Putin threatens retaliation – Prosecutors shift gears in the murder of a British student in Italy – Who could have foreseen having “Guns Everywhere” would result in people getting shot? – A town in Canada is about to stink really, really bad – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Russian president Vladimir Putin is threatening retaliation against western corporations, after the US and EU announced the latest round of economic sanctions on Moscow, all tied to Russia’s actions in Ukraine.  Putin insists it is the west causing trouble.  The ANSA news agency quotes Putin saying he would have to rethink allowing American and European companies to work in Russia’s massive energy sector, if the sanctions continue.  In Cuba, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned the western sanctions.

An Italian has settled on yet another theory of the murder of British woman Meredith Kercher.  This time, judges – who are totally competent and aren’t making up this crap as they go along – insist that American student Amanda Knox allegedly killed Kercher after an argument.  Earlier theories included sex games and satanic rituals.  Another defendant, Patrick Lumumba – who is actually linked to the crime by DNA evidence – is serving a 16-year sentence for the murder.  Amanda Knox's case now goes back to Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation, which could uphold or overturn the verdict. 

Last week, the governor of Georgia in America’s South signed legislation that pretty much allows guns everywhere – churches, malls, bars, what have you.  On Tuesday morning, an employee dressed in “Rambo” drag marched into a FedEx warehouse in Kennesaw, Georgia and opened fire, injuring six people before he killed himself with his shotgun.  Victims range in age from 19 to 52.

Tornadoes have killed at least 35 people in the southern US so far this week.  Watch this small town TV weather forecaster as a big one headed straight for the TV station in Tupelo, Mississippi.

A Venezuelan lawmaker and former intelligence chief has been murdered outside Caracas.  Maj Otaiza was elected in December as local councillor for the governing PSUV party for the Libertadores area.  But for years he was a close friend of the late Hugo Chavez, whose successor President Nicolas Maduro is promising a thorough investigation.  Venezuela has been racked by weeks of protests in wealthier areas and opposition strongholds.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed legislation allowing men to marry as many women as they want.  Women are only allowed to be married to one man at a time.  Women’s groups and Christian churches are blasting the bill and Kenyatta for signing it.  Polygamy is common in some traditional corners of Kenya, but the national Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Kenya) has said it will mount a legal challenge against the law.

Scorpions drummer James Kottak has spent weeks in jail in Dubai, for purported offensive behavior.  Kottak was in Dubai connecting to a flight to Bahrain.  Authorities say he was drunk, became belligerent upon arrest, and made disparaging remarks about Muslims, which Kottak denies.  Kottak is expected to be released and deported in the coming days as he has been in custody since his arrest on 3 April.

The UK Space Agency confirms that a big chunk of metal found in a remote corner of Brazil by a 73-year old fisherman came from a satellite lunch.  It bears the logo of the UK Space Agency and Arianespace – the European satellite company – And is probably from the vehicle payload shroud from a launch last year in French Guiana.  Officials say it probably fell into the Atlantic Ocean and drifted inland near Salinopolis.  Villagers say at first officials didn’t believe the fisherman’s claims.

Residents in Trout River, Newfoundland, in Canada’s chilly, maritime northeast are worried about a big, dead Blue Whale that washed ashore last week will explode.  The largest animal ever to have existed, the Blue’s enormous carcass is bloated to twice its normal size with methane gas from decomposition.  They’re warning people to stay away, but people are coming around to take a look – it’s not everyday you see a Blue Whale.  They risk injury, or at least being splattered with stinky, rotting whale flesh.