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Good Morning, Australia! – An Australian faces Chinese justice today – New video shows trekkers just before they were buried by an avalanche in Nepal – The copilot appears to have thoroughly practiced crashing a passenger jet before doing it – The UK might be on the verge of a new era today – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – A big shocker in Australian politics – The UK counts down to one of the tightest and most contentious elections in years – France chooses more spying – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

A small high school in Texas might change its sex-ed curriculum out of medical necessity.  Before at least 20 students were diagnosed as having the sexually-transmitted disease Chlamydia, Crane High School in its namesake, bible-belt town had focused on abstinence-only education.

Cuba does not recognize same-sex marriage or any other form of LGBT partnership, but there’s going to be a mass symbolic wedding of same sex couples this weekend.  And organizing the symbolic nuptials is Mariela Castro – daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro and niece of longtime President and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

Good Morning, Australia! – How to fail the optics test in Paris – Dozens of immigrants die in the Meditarranean – America has a big, giant blind spot when it comes to terrorism and guns – Cute Koala video! – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The UK holds elections on Thursday, and it looks to be a very close contest with a lot at stake.  In fact, when politicians invoke the old cliche that it could be “the most important election in a generation”, they might actually be telling the truth this time.  At stake, UK unity and UK membership in the European Union.

Hello, Australia! – Search and Rescue teams are refusing to give up in Nepal – A deadly gunfight in America had encouragement from Australia – The Parkes Telescope receives a message, but it turns out it’s not from beyond the stars – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – Haters vs Bigots in Texas: Should we feign surprise that three people got shot? – Netanyahu apologizes to an Ethiopian Jewish Soldier – The new Princess gets a name – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The women and children rescued from Boko Haram camps in Nigeria’s Sambisa Forest are speaking about the horrors they endured, including physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages, and threats of slavery.  But the worst might have been when the militants began stoning some of the girls to death as the Nigerian army drew nearer for a rescue.

Hello, Australia! – A mysterious package causes a ruckus at the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra – Shots ring out at a contest to draw cartoons of the Islamic prophet – A Central American nation fears an ecological disaster after a shipwreck – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for calm in Tel Aviv, after clashes between cops and Ethiopian Jews who say they’re sick of being the recipients of police brutality.  The unrest comes after the videotaped beating of an Ethiopian Israeli soldier by police.

Good Morning, Australia! – An amazing rescue in Kathmandu – Outrage over what Israeli police were caught on video doing to one of their own soldiers, and why they did it – US airstrikes against Islamic State may have gone horribly wrong – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Tuna Salad cannot rebuild a nation after a disaster – William and Kate introduce their new daughter to the world – The World Cup was last year and Brazil still hasn’t finished the stadiums – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Five are dead after powerful flood currents sweep away cars in Queensland – Tensions in Baltimore are eased as six cops are charged with murdering a young black man – Topless feminist group Femen pulls off its best stunt yet – Meet the senior citizen who punched a bear in the face – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Baltimore police handed their investigation into the death of Freddie Gray over to prosecutors, who now must determine if charges will be brought against the cops who took Gray into custody a week before he died of an unexplained severed spine.

In a first-of-its-kind ruling in South Africa, a judge has granted a terminally ill man the right to end his own life, and shielded any doctor participating in the euthanasia from legal and professional consequences.  But the patient didn’t make it to his own suicide.

Hello, Australia! – Aussies are evacuated from Nepal – Paraguay is accused of risking the life of a ten-year old sex assault survivor – North Korea is accused of an extremely gruesome atrocity – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – Malala Yousafzai’s attackers are sentenced – Nigeria rescues more women from Boko Haram – Disturbing reports about the mental state of one of the men executed alongside Andrew Chan and Muran – A Sea Lion pup in the big city – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – North Korea appears to be revving up its nuclear program – The tortuous death of a young man after being in police custody sparks protests across the US – Uber loses another city – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – Hikers are pulled out of a remote national park in earthquake-ravaged Nepal – Japan’s PM quotes Carol King – A Russian spacecraft is out of control and will crash – A singer who made incoherent Rock and Roll history is gone – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs: