Good Morning Australia!! - A powerful earthquake causes damage and death in New Zealand - Trump talks of vague plans to deport as many as three million undocumented migrants - Colombia reforms its peace deal with rebels fighting a five-decade insurrection - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

At least two people were killed in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that rocked the southeast coast of New Zealand, from Christchurch up north to Kaikoura, where a 2.5 meter tsunami was detected according to Weatherwatch.co.nz.  Prime Minister John Key said it appeared that everyone followed emergency directions and cleared away from the coastal area before the waves struck.  Damage is even reported in and around Wellington on the North Island.  All this started happening at just after midnight local time, so more information about deaths, injuries, and damage will become clearer as the day goes on.  However, there are reports of collapsed homes and businesses, and widespread road closures are a problem across the South Island from coast to coast and in Wellington.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed that the US will take some of the refugees in the Nauru and Manus Island detention camps.  "It is a one-off agreement - it will not be repeated," Malcolm said, no doubt aware of the anti-immigration orange bigot about to replace President Barack Obama, and stressing that the deal is only available to those refugees currently on Nauru and Manus Island and not to any new asylum seeker boat arrivals, and likely those currently in Australia due to medical reasons.

US Fuhrer-elect Donald Trump says as many as three million undocumented immigrants will be targeted for deportation or jail in the first days of the fourth reich.  In an interview with US media, Trump said those targeted would be those with criminal records, such as gang members and drug dealers.  That was almost immediately contradicted by US House Speaker Paul Ryan, also of the Republican Party, who told CNN:  "We are not planning on erecting a deportation force," and, "I think we should put people's minds at ease."

NATO's chief is warning Trump that "going it alone" is not an option for the US or for Europe.  Writing in the UK's Observer newspaper, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says:  "It is all too easy to take the freedoms, security and prosperity we enjoy for granted.  In these uncertain times we need strong American leadership, and we need Europeans to shoulder their fair share of the burden" - acknowledging that the US pays for 70 percent of NATO's operations and thus the rest of the alliance needs to step up.  In the presidential campaign, Trump suggested abandoning the NATO alliance, despite that fact that the only time its mutual defense clause was activated was when the US was attacked on 9/11.

France is extending the state of emergency imposed after the terrorists attacks at the Bataclan Theater and other locations around Paris a year ago.  The state of emergency gives the police extra powers to carry out searches and to place people under house arrest.  Prime Minister Manuel Valls says France must ensure safety in the presidential and parliamentary elections in the spring.  The election could be a pretty bad thing, as the far-right is growing in confidence after the UK Brexit vote and the election of fascist demagogue Donald Trump in the US (on a minority vote, btw) and Socialist President Francois Hollande is the most unpopular president in French history.

Remember that giant sinkhole in downtown Fukuoka, Japan?  That is so last week.  Water and sewers repaired, power and communication utilities already restored, hole filled in and paved over.  Japanese efficiency, baby.  Engineers will determine if the busy street near Hakata Station is ready to reopen.  "Work has been smooth.  After hearing experts' opinions and examining the road, we hope to reopen it to traffic," said Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima.

Prosecutors will question South Korean President Park Geun-Hye about the influence-peddling scandal involving a close friend of hers.  The interview reportedly should take place no later than Wednesday, and will mark the first time a sitting South Korean president has been questioned in a criminal matter.

A Chinese Rhino horn trafficker was caught on video bragging of his friendship with South African State Security Minister David Mahlobo.  "He came to my massage parlor every week or at least twice a month," said claimed trafficker Guan Jiang Guang to Al Jazeera, "I know him very well."  Mr. Mahlobo is denying any relationship with the businessman.  There are only 25,000 remaining African rhinoceros.  The biggest population is in South Africa's Kruger National Park, where at least two rhino per day are killed for their horns by poachers.

Colombia has announced an amended peace agreement with the Marxist FARC revolutionaries, which President Juan Manuel Santos is urging voters to approve.  The first deal, reached after five-years of arduous negotiations hosted by Cuba, was rejected by a very slight majority a month ago - President Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize days after the defeat.  He says that conservatives' concerns have been addressed in the new package.