Hello Australia!! - Twelve are killed in an explosion in the Philippines - The most-hated man in America who isn't Donald Trump is released from jail - A scene from "The Revenent"?  No, a real-life Karate Bear Fighter - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

An explosion tore through a night market in Davao City, Philippines, which is the hometown of President Rodrigo Duterte.  Police say twelve people were killed, local media reports the death toll at 14 with several more injuries.  It happened outside of a hotel that is said to be a favorite of Duterte, who was not there and not harmed.  The cause of the blast isn't clear, but authorities are considering a bomb that could have been set off by Abu Sayyaf Islamist guerillas or by drug dealers, who Duterte has targeted throughout his political career.

A Malaysian opposition minister says Prime Minister Najib Razak is "Official Number One" in a US Justice Department lawsuit seeking to freeze US$1 Billion in assets from a looted development fund.  The court papers repeatedly identify "Official Number One" as the person who diverted the money from the 1MDB fund.  Mr. Najib has denied any wrongdoing and claims that the US$1 Billion that suddenly appeared in his personal accounts at about the time the 1MDB money went missing was a "gift" from the Saudis.

Uzbekistan is finally confirming the death of President Islam Karimov, after several days of speculation and a day of conflicting reports.  This comes six days after he was taken to hospital with a suspected brain hemorrhage.  Karimov has ruled the central Asian country, a former SSR, since before the end of the Cold War.  He ditched the Communism, such as it was, and kept the repression - Uzbekistan tolerated no dissent in the years since 1991, and crushed radical Islamist insurgencies that have plagued other central and southern Asian nations.  Rights groups accuse him of all sorts of bad stuff ranging from forced labor to torture to killings.  Since Uzbekistan is about as opaque as North Korea, his successor remains unclear.

Convicted rapist Brock Turner walked free out of the Santa Clara County jail after serving only three months for assaulting an unconscious woman.  The case ignited international rage over the privilege enjoyed by wealthy, white men in America because the judge gave Turner - a Stanford University swimmer - a light sentence so as to not ruin the rest of life.  Prosecutors wanted a six year prison term.  Judge Aaron Persky is now fighting for his legal and political life, sending out fundraising emails to fight a recall attempt.  Turner is expected to serve out his parole 2,000 miles away in his home state of Ohio.  The victim may remain anonymous, although she was widely praised for releasing her Impact Statement from the trial to call attention to the flagrant injustice.

Hungary is recruiting 3,000 "border-hunters" (which sure sounds a lot like vigilantes) who will reinforce up to cops and soldiers patrolling a razor-wire fence built to keep migrants out.  Recruits must be over 18 years of age and pass a psychological test before they are armed and given six months of training.  This is despite the flow of Middle Eastern and African immigrants over its borders with Croatia and Serbia having slowed to a trickle.

Hurricane Hermine hit the Florida west coast and panhandle, causing damage to homes, buildings, and power and water infrastructure; at least one person was killed.  The storm moved north over Georgia with drenching rains and winds that knocked over power lines.  There is a concern that mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus and other tropical diseases will breed in the millions of pools of stagnant water left behind.

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) says there are no reported infections of the Zika virus during last month's Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.  There had been widespread infections in parts of the country prior to the games, resulting in thousands of babies born with the birth defect microcephaly, abnormally small brains and skulls.  A WHO spokesman said the Paralympics, which start on 7 September, will more than likely not hold anymore "additional risks" of Zika infection.

China has closed its infamous glass bottom bridge over a canyon in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province for an urgent upgrade.  Officials say there was no break and no one was injured for any reason.  However, the demand to cross the transparent span is much greater than anticipated - it's designed to handle up to 8,000 people per day, but more than ten times that wanted access. 

A Japanese fisherman says he fended off a bear attack using Karate.  "The bear was so strong, and it knocked me down," said 63-year old Black Belt Atsushi Aoki who said the bear attacked while he was fishing in the mountains in Gunma Prefecture northwest of Tokyo.  "I thought it's either 'I kill him or he kills me,'" and Mr. Aoki struck back at the beast's eyes, convincing it to go back into the woods.  Mr. Aoki says he then picked up his fish and drove to hospital to be treated for wounds to his face, arms, and legs.  Asiatic Black Bears aren't the biggest, but they are very unfriendly.  Four people were killed earlier this year in unrelated bear attacks in Japan.

Now - when you get to back to the water cooler on Monday, people are going to say that story sounded like the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Revenent".  But in fact, it's way more like part of the plot to action star Sonny Chiba's 1970s flick "Karate Bear Fighter", one of the trilogy that formed the cinematic biography of Kyokushin Karate founder Mas Oyama, who beat up a bear.  In legend, anyway.  But as soon as someone says, "OMG it's like that Leonardo DiCaprio movie!" you get to say, "Nah, it's more like 'Karate Beat Fighter'.. Sonny Chiba was great in that one!"  And you will have won.  Film Studies, baby.