Hello Australia!! - Did one of the world's most-famous execs just become a fugitive? - Bolivia's coup government expels several diplomats - A horror fire during surgery - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

It's obviously another trying day with bushfires in Australia.  For more information about bushfires in your state, please click through to these sites:  For Victoria - VicEmergency; South Australia - SA CFS; New South Wales - NSW RFS; Western Australia - EmergencyWA; and Tasmania - TasFire.  Stay safe, Australia.

Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has reportedly left Japan and arrived in Lebanon, with reports indicating he flew in on a private jet from Turkey.  Japan had arrested Ghosn in 2018 over allegations of financial misconduct during his time as leader of the automaker, although his supporters deny the charges and have suggested a nationalist motive for the Japanese prosecutors going after a foreign-born executive.  Ghosn was jailed for months and last known to be under house arrest in Tokyo - it is not clear if he struck a new deal with prosecutors, or if he fled.  He holds both French and Lebanese passports.  Ghosn came to Nissan from Renault in the 1990s, and is known for turning around both automakers.

Bolivia's right-wing coup government kicked out top Mexican and Spanish diplomats.  It's a row over allegations that former Bolivian officials from the democratically-elected government of ousted president Evo Morales are hiding in the Mexican embassy and trying to leave the country with Spain's help.  The coup government wants to charge these officials with sedition, terrorism, and electoral fraud.  Spain has already expelled Bolivian right-wingers in response.  Mexico accuses the Bolivian coup government of "harassment and intimidation" because of the deployment of police and intelligence officers outside of its embassy.

A Romanian woman is dead after being set on fire during surgery in what appears to be a horrific case of surgical malpractice.  Surgeons at Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest used an alcohol-based disinfectant on the 66-year old cancer patient, but then used an electric scalpel.  Concerned hospital workers told a lawmaker that the woman "ignited like a torch"; a nurse doused the fire with a bucket of water, but it was too late.  She suffered burns over 40 percent of her body.  Deputy Health Minister Horatiu Moldovan said the "surgeons should have been aware" that it is not permitted to use an electric scalpel in close proximity to the alcohol-based disinfectant.

A very disturbing verdict from Cyprus:  A 19-year old British woman has been found guilty of causing public mischief by supposedly lying about being gang raped by Israeli youths in the town of Ayia Napa.  But the woman says she was berated by police during an eight hour interrogation and forced to recant her allegation against the youths.  Her supporters point to a number of irregularities with the case and are urging the court not to sentence her to a year in prison and a fine of around AU$3,000.  The cops refused to provide a lawyer and a translator for her, which is a violation of European Union law.

US Federal Prosecutors filed Hate Crime charges against Grafton Thomas, the suspect in the gruesome stabbing spree at a Rabbi's home near New York City during a Hanukkah observance.  Authorities say Thomas made several anti-Semitic and drawings in his personal journals, but his defense lawyer points to Thomas' lengthy history of mental illness.  Meanwhile, cops around New York City are increasing security around synagogues and other Jewish sites after the spate of the recent anti-Semitic attacks.

A court in Sudan sentenced 29 former intelligence officers to death for the torture and murder of a teacher who had been taking part in protests against then-president Omar al-Bashir's government.  These are first sentences to come down since the dictator Bashir was ousted from his 30-year rule in April.  Bashir's government was widely condemned for its brutality, and many more trials are likely, both in Sudan and in the International Criminal Court at The Hague.