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Brazil's coffee plantations have been hit hard by a three-year drought, and this year's rainy season came too late to help the coffee-growing Espirito Santo region.  It means that world coffee prices are likely to stay at the current multi-year highs.

Good Morning Australia!! - An Australian company is first to grab a piece of Mexico's privatized oil exploration plans - Poland seeks to restrict the people's right to assembly - A mistrial for a white cop caught on video murdering a black man - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The US Department of the Army announced it will not allow a controversial oil pipeline to be drilled underneath the main water source for the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, dealing an important victory to indigenous and environmentalist protesters who've sought to stop the project.

Italy's center-Left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vows to step down after voters rejected his plan to streamline government by reducing the parliament's upper house in size and power.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his resignation after eight years on the job.  The announcement at the top of his weekly news conference came as a surprise to all.

Good Morning Australia!! - No right turn in Austria - Thousands rally for tolerance in Jakarta - US Greens don't back down, as reported earlier - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Fire races through a rave and authorities are bracing for a mass-casualties event - Trump trips on his own amateurism - It's now millions in the streets of Seoul calling for the president's ouster - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Democracy undoes a strongman dictator - Former US troops join an environmental protest - Why is Trump afraid of an election recount? - Seconds from death and caught on video - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Regulators in Singapore announced fines of more than AU$7.1 Million against two banks that were found to have breached money laundering rules in dealings with 1MDB. the Malaysian development fund at the heart of a massive corruption scandal.

US president-elect Donald Trump promised to save American manufacturing jobs from outsourcing to lower wage countries; instead of doing that, he took a bow for charging taxpayers for going less than halfway.

Good Morning Australia!! - The conditions for genocide are forming, warns the UN - A moonwalker is hospitalized in New Zealand - Changes are coming to a key EU member - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

India has completed a solar farm in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu.  And it is taking the title of "the world’s largest solar power plant" from the previous record holder, the Topaz Solar Farm in California.

South Africa has launched a major trial of a vaccine to protect against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.  Some scientists believe the vaccine could be the most promising development since the HIV virus was identified in 1983.

Calling it a "common sense victory for farmers" and the environment, the Greens will support the Coalition's preferred 15 percent backpacker tax rate - bringing to an end 18 months of hanggling and uncertainty over the plan.

Good Morning Australia!! - Anarchy in the UK evening commute - Petrol prices could be going up after the first of the year - The UN slaps its toughest-ever sanctions on nuclear North Korea - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Some Americans are packing up to escape the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency.  Among them is the Internet Archive, the world's biggest digital library and the online keeper of the record, which is fundraising to set up a backup outside of the USA.

Officials in the southern US state of Tennessee are getting a better look at the damage left by an out-of-season bush fire that destroyed a mountain resort, killing at least three people.

Good Morning Australia!! - A Football club's moment of glory is cut shot in a massive tragedy - Trump says something stupid, the corporate media jumps - The government adds an incentive for refugees who go to another country - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

After the Tasmanian and Federal governments have spent $50 Million on programs to eradicating invasive European Red Foxes, a report says the evidence justifying the expense was likely faked.

The world-wide shipping showdown appears to be claiming another victim:  One of Europe's biggest family businesses is loking to sell the Hamburg Sud shipping line, and one of the top ten shippers is reportedly looking to pick it up.