Good Morning, Australia! – Nepal is rocked by a second killer earthquake – A murdered opponent of Vladimir Putin claims Russia lost hundreds of troops in Ukraine’s unrest – Why people will be taking about Vienna’s new street crossing lights around the water cooler – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Another powerful earthquake has struck Nepal, and dozens of people are reported killed, many more are injured.  This magnitude-7.3 temblor struck east of the capital Kathmandu, halfway to Mount Everest.  Buildings swayed and collapsed, hillsides came tumbling down, and people who had just moved back into their damaged homes after two weeks of camping in parks are back out under tents.  Nepal has barely begun to clean up after the 25 April quake that killed more than 8,000 people.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, for the first time since the Ukraine crisis began in early 2014.  The purpose is to discuss international “hotspots” and western economic sanctions against Russia.  The Kremlin denies the reason for those sanctions, western allegations of arming and encouraging the rebels in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region. 

But a report says Russia lost 220 troops in two major battles in eastern Ukraine.  And the costs of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea are running into the billions of dollars.  Russia dissident politician Boris Nemtsov compiled the figures before he was mysteriously murdered on a bridge overlooking the Kremlin earlier this year.  “All key successes of the separatists were secured by the Russian army units,” said Nemtsov’s ally Ilya Yashin at a news conference in Moscow to announce the report on the Open Russia website.

Macedonian police released video of last weekend’s street fighting with Kosovar separatists. 

Boko Haram would have been wiped out by now, if Nigeria would cooperate with its partners.  So says Chad President Idriss Deby, complaining that poor co-ordination between his country and Nigeria is slowing down the fight against the Islamist rebel group.  Boko Haram suffered a string of devastating losses the moment Nigeria’s neighbors Chad, Niger, and Cameroon got into the fight as a team.  “If we want to continue the fight we'll have to make sure that our two armies work together,” Mr. Deby said to outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.  Deby also met with President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, who takes office later this month.

A third prominent atheist blogger has been hacked to death in Bangladesh.  Men with machetes attacked Ananta Bijoy Das in the northeastern town of Sylhet.  He wrote blogs for the website once moderated by American atheist blogger Avijit Roy, who was murdered while visiting relatives in Bangladesh in February.  Sweden confirmed that it refused to issue a visa to Mr. Das for a press freedom conference in Stockholm, out of concerns he would fail to return home.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is raising eyebrows with an appointment to his new government.  MP Catherine Dinenage is the new UK Equality Minister, after having voted against same sex marriage and saying that the state “has no right” to “redefine marriage”, and that “preventing same-sex couples from being allowed to marry takes nothing away from their relationship”.  After her appointment, Dinenage now says she is “fully committed to advancing the cause of LGBT equality”.

Vienna, Austria is getting some radical, new street crossing light for the annual Eurovision song contest.  Instead of the usual gender-neutral “stop” and “walk” symbols in red and green, the lights show same-sex couples holding hands.  “The city of Vienna is setting a signal for openness and tolerance,” said Deputy Mayor Maria Vassilakou.  Sure, social conservatives will blow a gasket and people will talk.  But the latter is the point.  A total of 22 kids were injured at pedestrian crossings in Vienna last year “as a result of inattention”.  Now, everyone will be talking about the crossing signals.

Soggy Kitty is rescued from storm drain in Ohio, USA.

(Note: An earlier version of this story erroneously referred to "Vienna, Australia".  Well, we test marketed it, and it turns out that Vienna didn't want to be relocated outside Brisbane, because no one spoke German and there weren't enough Alps.  So, we had to pick it up and carry it it all the back to Virginia.  I mean Austria.)