Good Morning Australia!! - An International Climate Change deal will finally take effect next month - Russia rattles another nuclear cage - Cleaning up after Rodrigo - A crowded jet narrowly misses a flaming Samsung disaster - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

For what it's worth, The Paris Climate Accord to combat climate change by shifting the world economy away from fossil fuels will take force next month.  This comes after Germany, France, and Slovakia completed domestic ratification of the treaty, putting the number of member nations above the required 55 percent.  In total, 72 countries out of 195 have ratified the agreement, and it has the support of the world's stinkiest polluters China, The US, and India.

Nine Australians will go before a judge in Malaysia today, where they are being held in jail after stripping to Malaysian flag-themed budgie smugglers after a Formula one car race over the weekend.  One of the rocket scientists is a staffer of the Defense Industry Minister Christopher Pyne.  Malaysian law says the suspects can be held for only four days before prosecutors must charge them, release them, or seek an extension for further investigation.  Although some Malaysian lawmakers are talking about criminal charges, some observers fell it more likely they will be fined and sent back home.

Hurricane Matthew has left at least 17 people dead after tearing through Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba.  The storm is now bearing down on the Bahamas, and is believed to be picking up strength as it heads to landfall in Florida.  Haitian officials and international aid workers already in place will survey the damage after Matthew pounded towns, farmland, and resorts on the island of Hispaniola with 230 kilometer per hour winds on Tuesday.  Meanwhile, Floridians are wiping store shelves clean of emergency supplies before the storm hits on Thursday.

Crazy flooding from Typhoon Chaba in South Korea.

The RWNJ government of Poland is backing away from a plan to outlaw abortions, according to Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Gowin.  This came after a series of massive protests against it, including Monday's general strike.  The bill was put before parliament with the backing of the Roman Catholic church, but the protests convinced the government to rethink its position.

The Defense Minister of the Philippines is feverishly trying to rescue the country's alliance with its biggest ally and protector, after another volley of boneheaded comments from nut-job President Rodrigo Duterte, who threatened to "break up with" the United States and roll with China and Russia.  Defense Minister Delfin Porenzana publicly contradicted Duterte's accusations that Philippine troops get nothing out of the military alliance, noting that the US provides weapons and tactical training and even uniforms that would normally be beyond the reach of security forces.   Not to mention 2013, when Philippine and US Forces were able to immediately send their ships and helicopters to Tacloban City after it was heavily damaged by Super Typhoon "Yolanda" hit in 2013. 

Russia is further cutting back its nuclear cooperation the United States.  The Kremlin scrapped a research agreement and terminated another one on converting Russian reactors to a lower grade of uranium.  This comes two days after scrapping a pact with Washington to get rid of excess weapons-grade plutonium.  Moscow says it is doing this as counter-measures to the US sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine.

The US is criticizing Israeli plans to construct a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank, saying it would damage already-slim prospects for peace with the Palestinians.  Israel's Foreign Ministry brushed aside the criticism, saying that the 98 housing units in Shilo are within the footprint of an existing settlement.  The UN says any Israeli settlement in Palestinian territory contravenes international law.

Sorry, Kevin - the next Secretary General of the United Nations will be another white guy.  Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is said to be the only choice in Thursday's confirmation in the Security Council.  The 66-year old is expected to take the reigns from Ban Ki-moon early next year.

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to a trio of European scientists who developed molecules that produce mechanical motion in response to a stimulus.  The Nobel Academy says the research could lead to the micro-machines performing specific tasks, such as delivering cancer drugs to specifically-targeted cells or smart materials that respond to heat or water.  France's Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Scotland's J. Fraser Stoddart (who used the occasion to bash the Brexit), and Bernard Feringa of the Netherlands will share a purse of more than AU$1.2 Million.  The Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, and the Economics prize will go next Monday.

A Samsung Galaxy Note 7 that had supposedly been repaired burst into flames on a Southwest Airlines flight, forcing the evacuation of the plane just before it was to fly from Louisville, Kentucky to Baltimore on the US East Coast.  No one was injured.  Samsung issued a widespread recall of the Note 7 last month, but says it identified the problem causing batteries to overheat and fixed it.  The owner of the flaming mess from last night's evacuated flight said he had followed the FAA's advice both to power down the unit, and didn't back it in his luggage.