Good Morning, Australia! – Copenhagen police kills the suspect allegedly behind two deadly shootings – Fear of terrorism leads a town to call off a centuries-old tradition – Why is Guinea trying to stop people from pulling their kids out of school? – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Police in Denmark shot and killed the suspected gunman behind the shootings at a cafe and later at a synagogue.  Authorities already had the suspect on their radar, and believe he acted alone.  In the first attack, the gunman killed one person and wounded three police officers at a cafe that was hosting a discussion on free speech.  The featured guest was an artist who had depicted the prophet Mohammed as a dog.  Hours later, another man was killed and two cops were injured while guarding a Bat Mitzvah at a synagogue.  Most recently, police raided a Copenhagen Internet cafe linked to the investigation.

The northern German town of Braunschweig abruptly cancelled at Carnival parade because of a credible threat of an imminent Islamist attack.  This happened just 90 minutes before it was to commence, and people had already shown up in costume to take part.  The six-kilometer parade route, which often attracts as many as 250,000 people, was cleared and the town square blocked off.  “This is a sad day for our city,” said Mayor Ulrich Markurth.  “The assessment of the police however left us with no other choice.”

Police are looking at poor construction as the cause of a building collapse that killed 13 members of a family in Dulhipur, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India.  The structure was almost complete, and the family was sleeping on the ground floor when all three storeys gave way and crushed them.  Substandard materials and techniques as well as lax regulation frequently lead to such tragedies in India.

Guinea’s government is trying to tamp down baseless rumors that that the Red Cross will begin administering an Ebola vaccine to schoolchildren.  It’s causing a panic among the uninformed, some of whom attacked health care workers.  Others whisked their kids out of school – which ironically could be the safest place for kids because of the stringent hygiene programs begun in response to the Ebola epidemic.  The man accused of starting the rumor is facing a court date.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong is scheduled to go into surgery today for prostate cancer.  His office says Lee is expected to fully recover after a week’s rest.  Lee was treated for lymphoma 20 years ago, which went into remission after chemotherapy.

Argentina’s Economy Minister is throwing more cold water all over right-wing allegations that the government tried to cover-up Iranian involvement in a 1994 terrorist bombing so that Argentina could start swapping grains for much-needed oil from Iran.  Axel Kicillof ran the numbers and says it’s “inexplicable nonsense” because “energy supply has increased in the past decade more than in the 20 previous years due to economic growth” – so, there is no energy shortage and never was.  Prosecutor Alberto Nisman claimed President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner led the non-existent cover-up, shortly before he was found shot to death in his apartment.  Nonetheless, in a country with a history of political intrigue and violence, the allegations have gained some traction and caused political trouble for the government.

The truce in Ukraine appears to be holding.  Both the government in Kiev and Russian-backed rebels acknowledged that there is still some shelling around the town of Debaltseve, which the rebels really tried to take in the hours before the agreement came into force.  International monitors complain they’re being blocked from entering the town to examine the damage.