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Students researching the rather closed world of software development have discovered that code written by women was more likely to be approved by their peers than code written by men.  This would fly in the face of the conventional wisdom of rampant sexism in software development if it weren't for one detail.

Good Morning Australia!! - Turkey worsens an already bad situation in Syria, according to France - Shock, at the deadly end of an up and coming band's dreams - The US mulls the legacy of a controversial dead judge - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - The EU orders Greece to shut the door - Details are leaking out of a possible massacre of Kurds in Turkey - A meeting of religious leaders 1,000 years in the making - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Bernie Sanders takes on Henry Kissinger - Malcolm sacks Stuart Robert - The big powers reach a deal on cutting back at least some of the fighting in Syria - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A former bank chief is urging central banks to get rid of large denomination bills - such as the European 500 Euro, US $100, and British 50 Pound notes - to attack illegal cash transactions preferred by terrorists, drug lords and tax evaders.

Physicists say they have for the first time observed ripples in the fabric of space and time generated by the violent collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth.  The discovery fulfills a prediction of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.

Good Morning Australia!! - Is NATO copying the Australian model on handling asylum seekers? - An Iranian official says President Obama's domestic rivals tried to sabotage a prisoner swap - A rough day for SA President Jacob Zuma - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A top investigator says that if officials in the US state of Michigan could face charges as serious as manslaughter, if they are found to be negligent in their handling of the lead poisoning crisis in the former industrial city of Flint.  There is mounting evidence that state officials ignored complaints of doctors and residents that lead in the drinking water was poisoning thousands of children.

The city council of Los Angeles, California and the County of Los Angeles passed a US $1.87 Billion plan to help get an estimated 40,000 homeless people off the streets.  LA County CEO Sachi Hamai says it is "the most serious humanitarian crisis confronting our county today".

The South Korean government is shutting down participation in the joint industrial park it runs with the North at Kaesong village.  This turns the tables on Pyongyang, which in the past has been first to use the venture as a political tool.

Good Morning Australia! - The tragic end to one Australian's misguided journey into Islamic State - France takes an important step towards instituting tough new anti-terror laws - Erdogan demands the US choose between Turkey and the Kurds - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - 2015 was the Year of the Shark - Establishment candidates fall behind in the first US Presidential Primary of the year - An outspoken former Sydneysider wants to save Europe from a repeat of the 1930s - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A divided United States Supreme Court halted enforcement of President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved.  With less than a year left in office, it is very likely that the plan will not be implemented and the subject falls to his successor.

Environmentalists and people who prefer to drink clean water are praising Colombia's constitutional court for banning oil drilling and mining in the country's ecologically fragile moorlands, also known as "paramos".  The ruling nullifies 347 existing licenses to muck around in the place where most Colombian water supplies originate.

Good Morning Australia!! - Safety measures fail and two trains collide with deadly results - Sweden stops a right-wing plot to attack asylum seekers - South Africa's President admits wrongdoing while trying to stop an impeachment drive - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Mining chiefs are expecting the current commodities crisis to continue throughout 2016.  Or, as one CEO puts it:  "Things are going to get worse before they get better."

After decades of watching blue-collar jobs disappear as automation replaces humans with machines, researchers warn that these aren't the only jobs at risk of forced metamorphosis or extinction.  Many service and white collar gigs are already being pushed aside, not only by machines, but also by apps.

Authorities in Tasmania closed the beach at Coles bay, a popular spot for holiday makers, after tests discovered unacceptable levels of sewage in the water.  It's not clear when the beach will be reopened, but the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council hopes it will happen within a few days.

Good Morning Australia!! - Two more people are rescued from the Taiwan high rising collapse - The UN says Syria is "exterminating" prisoners - Everyone's horrified or dissatisfied with the Syrian war, and no one wants to stop it? - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Brazil has had abnormally high levels of the birth defect microcephaly - reduced head size and potentially stunted brain development - for three years before the current Zika outbreak.  That's according to a doctor who had for years been collecting data on Brazilian babies in the heart of the outbreak region.