Global News
Good Morning Australia!! - You won't believe who the new UK PM appointed as Foreign Minister - Amnesty Int'l decries Egypt's torture state - Beijing's next move will apparently involved guns over the South China Sea - And more in your CareerSpot International News Briefs:
Green - Rising Temperatures Shift Crucial Clouds
Man-made global warming has changed the distribution of clouds all across the earth, moving a crucial cloud band from the mid-latitudes towards the poles in a way that traps heat in the regions that are supposed to be cooler.
Green - Satellite Reveals Greenland Ice Loss
The European Space Agency's CryoSat orbiter is giving us a look at how melting ice in Greenland is impacting rising sea levels. The largest island (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) has lost around one trillion tons of ice between 2011 and 2014.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Good Morning Australia!! - Hillary finally gets the endorsement she's been seeking - Fears that Beijing could become an even wilder card now that it's lost a key territorial ruling - A move is underway to destroy Hitler's birthplace - And more in your CareerSpot International News Briefs:
Resources - Call To Stop One Dollar Mine Sale
An anti-mining group is urging the Queensland government to block Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto's proposed sale of the Blair Athol mine for one dollar.
Logistics - Tribunal To Rule On South China Sea
An International tribunal is set to give its ruling on China's claims in the South China Sea. The Philippines brought the case before the tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which both countries have signed.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Good Morning Australia!! - The Dallas Police chief says more black people should put on blue uniforms - Another two police officers are killed in America - Which member of Aerosmith is hospitalized? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health - Caution Against Complacency In AIDS Fight
The AIDS epidemic in Australia is over, thanks in part to antiretroviral medicines and decades of public awareness campaigns. But the experts are saying that no one should be complacent because the rate of HIV in Australia is still too high.
ICT - Telstra Prices Under Fire
The consumer advocacy group Choice is criticizing Telstra's prices compared to other telcos, and urged customers to break their contracts in light of seven major service outrages in just five months.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 11 July 2016
Good Morning Australia!! - Protests against police violence cris-cross America - The battle over urban gentrification leaves scores of cops injured in one of the world's hippest cities - Is justice coming for Tony Blair? - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 10 July 2016
Hello Australia!! - Climate Change ruins another bit of Australia's natural beauty - A neighbor is warning its black citizens to beware police violence in the USA - A diplomatic fracas with a sinister twist in Moscow - And more in your Careerspot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 9 July 2016
Hello Australia!! - Police say the gunman who killed five Dallas cops hated white people - The way cops ended the killings opens the door to a troubling future - But a better future await children in two nations, with the banning of a loathsome practice - And more in your CareerSpot Global News:
Cops Shot And Killed In Texas
All hell broke loose in Dallas, Texas on Thursday night, as a sniper opened fire on police working crowd control at a protest against the police killings of African-American men in different parts of the over-armed, violent country. The sniper or snipers shot eleven cops, killing four of them.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 8 July 2016
Good Morning Australia!! - America's "silent war against black people" takes another life - Obama says Americans should be concerned with police violence against minorities - Germany passes tough new laws against rape - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
State Government - NSW To Ban Greyhound Racing
New South Wales will ban Greyhound Racing from July 2017, after a state parliamentary inquiry found overwhelming evidence of animal cruelty. Premier Mike Baird says the "widespread and systemic mistreatment of animals" cannot be tolerated.
Government, Finance - S&P Lowers Outlook On Oz's Credit Rating
Standard & Poor’s has revised Australia’s AAA long-term credit rating outlook from stable to negative, due to growing fiscal vulnerabilities. It's could be the first step towards a downgrade.
"Game Of Thrones" Season 7 To Be Delayed
Winter is already here on the continent of Australia. And winter is definitely coming to Westeros, but it's going to be delayed on your TV screens after show runners for "Game of Thrones" confirm that Season 7 will arrive at a later date than prior seasons.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 7 July 2016
Good Morning Australia!! - The UK's Iraq war report is out and is destroys former PM Tony Blair - Pistorius goes to jail, Messi probably won't - The US right-wing TV outlet Fox "News" is hit with a bombshell sex harassment suit - The US finally recalls the Christmas gift that burned several homes to the ground - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green - Nobel Laureates Versus Greenpeace
A group of more than a hundred Nobel Prize laureates are urging the environmental campaign group Greenpeace to drop its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMO) in agriculture.
Green - Queensland Frogs In Decline
The same pesticide that is blamed for declining honey bee populations in North American and Europe is being fingered as the culprit behind a dramatic plunge in the number of frogs on the Queensland coast.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Good Morning Australia!! - No charges against Hillary because she didn't break the damned law - A leader emerges in the UK - Mandela's family cries foul of a South African campaign ad - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: