Global News
American CEOs are egregiously overpaid to the detriment of shareholders and workers, even if they're not doing a very good job leading their corporations.
World News Briefs For Friday, 28 February 2020
Hello Australia!! - New concerns over the US response to Covid-19 - Other nations take measures to stop the coronavirus' spread - A victory for green activists - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - US To Ban Lynching
The US House of Representatives has given overwhelming, bipartisan support to legislation that would make lynching a federal crime, the high point in a 120 year effort to pass such a bill.
Government, Health - Morrison Announces Virus Plan
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is getting ahead of the UN World Health Organization and is ordering the Australian government to start treating the Covid-19 outbreak as if it were becoming a global pandemic.
World News Briefs For Thursday, 27 Feb 2020
Hello Australia!! - Is Bolsonaro declaring war on democracy? - Hindu mobs stalk Muslims as Trump and Modi wrap up their meetings - The latest on Covid-19 - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Officials Warn Of Rising Anti-Semitism
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is warning of rising anti-Semitism and far-right activity in the world, and he says that Australia is not immune.
Green, Government - Costa Rican Land Defender Killed
The lynching of an indigenous land defender in Costa Rica is challenging the Central American country's reputation for being the safest in the region.
World News Briefs For Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Hello Australia!! - When the messenger is the afflicted - A luxury resort is locked down because of the coronavirus - When Greta met Malala - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Energy, Green, Resources - Equinor Drops Bight Plan
Sustained pressure from environmental activists has prompted the Norwegian energy company Equinor to cancel plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Health, Logistics - Coronavirus Takes A Toll On Shipping
The global freight industry is looking at several months before getting back to normal after the Covid-19 coronavirus disrupted manufacturing and supply chains in China and beyond.
World News For Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Hello Australia!! - The fall of a Hollywood mogul - The world is warned to prepare for a Covid-19 pandemic - There's no space travel without math - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health, ICT - AI Advances The Fight Against Superbugs
Researchers in the US have used a high-powered artificial intelligence (AI) model to discover new families of antibiotics called "halicin" that can kill drug-resistant superbugs.
Health, Government - North Korea Quarantines Foreigners
In a nebulous and potentially ominous announcement, North Korea says it is putting hundreds of foreigners under quarantine in a bid to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
World News Briefs For Monday, 24 Feb 2020
Hello Australia!! - Strong reactions to Covid-19 appearing around the world - South Korea declares a Red Alert - The rocket man who shoudn't have done it - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 23 Feb 2020
Hello Australia!! - Is two weeks not enough for a Coronavirus quarantine? - The Coronavirus meets internet trolls - A big, big bank will pay a high price for ripping off customers - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 22 Feb 2020
Hello Australia!! - Germany confronts its far-right problem - Thailand bans the opposition - Harry and Meghan drop the "royal" moniker - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Resources, Energy - Rio Tinto Goes Solar
Rio Tinto wants to build a 34-megawatt solar energy facility to power its its new $2.6 Billion Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
Finance, HR - Workers in Lurch As Collete's Closes
Hundreds of jobs are at risk as the administrator of Colette's by Colette Hayman announced it will close 33 retail stores in the next three weeks.
World News Briefs For Friday, 21 Feb 2020
Hello Australia!! - Germans decry the racism behind this week's shisha bar massacres - Two cruise ship passengers die from the coronavirus - Covid-19 causes irrational panic in Ukraine - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Turkey Rearrests Gezi Protest Leader
Moments after he was acquitted by an Istanbul court, Turkish police re-arrested a leading figure in the 2013 protests in Gezi Park that led to wider demonstrations against authoritarian leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Government - Trump Picks New Temp DNI
Donald Trump's choice for America's new "acting" Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is provoking concern because of his far right ties, and the fact he has absolutely no experience in intelligence.