The UN updates Ebola numbers – China rather rudely reminds Japan about the atomic bombings – So far, seven people were not able to outrun the Bulls – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The West Africa Ebola outbreak has now killed 518 people.  The UN World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed 50 more cases with 25 deaths to the toll in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.  Although Guinea has been hit the hardest, most of the new cases were in Sierra Leone.  Officials say the main mode of transmission is home care and funerals, when family members are likely to come in contact with the infected bodily fluids of patients.  Meanwhile, Ghana is standing by its assertion that an American patient there did not bring Ebola into the country, as they await final test results.

Somali troops have retaken the presidential palace after al-Shabab militants forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with troops and guards.  Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not inside the palace at the time of the attack, but the prime minister and the speaker of parliament were and escaped unharmed.  However, at least nine bodies were recovered after the attack – some were guards, others were militants.

Typhoon Neoguri left two people dead and dozens injured in Okinawa, and lost some more power as it lurched towards Japan’s main islands.  But officials warn that it could actually cause more damage because it is slow moving, and therefore will lash Kyushu with sustained winds of more than 150 kilometers per hour for a longer period of time.  And flooding is more likely because the ground on Kyushu is already drenched from storms over the weekend.

Tokyo’s Foreign Minister is condemning a Chinese Communist Party-linked newspaper for publishing an ad showing a map of Japan with the caption, “Japan wants war again”, and mushroom clouds marking the locations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Fumio Kishida is from Hiroshima, which to this day is filled with reminders of the Atomic Bombing seven decades ago.  Kishida says The Chongqing Youth Daily is “very, very ignorant”, and the paper has scrubbed the ad from the Internet.

North Korea fired two more missiles into the Sea of Japan.  Pyongyang is believed to be still sore from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Seoul, the first time a Chinese leader has visited the Capitalist South before the Stalinist North.

The Roman Catholic Church later today will announce that the President and four other officials are stepping down from the Vatican Bank.  Pope Francis has been moving to stamp out corruption at the bank, which handle’s the church’s money.  Reforms actually began under Pope benedicts following allegations that the Vatican bank had been used by money launderers.

Public sector workers in Greece are staging a 24-hour walkout to protest austerity measures that include 40 percent reductions to their salaries.  After six years of painful recession that saw people left jobless and driven to suicide in some cases, political upheaval, and the rise of a fascist party, Greece’s economy is expected to return to growth this year.

Checking in on the annual “Running of the Bulls” in Pamplona, Spain:  On Monday’s first run, one local man was gored in the thigh near his junk and three more were taken to hospital with various injuries related to being trampled by gigantic, horned beasts that don’t want to be stabbed to death in an arena before thousands of drunks.  On Tuesday, a 23-year-old man from Nottingham, England suffered chest injuries and broken ribs from getting stomped.  Each year, 48 bulls are killed in the San Fermin Festival.