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Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry is denying the Aceh Provincial government's proposal to rezone part of Mount Leuser National Park for geothermal development.  It's a major victory for environmentalists and the orangutan and rhino populations they're trying to protect.

A study in Germany confirmed the existence of employment discrimination against female job applicants with Turkish-sounding names - which gets worse if they wear an Islamic headscarf.

Good Morning Australia!! - Russia denies killing aid workers in Syria - Obama takes a parting shot at creeping authoritarianism, at home and abroad - Brangelina NO MORE!  Hollywood gets its biggest divorce of the year - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The governor of the US state of California signed a bill to restrict air pollutants from such varied sources as trucks burning diesel fuel to cow farts.  It pushes California in the lead of US states actively trying to reduce emissions that lead to climate change.

If the troubled South Korean shipping line Hanjin is to survive its current crisis, it will more than likely come out the other side a much smaller company.  This is after a south Korean judge ordered Hanjin to return all of its chartered ships to their owners and sell many of its own.

Good Morning Australia!! - Fire races uncontrolled through a teeming refugee camp - Is the government letting China off the hook for an environmental disaster on the Great Barrier Reef? - US Police catch a suspect in the weekend bombings - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Cancer for the first time has overtaken Heart Disease as the disease that takes the lives of the most Australians, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 

The Victorian government has approved the sale of the Port of Melbourne to QIC Private Capital for about US$7.3 Billion, or AU$9.7 Billion.

Good Morning Australia!! - Three possible, if ineffectual, terrorist attacks in the USA - Aussie jets took part in a grand mistake in Syria - The Chancellor's party sinks in Berlin - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - The US messes up big-time in Syria - Surprising revelations about stuff Israel won't admit having - Trump issues another call to assassination - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - No escape route for Julian Assange - A bloody day in Israel - The bizarre death of a TV star - Trump's semi-successful multi-layer con - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The increasingly caustic brand of politics gripping the United States is acting as an anchor on its economy, according to a new Harvard University study.

The Federal Government says Australia needs to get better results from education funding after an influential international report said that despite investing admirably in education, but slid backwards in some indicators.

Good Morning Australia!! - Another piece, but no completed puzzle in the search for MH370 - An admitted member of Duterte's death squads speaks - Trump backs down to a sane, black, female cleric and then trash talks her behind her back - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A controversy over citizenship couldn't derail the top candidate for leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the party election.  Renho Murata is the first woman elected to the position.  This is even though it was revealed that she still held Taiwanese citizenship along with her Japanese Passport.

For the first time in a century, a stalwart and somewhat influential Republican newspaper in New Hampshire is refusing to endorse the party's Presidential candidate, which in this year is Donald Trump.

Good Morning Australia!! - Colin Powell blasts Trump in a leaked email - Prosecutors set a date to question Julian Assange - The misguided persecution of an Ebola survivor ends - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Separating boys and girls into single-gender schools offers no educational advantages and may actually foster stereotyping and sexism.  That's according to a prominent US psychologist who addressed the Australian Psychological Society congress on Wednesday morning.

August 2016 was the hottest August ever recorded, and marked the eleventh consecutive month that heat records had been shattered around the world.  It's more evidence that climate change isn't comig, it's already here.

Good Morning Australia!! - Australia is preparing to accept people's unwanted guns - Obama hits the campaign trail - Hillary teaches a new word to Trump's morons - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: