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Billionaire, fascist demagogue, and US presidential candidate Donald Trump may have all but captured the Republican party's nomination for the most powerful office in the world.  But a new poll shows that Trump is less popular than things people really hate, such as head lice, jury duty, and Nickelback.

Beijing is stepping up efforts to prop up unprofitable factories throughout China and keep them producing - despite years of promises to cut back on excess capacity that's flooding world markets with cheap goods and basic materials.

Good Morning Australia!! - The already dubious impeachment effort against Brazil's president has been thrown into chaos - The "rape and murder" guy won the Philippine election, good luck to that country - The US government takes on conservatives and their anti-trans "Bathroom Bill" - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Australia has intercepted and turned back three boats of refugees and asylum seekers so far this year under the Federal Government's hardline policy.  One of them was carrying women and children from Sri Lanka, according to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.

New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair says the state applied to the Federal Government for a license to grow cannabis for medical research trials.  This comes two and a half months after the federal government passed legislation to legalize and license cannabis cultivation.

Good Morning Australia!! - Two countries seem to be willingly heading towards picking very questionable leaders - Greece's PM was elected to stand up to Europe but is giving away the last crumbs from his people's pockets - Officials fear the Canadian Wildfire could burn for HOW long? - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Happy Mother's Day, Australia!! - The Canadian wildfire is out of control - There is now documented scientific evidence giving us a preview of what's going to happen with rising sea levels caused by global warming - Weapons of Math Destruction confuse an American airline passenger - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - History is made in the London Mayor election - It may already be too late for many of Queensland's Koalas - Boaty McBoatface gets the short shrift - And more in your CareerSpot Worldy McNewsFace:

Warmer than usual ocean temperatures have caused as much as 90 percent of the coral reefs in the shallow waters around Christmas Island to turn into an eerie, ghostly white.

Australia and Singapore will recognize more degrees awarded by each other's universities, including law and medical degrees.  It's under a new agreement that strengthens ties between the countries in a number of areas. 

Good Morning Australia, IN THE NEWS:  Dozens are killed in an attack in a Syrian refugee camp - Four more people incredibly survive the collapsed building in Nairobi - Erdogan's keeping it all in the family - So are the Bush boys, and Trump isn't welcome - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The US Justice Department says a law passed in the state of North Carolina that would dictate where trans people could go to the bathroom as well as other restrictions on LGBT rights is a violation of their Civil Rights.  The government is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turner in a TV interview refused to confirm the cost to taxpayers of his Government's plan to cut company tax to 25 percent over the next decade.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says all of the refugees and asylum seekers in Australia's detention camps on both Manus Island and Nauru should be moved for their own well-being.

Good Morning Australia!! - Donald Trump completes his hostile takeover of the US Republican Party - Two wanted Australian terrorists meet the business end of US air strikes - A wildfire could burn an entire city to the ground - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The World Bank has released a report saying the the worst effects of global warming will be felt in the world's water supplies.  And it suggests that inadequate water supplies will knock as much as six percent off of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of some regions by the year 2050.

If every country ate the same way that the United States of America eats, the world would have been drained of its freshwater resources more than 15 years ago.  And developing countries like China and India are getting an appetite of America-style food, putting the planet on a "potentially catastrophic" course.

Good Morning Australia!! - The survival of the poor is more important than the value of a little food, according to an amazing court ruling - An infant girl is pulled alive from the scene of a terrible disaster - Two men vying to be the most powerful leader in the world demonstrate the restraint and common sense of a middle school miscreant - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The Chinese-led company that bid for the Kidman cattle empire had until today to respond to Treasurer Scott Morrison's concerns over the proposed deal.  And that response was to withdraw its $371 Million bid.

The Middle East And North Africa are rapidly approaching the point when they will be uninhabitable for human beings because of rising temperatures linked to man-made global warming, according to a new study.  If you thought the migration of more than a million Syrian and Iraqi war refugees to Europe was major moment in history, imagine half a billion people on the move.