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From Boston to Seattle and Atlanta to Los Angeles, thousands of Americans took to the streets to protest the election of racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist demagogue Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States.

Good Morning Australia!! - WTF America?  Just WTF? - Trump actually got fewer votes than Hillary Clinton - The world reacts to what could be impending global realignment - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Given the choice between the most qualified candidate for President in the country's history and a known charlatan, con-man, failed businessman, climate change-denier, misogynist, admitted sexual abuser, racist, Islamophobe, probable useful idiot of Russian spies, and re-Tweeter of neonazis and fascist scum, America picked the one with a penis.

Italy's Constitutional Court has ruled against a law that requires all babies of married couples to carry the family name of their father.  The law has more or less been on the books in the peninsula since Roman times.

The five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record, according to the latest data released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).  The report links human activity to global rising temperatures.

Good Morning Australia!! - The world watches anxiously as America chooses between unparalleled competence and an orange tantrum - Subway work rips open a massive sinkhole in a major Asian city - Dreamworld makes a major announcement after last month's deadly incident - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The Federal opposition Labor Party says it will not support the government's plan to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat.  It's now up to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to seek support from the cross-benchers to pass the plan.

Smaller shipping lines are finding themselves pushed out of the way as the industry's biggest names deal with the international downtown through consolidation.  It has some considering selling off their assetts while the still can.

Good Morning Australia!! - Markets put their hopes on Hillary Clinton - China throws a roadblock before Hong Kong separatists - A German yachtsman is kidnapped at sea for a second time - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Australian women are not getting pap tests as often as they should, and dying from cervical cancers that likely could have been caught and stopped.

NSW Health officials confirm that two water cooling towers tested positive for the bacteria that caused outbreaks of legionnaires' disease in the Sydney CBD earlier this year.  But the exact cause is still a mystery.

Good Morning Australia!! - The FBI clears Hillary Clinton a second time - Trump's campaign caught lying about an "assassination attempt" - Will Germany follow in Australia's dubious footsteps? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Pressure grows on South Korea's president to resign - The US presidential candidates trudge through the mire towards the election - Another Chibok girl is freed - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Jokowi comdems the rioting in Jakarta - Iraqis come upon new evidence of Islamic State atrocities - The Vatican is forced to deny assertions that Gays caused Italy's earthquakes - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) is criticizing the federal government for "short-sighted budget decisions" after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) told workers it would shed up to 150 jobs.

South Korea President Park Guen-hye addressed her nation on Friday, taking sole responsibility for a fast-moving political scandal and vowed to accept an independent investigation into claims of corruption and influence-peddling that have shaken her presidency.

Good Morning Australia!! - The Brexit could be delayed or even scotched by a surprise court ruling - South Korea cops arrest the President's best friend - The US government is in a twitter war with itself - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Next year finally came.  The Chicago Cubs won the grueling seventh game of Major League Baseball's 2016 World Series, ending a championship drought that lasted more than a century.

Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power plant, Hazelwood in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, will be decommissioned and closed by March of next year.  This impacts most of the plant's 750 workers, as only 250 would remain through 2023 to manage the site's rehabilitation.

Good Morning Australia!! - Duterte starts to learn the price of his big mouth - Obama finally comments on the FBI's involvement in the US election - Fights break out at one of the world's holiest sites - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: