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Hello, Australia! – Horse racing has a Triple Crown winner for the first time in 37 years – The G7 Summit starts today with thousands of protesters already clashing with police – An Aussie climber says Malaysia botched the rescue of people from Mount Kinabalu after the earthquake – Sometimes just watching sport can be life-threatening – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – Australians are injured in a Ferry Boat explosion – Climbers are trapped on a Malaysian mountain by an earthquake – Pakistan secretly acquits people accused of shooting Malala – The last moment before a killer Lion attack is caught on camera – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – Real science knocks out another climate change denier’s argument, as Australia is faulted for abdicating its climate leadership – Big business rapscallion Alan Bond is dead – An Islamic State “moron” brings down the wrath of the US war machine – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hackers broke into a US Government database, possibly accessing the personal data of millions of current and former federal employees.  Investigators are probing whether the culprits were based in Shanghai, as part of the Chinese military’s cyber warfare unit.

Good Morning, Australia! – More shoes are to drop on Australian’s Internet surveillance capabilities – Scores are killed in a gas station explosion – What is the hold-up with recovery efforts that capsized passenger ship in China? – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The resounding success of the marriage equality referendum in Ireland has put the Roman Catholic church in a difficult position:  Trying to balance the traditional teachings of the church and its opposition to gay marriage, while acknowledging that much of the developed world is scraping off homophobia.

The solar-powered ultra-light airplane Solar Impulse 2 is grounded in Japan in a bit of bad luck.  The plane was en route from China to Hawaii, and was diverted to Nagoya because of bad weather.  But while on the ground, strong winds damaged the delicate wings.

Hello, Australia! – Thousands march against a wave of violence against women – Three days after a crowded ship capsized in China, families are getting angry – Long-awaited resignations from the judges responsible for Argentina’s worst legal decision in decades – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – A Former FIFA exec fingered his fellows for the FBI – Did Nigeria’s army even bother to fight its enemy, Boko Haram? – Aquino says America must stop China – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – What made Sepp Blatter quit FIFA? – Conditions worsen at the capsized Chinese river ship – Russia’s bizarre new theory about the downing of MH17 – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – While you were sleeping, Sepp Blatter stepped down from FIFA – The US Senate acts on the spying exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden – Time is running out for hundreds of missing passengers from a capsized Chinese river ship – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Japanese police have issued an arrest warrant for the religious zealot they believe has waged a campaign of vandalism at some of the country’s most-important historic sites, including some that are on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Hello, Australia! – Hundreds remain missing in that capsized Chinese ship – Australia’s lowest-paid workers are getting a modest raise – Smokers will Canada’s biggest class action suit – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – A crowded passenger ship has sunk in China’s Yangtze River – A solar flight mission is aborted, for the time being – A Liberal MP says marriage equality would pass, if the PM would get out of the way –And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – The government stalls marriage equality – US spies are shutting down data collection servers – Don’t touch the spinning blades – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A pair of cancer drugs can go a long way towards treating Melanoma, the scourge of Australia and New Zealand.  An international on more than 900 people found that the drug combination could shrink melanoma in almost 60 percent of patients.

Good Morning, Australia! – The opposition will push marriage equality today – Oz will oppose China’s island building campaign – Astounding video of 700 kilos of bamboo and wood crashing into a crowd – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – A globe circling solar trip faces its greatest challenge yet – Cops and bigots smash a Moscow LGBT rally – A Syrian man gives Islamic State a taste of its own gruesome medicine – The match between a spear gunner and a swordfish ends in a tragic draw – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – China’s island-building is eroding security, says the US – Thousands are rescued from the seas as two migration crises unfold – Sepp Blatter survives – The race to save an endangered species from a mysterious plague – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The former head of Tajikistan’s Special Forces police division who dropped out of sight last month has resurfaced in Syria, not a member of Islamic State.  It’s a troubling development because not only is he the highest-ranking officer believed to have joined the insane Islamist cause, but he was also trained by the US military.