Hello, Australia! – Rescuers are trying to reach a trapped man on Uluru – The hack on a US government personnel computer may be worse than originally reported – Nations combine to fight a menace – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Rescuers are retrieving a Taiwanese climber from atop Uluru.  The man got separated from his tour group yesterday, and fell into a crevasse.  By the time authorities were able to get to the scene on Thursday night it was already too late to attempt a descent, so the man had to spend the night in the open – wearing only shorts and a t-shirt while the temperature dropped to 6.2 C degrees.

A British tourist admits she was “stupid and disrespectful” for posing for a nude group photo on the slopes of Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu.  Superstitious authorities blame the foreign tourists’ prank for causing last week’s earthquake that killed 18 people.  23-year old Eleanor Hawkins and the other could be charged with “causing public nuisance”, which could result in three months in prison.

The manager of a cafe in Ravenshoe has died of burns, days after a ute crashed through the establishment and set off a gas cylinder.  37-year old Nicole Nyholt is remember as a “beautiful” lady with a “warm spirit”, a mother of two, and a “well-loved member” of the Ravenshoe community.  “I express my deepest condolences on behalf of the Government to the family,” said acting Queensland Premier Jackie Trad.  “This was a young woman just doing her job, and it’s just a tragic freak accident.”

Hackers apparently hit the mother lode when they accessed a US government personnel database – they got the social security numbers of every single federal government employee, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.  If true, that’s a breach much larger and much more damaging than the Obama Administration has let on.  The administration hasn’t identified the attackers, but US Senate Democratic Party Leader Harry Reid – who is in the loop – blamed “China”.

Colombia’s FARC rebels killed three police officers and attacked an electrical installation, cutting off power to 500,000 people.  It’s the latest escalation in fighting, and it comes despite the continuation of peace talks in Havana aimed at ending the FARC’s 50-year insurgency.  After much progress in 2014, tit for tat attacks picked up this year leading to the FARC calling off its unilateral ceasefire last month.

The unified multinational force to combat the terrorist group Boko Haram in West Africa will come together in July.  Chad, Niger, and Cameroon will contribute troops to work with Nigerian forces.  The Joint Force will be headquartered in Chad with a Nigerian commander.  Since assuming office two weeks ago, Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari has focused almost exclusively on Boko Haram – a sharp contrast to his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan, who was often accused of incompetence in responding to the terrorists who kidnapped hundreds of Nigerians.

South Korea reports four news cases of Middle East Respiratory Sydrome (MERS), bringing the total to 126 , the world’s largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia.  Ten patients have died.  The entire village of Jangdeok is quarantined, with 73 homes affected.  The town has only one confirmed case of MERS, but the government is going to extreme lengths to contain it.  Tourism bookings in South Korea are down 54 percent from last year.