Hello, Australia! – Aussies are evacuated from Nepal – Paraguay is accused of risking the life of a ten-year old sex assault survivor – North Korea is accused of an extremely gruesome atrocity – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The first of many evacuation flights have carried about a hundred Australians out of earthquake-ravaged Nepal and landed in Bangkok.  Among the first arrivals were: Victoria teens Camille Thomas and Grace Graham, who had to walk for hours barefoot in snow to get to safety; Sydney filmmaker Nick Brunninghausen; Tasmanian Leigh Ellis; Education volunteer Jess Smith of Melbourne. 

The death toll from last weekend’s killer earthquake in Nepal was elevated to 6,134 people dead and almost 14,000 wounded, according to Nepali authorities. Another 72 people were reported dead in India and 25 in China. You can donate to help Nepal through these links:  UNICEF – The World Food Program – The Australian Red Cross – OXFAM Australia – Medicins Sans Frontieres Australia (Doctors Without Borders) – also, Charity Navigator helps you pick charities that are open and accountable. 

Even after almost a week, people are still being picked out of the rubble – alive.  15-year-old Pemba Tamang told his rescuers that he survived five days in the wreckage of an Israeli military guesthouse in Kathmandu by eating a jar of clarified butter.  A couple of blocks away, rescuers pulled kitchen worker Krishna Devi Khadka from what used to be the hotel where she worked.  But surrounding these bright spots is the realization that it could be over for the missing.  The UN warns of “total devastation” closer to the quake’s epicenter.

A fresh eruption of Chile’s Calbuco volcano sent tons of hot ash several kilometers into the air.  It’s the third blast in the past week or so.

North Korean diplomats tried to drown out defectors appearing before a United Nations panel on human rights abuses in the North, before they stomped out of the room.  As Joseph Kim spoke about his father dying of starvation and enduring a childhood of poverty and hunger, North Korean diplomat Ri Song Chol went off on a six-minute diatribe against the US – even though his microphone was cut off.  The UN General Assembly wants the Security Council to consider referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court.  But Pyongyang’s ally China will likely veto any such attempt.

Satellite imagery may have captured the apparent executions of six people in North Korea – using anti-aircraft guns.  The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and AllSource Analysis say the overhead photos show a line of six ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine guns set up in front of a viewing stand.  Down the range appear to be shadows from six people (.pdf link).  Each ZPU cold-war relic has four machine guns that fire ammo similar to .50 caliber rounds, so the six people at the other end would be rapidly torn to pieces.  North Korea has reportedly executed people by flamethrower and savage dog pack in the past.

Two masked bandits are caught on video trying to steal Android phones in Russia.

The former head of Colombia’s secret police has been jailed for 14 years for spying on politicians, judges, and journalists.  All of Maria del Pilar Hurtado’s targets were political opponents of then-President Alvaro Uribe, whose chief of staff was sentenced to eight years of house arrest in the case.  Uribe has denied any knowledge of the scheme.

Amnesty International is criticizing Paraguay for denying a potentially life-saving abortion to a ten-year girl who was raped by her stepfather.  The pregnancy wasn’t discovered until 21-weeks along when the girl was taken to hospital because of stomach pains.  Abortion is illegal in Paraguay except in the case when the mother’s life is in danger, but the UN points out 26,000 illegal procedures are performed in the country every year.  Amnesty says denying the girl an abortion is “tantamount to torture” and forcing the ten-year old to carry the child to full-term is a “further violation of her rights”.

A 14-year old girl in Punjab, India was killed after she and her mother were molested and thrown from a private bus by a group of men – apparently all employees of the bus line.  The four were arrested and charged.  It threatens to turn into a big scandal on two levels:  First, India has a terrible problem with rape and violence against women, and the crime recalls the 2012 gang-rape of woman in Delhi who died of her injuries, setting off a national movement against India’s terrible rape problem.  Second, the bus line is owned by the family Punjab state’s chief minister, a member of the ruling BJP party and important ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.