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In the American heartland state of Kansas, a worker on a giant wind power turbine fell 36.5 meters while repairing a blade on the generator.  But authorities say he is expected to survive.

Rio Tinto's new CEO is giving hints about his plans for the Anglo-Australian mining giant's future.  44-year old Jean-Sebastien Jacques takes over running the company amid a worldwide glut caused by the slowdown in China.

Good Morning Australia!! - A wave of suicide attacks target Saudi Arabia - The Baghdad bombing appears to have been even worse than first reported - Anotehr Brexit leader decides someone else is going to have to sweep it all up - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Manual Laborers who work in isolation, often in wilderness settings, have higher rates of suicide.  That's according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

One reason that Australia is having such a hard time addressing its growing obesity problem is that people are unaware of how they are impacted.  A new study says a quarter of overweight Aussies think they're within the healthy range of weight for their size.

Good Morning Australia!! - Islamic State proves it is still capable of striking at the place where it hurts Iraq the most - Bangladesh disputes IS's claim of responsibility for the cafe attack - Did toughness or a truce drop El Salvador's murder rate?  - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - No clear winner in Oz's election! - Thousands of young Brits demand to keep their EU membership - Trump tweets a flagrantly anti-Semitic attack on Hillary - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - A terrorist siege in Bangladesh is over - Duterte urges Philippine citizens to go ahead and start killing "criminals" without trial - A US state will not be allowed to weaponize religion against LGBT people - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The claims of two bloggers who said the earth was racing into a "global climate emergency" because of a dramatic shift of the Northern Hemisphere's Jet Stream made it into several mainstream news media sources earlier this week.  The problem is, it appears to be utter crap.

Tesla Motors is reporting that one of its Model S electric cars was involved in a fatal incident while its autopilot mode engaged.  The company is cooperating with US federal investigators, but simultaneously emphasizing that its autopilot feature is a "driver assist" feature, and drivers who use it must keep their hands on the wheel at all times.

Good Morning Australia!! - Boris Backs Off in Britain's latest Brexit Bombshell, hilarity ensues - UK Labour's Jeremy Corbyn is accused of abiding anti-Semitism - Back in Oz, the Liberals and Labor are tied on election eve - And TONS MORE in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

To hear the world's corporate news media use the word, "populism" in a political context means tough talk, scape-goating, and retreating inward instead of engaging with the rest of the world.  US President Barack Obama disagrees.

The Philippines has sworn in controversial former Davao mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the country's 16th president, in a ceremony at Malacanang Palace in Manila.  The country and region are holding their collective breaths to see how this works out.

If the Liberal Party holds on to power after this weekend's election, it has promised to hold a plebiscite on the issue of gay marriage.  Although Labor leader Bill Shorten now favors a Parliamentary vote to avoid a divisive campaign, some still like the idea of a public vote.

Good Morning Australia!! - Turkey raises the death toll in the Istanbul Airport attack - The UK is awash in post-Brexit hate crimes - EgyptAir Flight MS804's black boxes are beginning to yield clues - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Health officials in Florida say a Haitian woman in Florida has delivered the first baby in the state born with the birth defect microcephaly caused by the Zika virus.  If this is confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the child will be the fifth in the United States to be born with a birth defect.

Officials in in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have approved the boundaries of a new wildlife reserve in the eastern part of the country, encompassing a rainforest that's home to the endangered Grauer's Gorilla, also known as Eastern Lowland Gorillas.

Good Morning Australia!! - Several are killed in an attack on Istanbul's airport - Rio cops tell tourists, "Welcome to Hell" - The Brexit is causing investors to pull out of the UK, where the Chancellor warns taxes would be going up - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The phenomenon of pink snow in the earth's Arctic region may be nice to look at, but it's turning out to be a bigger threat to the environment than first thought.  Early Arctic explorers attributed the rosy hue to iron deposit, but they were wrong.

Several global automakers are already suggesting that they will reevaluate their investments in the United Kingdom, now that voters have approved a referendum to leave the European Union.