Hello Australia!! - The coldest regions of the world are burning - Mounties narrow the hunt the killer of a NSW Man - Subscribing to America's trend of racism gets three frat boys in trouble - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Unprecedented wildfires are tearing through the Arctic region, in Alaska, Greenland, and Siberia.  In Alaska, abnormally warm and dry temperatures have created a dangerous situation in rural areas, with the fires eating through more than 880,000 hectares of forest and bush.  In Siberia, so many fires are burning that the sky has been blotted out by the gray haze enveloping major cities such as Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk.  PM 2.5 air pollution has surged to unhealthy levels across Siberia and people are being warned to stay inside or wear masks.  Many of the fires can be seen from space. 

The heat is now directly threatening to melt the Greenland ice sheet, which would contribute significantly to rising sea levels.  "In July alone, it lost 160 billion tonnes of ice through surface melting," said World Meteorological Organisation spokesperson Clare Nullis.  Iceland already lost its first glacier.  And Alert, Canada - the northernmost inhabited place on Earth - hit 70 degrees for the first time ever.   

It's happening at the same time as the second major heatwave of the year to settle on Europe.  Temperatures have broken records in Germany, France and the Netherlands, for a second day in a row.  The mercury reached 43.6 C Degrees near Paris, while forests and farmland burned outside the capital.  The northwestern German town of Lingen also set a second record in as many days, reaching 42.6 C degrees.  

Moving along..

Canadian police are searching for the killers of a New South Wales man Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend Chyna Deece around the town of Gillam in northern Manitoba town and the Fox Lake Cree Nation, an indigenous group.  "Our investigators are also exploring the possibility that the suspects may have inadvertently received assistance in leaving the area," said Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesperson Julie Courchaine.  One of the suspected killers' social media shows an obsession with naziism and memorabilia, although the suspect's father denies it.  Mr. Fowler and Ms Deece were found shot to death on a remote road in rural British Columbia on 15 July.  

Outrage in Mississippi, after photos emerged of three white college students posing with assault weapons next to a bullet ridden sign honoring Civil Rights movement Emmet Till, a black teen who was murdered in 1955 for looking at a white woman.  The students were suspended by their fraternity Kappa Alpha, and there are calls for the US Justice Department to open a civil rights investigation - although with Donald Trump and William Barr in charge, that's not a positive prospect.  A University of Mississippi spokesman was disgusted but says if a crime occurred, it happened off-campus and was beyond the reach of the school's authority.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced the PA is suspending all agreements with Israel, because Israel demolished several Palestinian homes in the West Bank to make room for a new Israeli settlement.  The two sides work together on matters ranging from water usage, electricity, economic relations, and security.

The Syrian Civil War isn't actually over yet - suspected Russian airstrikes have killed at least a hundred people including 26 children in the last ten days.  UN human rights chief and former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet says Syria and allied forces are targeting hospitals, schools, markets and bakeries in the Idlib area.  Syria and Russia deny they're targeting civilians.

Gunmen dressed as police stole AU$43 Million worth of gold in Brazil.  The suspects were able to enter Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo and make off with 750 kilos of the precious metal, taking two airport workers hostage in the process.  Their fate is not clear, but officials say no one was hurt in the robbery.

Cuba celebrated the 66th anniversary of the rebellion at the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes military barracks led by a young lawyer named Fidel Castro.  This strike against the regime of US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista would be the beginning of the Revolution that dislodged an imperiaist and exploitative regime and led to Cuba's Socialist government.  President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other Cuban leaders used the occasion to condemn the US for reversing former President Barack Obama's thaw in relations, and reinforcing the economic blockage (that after six decades STILL hasn't convinced Cuba to give up Socialism).