Doubts about the Stones’ Australian tour after Mick Jagger’s personal tragedy – Kenya says it stopped a bombing plot – US Seals rescue the oil – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

The Rolling Stones Australian tour is in doubt after the suicide of Mick Jagger’s girlfriend L’Wren Scott in her New York City apartment.  Jagger is said to be shocked and devastated by the death.  A Perth radio station reported the first show there has been cancelled, although there’s been no announcement from the band or Frontier Touring.  No suicide note was found, but reports indicate that the fashion designer, whose creations have been worn by Oscar winners like Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock as well as First Lady Michelle Obama, was US$6 Million in debt. 

Police in Kenya arrested two people in a car that was hauling two improvised bombs.  One suspect is Kenyan, the other is a Somali, and investigators say the suspects have not yet divulged which target they were planning to attack.  Kenya is on the lookout for terrorism after last year’s attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi last year in which 67 people died.

US Navy Seals took control of that mysterious tanker that filled up on US$36 Million worth of essentially stolen crude oil at a rebel controlled port in eastern Libya.  The raid took place in international waters south of Cyprus.  The rogue tanker “Morning Glory” flew a North Korean flag but Pyongyang deregistered because of the incident.  An Egyptian company reportedly operated it.

US President Barack Obama met with Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, telling the Palestinian leader that he must “take risks” for peace with Israel.  Obama hopes to see progress on a two state solution in the coming weeks, but the Palestinians say that’s a prospect that is “disappearing day by day.” 

Paris cops ticketed 4,000 drivers who tried to flout the partial ban on driving in the French capital, where air pollution level necessitated drastic measures.  Only cars with odd-number plates could drive, evens had to stay in the garage.  Paris officials say traffic congestion was 60 per cent lower than usual thanks to the partial driving ban.

Air Canada says it is suspending flights to Venezuela because of unrest there.  Behind the facade is the US$3.3 Billion that foreign airlines claim it is owed by the government of President Nicolas Maduro.  Last week, Maduro warned that any airline that stopped service to Venezuela would face severe measures and likely would not be allowed back in while he’s in office.

China has temporarily closed a “baby hatch” in the southern city of Guangzhou after because of an overwhelming number of abandoned babies.  The idea was to cut infant mortality of abandoned babies by allowing women to leave the babies in the hatch anonymously.  The program has saved thousands of lives throughout China.  However, Guangzhou received 262 infants – five for each day of operation.  It will reopen once the babies already in its care, many of which are ill, get the proper treatment.

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