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The killings of environmentalists went up by 20-percent in the last year according to the campaign group Global Witness, which monitors environmental degradation and human rights abuses.

Hello, Australia! – Phil Rudd stuns a New Zealand Court – Another black man horribly killed while in custody of US police – Some days it pays not to leave the house – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – Europe formulates a plan to deal with the human trafficking crisis – A child’s unthinkable act sends panic through a school – Amazing video of a Saudi airstrike in Yemen – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – EU ministers will discuss the deadly immigration crisis on its southern doorstep – Did Oz violate international law with some Vietnamese asylum seekers? – Dozens of gunmen from a drug gang try to stop the arrest of their boss – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – Europe reels from yet another massive death toll of would be immigrants – Islamic State executes dozens of Christians – Kim Jong-un did what?  NO way!  – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Islamic State appears to be expanding its bloodthirsty war into a new theater – South Koreans demand more from the government on the Sewol Disaster – Backlash from South African xenophobia spreads to its neighbors – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Police say they’ve busted a plot to commit violent attacks on Anzac Day – Chris Lane’s killers are going to jail – A big game hunter is crushed by the Bull Elephant he aimed on killing – Don’t taunt the Gorilla – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Saudi Arabia has executed a second Indonesian maid in just one week.  And this is causing a dilemma for Jakarta, which protested the executions while facing fierce criticism for its own failure to heed calls for clemency for a number of foreigners on death row, including two Australians.

Hello, Australia! – Chewie, we're home – Wikileaks takes you inside Hollywood – China’s war on journalists claims another name – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The United States is expressing concern over the civilian casualties of Saudi-led bombing raids against rebels in Yemen.  And UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for an immediate halt to the fighting in Yemen, which he says was already in crisis before the hostilities started.

Good Morning, Australia! – South Africans march to end bloody anti-immigrant violence – Muslim refugees are charged with throwing Christians overboard in the Mediterranean Sea – The Pope halts a divisive purge of Nuns – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Nigeria’s military has commenced a search operation in the northeastern Sambisa forest, where Boko Haram militants are believed to be holding at least some of the more than 200 girls abducted from their boarding school in Chibok town a year ago.

Mexican authorities are on the alert in five southeastern states after thieves snatched potentially deadly radioactive material.  The iridium-192, which is used for industrial radiography, was taken from a car in Tabasco state.

Hello, Australia! – A cruel twist of fate led to an immigrant ship to capsize – Japan is at a crossroads after a judge more or less shut down the nuclear industry – Chris Lane’s heartbreaking last moments – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – A human catastrophe is forming south of Italy – Cops are charged with a massacre – A diplomatic standoff between Catholic France and the Vatican – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello, Australia! – A new, horrible video pretty much sums up America’s police problems – Woolworth’s ANZAC debacle answers the question, “Too soon?” – Oil thieves manage to destroy a river – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Good Morning, Australia! – There are reports hundreds may have drowned in an immigrant tragedy – What did Nauru guards do to get suspended? – Obama follows through – Ridiculous prison terms given to teachers – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

South Korea lifted the travel ban that it had imposed on a Japanese journalist last August, ostensibly for reporting unsubstantiated rumors about South Korean President Park Geun-hye regarding her behavior in the hours following the tragic ferry disaster one year ago.

Four former Blackwater security contractors proclaimed their innocence as they were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s crowded Nisour Square back in 2007.  Prosecutors, and many others, called the killings during the US occupation of Iraq an “atrocity”.

Hello, Australia! – An elderly cop is charged with killing a man in what many are calling a completely avoidable tragedy – Two Aussies on death row get unexpected support – Screaming and banging can cause a plane to land – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs: