America’s allies on OPEC plan to keep over-pumping – Tony Abbott manages to tick off 51 percent of the population – The house where eight children were murdered in Cairns is likely to be demolished – Elton John gets married – No fewer than two stories today feature non-human primates – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Looks like plummeting crude oil prices will continue.  Despite the worldwide glut, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait say they won’t cut oil production even if competitors do.  Meanwhile Iraq and the United Arab Emirates shrugged off calls for an emergency meeting of the 12-nation cartel.  Oil prices are down almost 50 percent since June, and its playing havoc with the economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, which by complete coincidence have adversarial relationships with the US, and that’s totally unrelated.

Nine Today asked PM Tony Abbott about his single biggest achievement for Australian Women.  And he actually said women sure are happy about the repeal of the carbon tax, because it’s another $550 in the household budget, and “As many of us know, women are particularly focused on the household budget..”  SMDH.  And then the Women of Australia responded:  http://twitter.com/hashtag/thankstony, http://twitter.com/hashtag/PutYourIronOut.  Really not sure how this guy got elected…

French Police arrested a driver who shouted “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is Great!”) while running down pedestrians in the city of Dijon.  Eleven people are recovering from various injuries, two are in serious condition.  The 40-year old driver claimed to be “acting for the children of Palestine”.  Police say the suspect has been a troublemaker for 20 years and has spent time in a psychiatric hospital.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorists released a gruesome video showing militants forcing civilians to lie face down on the floor of a dorm, and firing into them.  Most appear to be adult men, singled out because Boko Haram decided they were “infidels” and non-believers.  The setting appears to be a school in Gwoza town in northern Nigeria.  Thousnds have been killed and 1.6 million have been driven from their homes during Boko Haram’s five-year insurgency in Nigeria, which is now spilling over the borders into Cameroon, Chad, and Niger.

Human Rights Watch and other groups are criticizing Jordan for ending its moratorium on executions and killing eleven prison inmates.  The men – murderers who were convicted more than a decade ago – were hanged at dawn on Sunday.  Jordan had refrained from capital punishment for eight years, even as courts continued to sentence prisoners to death over the decade.  Apparently, the public believed that rising crime rates were linked to the dearth in executions.

US President Barack Obama says North Korea’s hack into the servers at Sony Pictures was an act of cyber vandalism and not an act of war.  America is considering putting North Korea back on the list of terrorist nations.  Meanwhile, the guy who used to write North Korea’s press releases must be back from vacation, because Pyongyang is back to its old, bellicose, belligerent threats.  North Korea is threatening to “blow up” the White House or the Pentagon if the US retaliates for the Sony hack.

Fearing copycat attacks, New York City officials are ordering police officers to take extra precautions and to be extra careful out there.  Detectives are being told to travel in threes, foot patrol officers in pairs, and to watch each others’ backs.  This comes after a 28-year old drifter with a history of run-ins with the law gunned down two cops in their patrol car in Brooklyn, before running into the subway and killing himself.  Family members say 28-year old Ismaaiyl Brinsley had undiagnosed mental problems.

The suburban Cairns home where a woman allegedly killed eight children is to be turned down and turned into a public memorial.  Community members continue to lay tributes at the site, and with the decision to convert the property, will be able to exorcise their broken hearts for some time to come.  Meanwhile, 37-year old Mersane Warria remains under police guard in hospital, charged with the murders of seven of her children and one niece. 

Acclaimed British actress Billie Whitelaw is dead at age 82, after a year-long illness.  On film and television consistently from 1950 through 2007, she’s known for her role as the demonic nanny Mrs. Baylock in “The Omen”; and as the vaguely insulting, crossword-loving, and machine gun toting hotelkeeper Mrs. Cooper in “Hot Fuzz”.  On stage, Whitelaw worked closely with the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, who referred to her as a “perfect actress”. 

Three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is suffering a bout of pneumonia.  The 72-year old legend is in stable condition in hospital and is expected to recover, according to a statement from his family.  Ali is also battling Parkinson’s Disease, and even though he make infrequent public appearances, is unable to speak at them.

Sir Elton John and his longtime partner David Furnish are now married.  They became civil partners in 2005 and have two sons.  The UK updated its law to recognize same-sex marriages in March, and Elton and David converted their partnership into a formal marriage over the weekend.  They also held a big party at their estate in Windsor with guests such as the Beckhams, Elizabeth Hurley, Hugh Grant, comic Jimmy Carr, singer Lulu, musician Ed Sheeran, lots of celebs.  And for the rest of us who couldn’t be there, the couple live-blogged it on social media.

Hey, did you see this video of the monkey in India who resuscitated a pal who suffered a terrible electrical shock on a railroad track?  The monkey rubs his friend and even dunks him into water to try and help him back to consciousness.  Solidarity.

A court in Argentina says an Orangutan should be granted some of the same legal rights enjoyed by humans.  Animal rights activists sued, claiming Sandra the Orang was illegally detained by the Buenos Aires Zoo, where she lived for 20 years – but apparently didn’t enjoy being on display because she spent most of those two decades hiding under things to avoid being seen by zoo-goers.  If the Zoo doesn’t appeal, Sandra will be transferred to a primate sanctuary in Brazil where she will enjoy more freedom and space than she would at the zoo.