Hello Australia!! - The world says farewell to Muhammad Ali - Outrage turns into action after a rapist gets an offensively lenient sentence - Big money battles freedom of the media - And more in your CareerSpot Global NewsBriefs:

Thousands of people lined the procession route to see the hearse carrying the body of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali as it made its way through his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.  Actor Will Smith and ex-boxers Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson were among the pallbearers.  The champ, who died a week earlier, was buried after a private ceremony in Cave Hill cemetery.  Later, thousands gathered in a Louisville arena for an interfaith memorial featuring Imams, Preachers, Rabbis, Buddhists, indigenous peoples, and a eulogy read by former US President Bill Clinton.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (who once had his balls kicked by a horse) abruptly left Louisville, when he learned he would not be allowed to speak at Muhammad Ali's memorial.  So that's something.

The pressure is increasing on California to sack Judge Aaron Persky after he handed a six month jail term to a white, upper-class rapist who went to the same prestigious university as the judge.  More than 1.1 million people signed petitions calling for Persky's ouster.  A dozen California lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Persky's misconduct, and a group of heavyweight political consultants are working on a recall election.  Jurors are refusing to serve in his court.  And journalists are digging up his judicial record, finding a disturbing pattern of favoring rapists.

While prosecutors call for a review of Persky's ruling, the walls are closing in on convicted rapist Brock Turner as well.  The US governing body for the sport of swimming issued a lifetime ban on ex-Stanford University swimmer Turner, whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman has stirred widespread outrage.  USA Swimming released a statement reading, "USA Swimming strictly prohibits and has zero tolerance for sexual misconduct, with firm Code of Conduct policies in place, and severe penalties, including a permanent ban of membership, for those who violate the Code of Conduct."

In a disturbing incident that has implications for the free media in the US (and therefore the world, because let's face it...), the gossip website Gawker filed for bankruptcy.  This comes after losing a US$140 Million invasion of privacy lawsuit to plaintiff, pro-wrestler, and racist Hulk Hogan earlier this year.  Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel of PayPal bankrolled Hogan's lawsuit, allegedly because Gawker outed Thiel as "totally gay" which apparently doesn't fly in Thiel's social circles (he's currently at the 2016 Bilderberg meeting in Dresden as you read this).  It marks the first time in recent memory that a billionaire has coordinated a series of lawsuits to silence a media outlet he doesn't like.

Keiko Fujimori has conceded Peru's presidential runoff election to rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.  With all ballots counted, Mr. Kuczynski won by the slimmest of margins: 50.1 percent to Fujimori's 49.9 percent.  The 40-year old daughter of the jailed ex-dictator Alberto Fukimori may still have a political future:  "In a democratic spirit, we accept these results," Fujimori said, promising to lead a "watchful" opposition.

South African telecommunications firm MTN has agreed to pay US$1.7 Billion to Nigeria over failing to disconnect unregistered Sim cards, which the government said were being used by Islamist miitans like Boko Haram.  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) originally fined MTN a record $5.2 Billion, but the two sides have settled on a lower amount.

Bangaldesh arrested 900 people in a crackdown on Islamist militancy.  More than 40 people - secular bloggers, academics, LGBT activists, and members of religious minorities - have been murdered in gruesome hacking attacks over the past couple of years.