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The World Trade Organization ruled against India's ambitious solar power program this week in response to a complaint brought by the United States.  India's solar plan - which seeks to install 100 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2022 - requires a certain percentage of cells and panels to be manufactured locally.

Good Morning Australia!! - Australia's Defence White paper gets Beijing's attention - After years of delay, Italy finally moves slightly forward on LGBT rights - Why is Israel snubbing Australia? - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The government announced a decade-long surge in military spending, a move to counter military expansion in the region, as well as to deal with terrorism, cyber-warfare, and climate change.

The European Commission is reportedly ready to grant a new 15-year license to the controversial weedkiller Glyphosate.  This is despite the UN World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declaring that glyphosate is "probably a carcinogenic".

Italy's senate could vote on a bill to legalize same-sex civil unions as early as today.  After that it goes to the house, where the bill's backer Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, has more support.  But LGBT rights activists say the legislation has been watered down to gain acceptance conservative and Roman Catholic senators.

Brave and intrepid crews wrestled an enormous menace from the sewer beneath Eleebana, NSW, near Newcastle:  A clog of wet wipes so big that it had to be pulled out with a crane so that it dangled for several meters above the ground. 

Good Morning Australia!! - FIFA manages to keep Sepp Blatter ban while undercutting its own goals at the same time - Egypt make an admission about the deadly downing of a passenger jet - A jury verdict might unlock a series of lawsuits over baby talc - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - A plane with 21 people on board has gone missing in Nepal - Pressure builds on India's government to stop its abusive ways - Many of the men who committed sexual assault in Cologne, Germany on New Year's Eve will get away with it, says the city's top cop - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Human-induced climate change isn't just changing the way rising seas interact with the shores, there's plenty going on underneath the waves as well.  As oceans get warmer, it seems that phytoplankton - those microscopic organisms that make up the bottom of the food chain - are retreating to the poles along with the cooler water to which they're accustomed.

Despite truckloads of evidence to the contrary, workers in seven industrialized countries mistakenly believe that men and women are paid equally for the same work in their companies, according to a survey conducted just this month.

One worker is dead and three people are missing in the collapse of a building being disassembled at the Didcot A power station in South Oxfordshire, UK.  Thames Valley Fire Control Service confirms a fatality in a "very severe incident".

Good Morning Australia!! - Obama makes another attempt to shut down Gitmo - One of the world's biggest candy makers is recalling millions of chocolates - The Kurds rescue a Swedish teen from Islamic State - Canada's PM is making history - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has posted a huge net loss of US$5.67 Billion for the six months ending in December.  It's the first loss in more than 16 years for the world's biggest diversified miner, and the company warned that weak commodity prices will continue.

New research shows that man-made global warming is causing the seas to rise at a faster rate than anytime in the past 2,800 years.  And separate research from NASA and from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed the North Pole is warmer than it should be.  It's a good week for global warming deniers to be quiet.

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has greenlighted an additional six large-scale solar projects, propelling the country forward to its ambitious goal of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, 100 GW of it generated from Solar PV.

Good Morning Australia!! - The big powers try again with a start date for a Syrian cease-fire - The entertainment world is waking up to teh fact that something really effed up is going on with Kesha's recording contract - And cameras are rolling when a spunky 106-year old lady gets her wish - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - The US wants Oz to stand up to China - Voters tell a president if he can hold his job for two decades - Beijing is moving the goalposts behind a shroud of caustic air pollution - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The Zika virus has already been linked to a wave of birth defects in Brazil.  But now doctors in two neighboring Latin American countries suspect the mosquito-born disease in a growing number of patients suffering a syndrome that has lead to paralysis and death.

An employee of one of San Francisco's biggest Internet firms posted a detailed account on her blog on how she and her fellow workers could not afford to live and work in the City's tech culture, which has driven up rents to astronomical levels, because of their dinky "entry level" salaries.  And then she was fired.

Good Morning Australia!! - Islamic State lashes out with bombings in Syria, scores are killed - Why is there no school and no water in New Dehli? - The worst of America, wrapped up into one mass shooting - Mourning a good man who defied the conventional Cold war wisdom - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: