important deadline to hand over its chemical weapons for destruction – A tragedy for firefighters battling a stubborn warehouse fire – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Nine firies and two civil defense workers were killed in a warehouse fire in Buenos Aires, when a seven-meter high wall crashed down on them.  The firefighters were cutting through a huge iron gate at the warehouse in the Barracas neighborhood, which housed banking records for the US archival company Iron Mountain.  At least a dozen people were hurt and it took crews several hours to get the blaze under control.

Eight men were rescued from a fire burning a mile underground in a South African gold mine, but nine miners are still missing.  The National Union of Mineworkers said the fire broke out after an earthquake damaged ventilation and water pipes as well as power cables.  South Africa’s mines are the deepest in the world and despite efforts to improve safety, among the most dangerous.

Microblogging site Twitter has reported a net loss of A$720 Million for 2013, just three months after its flotation on the New York Stock Exchange.  Shares fell as much as 12 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday.  More than 90 percent of its revenues in the last quarter came from advertising, where advertisers pay to have their tweets promoted and appear in users' feeds.

Syria missed the deadline to hand over all of its chemical weapons and materials.  It puts the disposal program several weeks behind schedule, and puts in doubt a final 30 June deadline.  Syria’s ally Russia had earlier claimed that Damascus would ship more chemicals soon, but Western diplomats said they saw no indications of that happening, and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says Damascus still has not provided a timetable.

Israeli officials have approved another 558 new apartments in Jewish settlements in Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem.  The units are planned for land Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war, and considered illegal under international law.  Palestinian officials say the decision undermines fragile US-brokered peace talks that resumed last year.

The death toll from Mount Sinabung’s ashy eruption over North Sumatra, Indonesia is now believed to be 16 lives lost.  Universities are sending teams to offer psychological support to evacuees dealing with deaths and the loss of property, homes, and jobs.  More than five thousand people evacuated to 42 emergency shelters.

Weeks of torrential rains have caused severe flooding and landslides across northern and central Bolivia.  The nation’s armed forces are taking the lead in helping move teams of doctors and supplies of food and medical aid to the worst hit communities.  At least 45 people have been killed hundreds of homes and schools are affected.

A Spanish freighter hit a breakwater and split in half on France’s Atlantic coast near Bayonne.  All twelve crewmembers had to be rescued by helicopter, and France issued a maritime pollution alert because of the leaking fuel oil

North and South Korea are agreeing to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War.  They are hoped to take place before the end of the month.  If held, they would be the first reunions since 2010.  Last September, the North cancelled a planned reunion, blaming “hostility” from the South.

And the northern Japanese city of Sapporo is holding the 65th annual Snow Festival.  The week-long festival features 198 snow sculptures, including an amazing replica of the iconic Sultan Abdul Samad building in Malaysia  - made entirely out of SNOW.