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Good Morning Australia!! - Powerful storms could cause trouble in Victoria today, so be careful - An Aussie claims to be the father of the Bitcoin - Angry relatives are caught on video attacking an executive admitting to selling a deadly product - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The largest-ever study of breast cancer genomes has uncovered five new genes associated with the disease and 13 new mutational signatures that influence tumor development.  The new insight gives scientists a near complete picture of the events that cause the disease.  The information could lead to targeted, personalized treatments.

Scientists in Brazil are warning that the Zika virus may cause far more birth defects than was earlier believed - and the current wave of babies born with neurological damage could be the "tip of the iceberg". 

A top Los Angeles County police official has resigned under pressure, following the publication of a series of emails he sent mocking Muslims, blacks, Latinos, women, and others. 

Good Morning Australia!! - Another survivor is amazingly rescued almost two weeks after the Ecuador Earthquake - A top French official is coming to Australia to say "Merci" for that big ol' Submarine deal - China has been arming its fishing fleet for fights in disputed waters - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Protesters storm Baghdad's Green Zone and occupy Iraq's Parliament - Ireland's long-time rivals are on the verge of an historic partnership - Kenya strikes a blow against elephant poachers - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - A new push to end ivory and rhino horn trafficking once and for all and save the dwindling species - Syria's cease-fire seems to be in name only - Far right patron saint John Wayne will not get his own feast day in sunny California - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Treasurer Scott Morrison is signalling he will reject another attempt by a foreign entity to purchase Australia's single largest landholding, the S. Kidman and Company cattle empire, on the grounds it would be "contrary to the national interest".

The CEO of the travel website Priceline Darryl Huston has resigned with immediate effect.  This comes after an independent investigation determined he had an improper and undisclosed relationship with an employee.

The Federal Court is ordering UK consumer goods corporation Reckitt Benckiser to pay a AU$1.7 Million fine for telling Australians that its Nurofen pain reliever can target different kinds of pain.  It's far less than the $6 Million that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) wanted.

Good Morning Australia!! - An Australian woman is kidnapped in Afghanistan - Dozens are killed in an attack on an MSF hospital in Syria - "No Means No" could become the law of the land in one European country - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The Federal Government wants to close a loophole that enables punters to use smartphone "click to call" apps to gamble on live sports betting on the internet.

On the 20th anniversary of the Port Arthur Massacre in which 35 people were shot dead by a heavily armed killer, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is praising the strict gun control measures the took root as a result of the traumatic attack.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ordered the declassification of documents related to Colonia Dignidad.  That's the German colony in the Chilean Andes founded by and run by a former nazi medic and pedophile.  Human Rights groups welcomed the move, while some lawyers representing colony victims fear the documents are coming out past the statute of limitations for the government's negligence.

Good Morning Australia!! - The Manus Island detention center could be closed very, very soon - America's highest-ranking child molester is sentenced - The nightmare brewing in the Philippines - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Unidentified gunmen fired shots into the home of Peruvian environmental and indigenous rights activist Maxima Acuna while she was abroad in San Francisco to receive the Goldman Prize for resisting strong and often violent and deadly corporate and government pressure to defend the environment.

The Japanese auto giant Mitsubishi isn't including an earnings forecast in the newest results report, because of a growing scandal.  The company is admitting that it had faked fuel efficiency tests on hundreds of thousands of its vehicles for the past 25 years. 

Good Morning Australia!! - Justice at last for the survivors of those 96 killed in the Hillsborough Disaster - The worst dentist in the world is going to prison - PNG's supreme court declares Oz's Manus Island detention camp to be unconstitutional - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The government of Ecuador intends to investigate if poor engineering, architectural, or construction practices contributed to the high death toll of the 16 April Earthquake and ensuing aftershocks.  And if there was negligence, there will be criminal charges.

The death toll in this month's powerful earthquakes in southwestern Japan is now 48 lives lost, with the discovery of a body buried beneath one of the giant landslides around the Kumamoto.  Besides the death and destruction, the impact of the quake is being felt all the way across the Pacific Ocean.