Good Morning, Australia! – Greece meets a key deadline – Iran’s Ayatollah expresses doubts on the nuclear deal – A troublesome statue comes down amidst cheers – Godzilla appears in Tokyo – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde confirmed that Greece made a crucial A$636 Million payment to the fund today.  Athens raised 1.14 Billion Euros with the sale of in six-month treasury bills, and plans the sale of another 625 Million Euros in three-month bills next week.  Greece’s finances are shaky as it tries to renegotiate the terms of its European bailout.  Earlier, the European Central Bank’s Governing Council raised the cap on emergency funding available to Greek banks, as Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he’s confident of reaching an aid agreement with European partners this month.

A gunman opened fire in a court in Milan, Italy, killing four people including a judge.  Police caught the gunman in a suburb of the northern Italian banking center as he tried to escape via motorcycle.  He is identified as Claudio Giardello, reportedly the figure of a bankruptcy case. 

Taliban suicide bombers with automatic weapons stormed a courthouse in northern Afghanistan, killing at least ten people and wounding 65 more.  Witnesses saw Taliban insurgents forcing their way into the crowded building in Mazar-e-Sharif by throwing grenades at the front gate and firing indiscriminately.  All five attackers are among the dead.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is warning that the preliminary agreement with the six major world powers is no guarantee of a final agreement to scale back Tehran’s nuclear plans.  He also reiterated Iranian demands that all international economic sanctions be lifted on the “first day” of any final deal’s implementation.  The US wants those sanctions to be lifted gradually as Iran meets certain benchmarks.

Kenya’s government is denying reports that 166 students are still unaccounted for after the gruesome assault on Garissa University.  Terrorists with the al Shabaab group from neighboring Somalia killed 148 people last week. The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) says the missing students might have been kidnapped by al Shabaab.  But critics are also blasting the government and security services for the slow response to the attack – it took more than seven hours for the military to arrive at the university to protect the students.

The head of Ukraine’s state security service SBU claims agents broke up a plot to declare a separatist stat in the important port city of Odessa.  Valentyn Nalyvaychenko told a televised news conference says they seized plans, maps, communication equipment, leaflets, and banners.  Meanwhile, the leader of the fascist street thugs Pravy Sektor (Right Sector) has been promoted to advisor to Ukraine’s army chief of staff.

The University of Cape Town in South Africa decided to remove a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, after weeks of student protests who said it’s a symbol of past racism.  Officials decided Rhodes didn’t represent the university’s commitment to providing an inclusive environment for all its members.  The statue will be put into storage until the nation’s heritage committee can decide what to do with it.

You can’t miss the new statue in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district:  Godzilla.  Unveiled at an office and theater belonging to Toho Films, to which the gigantic green-grey atomic lizard is under contract, it roars and lights up just like the real Godzilla.  Also, the Hotel next door started renting out a “Godzilla View” room with all sorts of Godzilla-themed stuff in it.