A novice steered the sunken South Korean ferry to disaster – Ukraine takes a holiday break – Rio residents riot over the Good Friday killing of an innocent man – And a lot more in this Easter edition of your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The third mate who was steering an ill-fated South Korean ferry on Wednesday morning had never navigated the fast-moving, rocky waters where the Sewol capsized and sank.  South Korea’s coast guard says more bodies were recovered, bringing the confirmed death toll to 46 with more than 256 missing, mostly high school students on a class trip.  The third mate is in custody, along with the captain and another crewmember.

Because of the Easter holiday, Ukraine has suspended military operations against pro-Russian separatists occupying government and police buildings in cities throughout the east.  The armed separatists are refusing to leave, demanding referendums on seceding from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation, and pretty much ignoring the multilateral peace deal signed last week.

MH370:  Nope.  Not yet.

Japan broke ground on a new radar facility on Yonaguni Island, the westernmost island in Japan and just 150 kilometers from the Senkaku Islands – controlled by Japan for more than a century but recently counter-claimed by China after .  150 military personnel will be stationed there.  The move is bound to anger Beijing, because in addition to watching the Senkakus, the radar facility will expand Tokyo’s ability to monitor the Chinese mainland. 

People in the Caramujo Favela in Rio de Janeiro set fire to vehicles after two people were killed, one of them caught in the middle of a careless gun battle between cops and drug dealers.  21-year old Anderson Santos Silva was literally standing outside a church waiting to go in for a Good Friday service.  17-year old Emanoel Gomes died when an armored police vehicle crashed into his scooter.  It’s another violent incident causing worry for Rio just two months before the world cup and two years before the 2016 Summer Olympics.

A drone strike in Yemen killed at least 10 suspected al Qaeda militants, but also killed three civilian day laborers.  The workers were in a truck that was too close to the target, a truck carrying 11 militants from the group “al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula”.  Yemen's Supreme Security Council described the attack in a statement as an airstrike carried out by Yemeni authorities, aimed at terrorists planning to strike civilian and military targets.

The leader of Boko Haram finally claimed responsibility for the bombing at a Nigerian bus terminal that killed more than 70 people.  Abubakar Shekau taunted Nigerian authorities in a video, saying his militants are in the capital city Abuja but the authorities don’t know where.  He did not claim responsibility for the kidnapping of scores of teenage girls from a school in the northeast – 85 remain missing.

A Queensland teen is pressing ahead with her attempt to become the youngest Australian to summit Mount Everest, despite the avalanche disaster.  17-year-old Alyssa Azar from Toowoomba in south-east Queensland is waiting at base camp for the opportunity to climb.  At least 13 Nepali Sherpas were killed last week when they were buried by an avalanche.  As many as four more are still missing.  Azar says her thoughts and prayers are with the Sherpas and their families.