Hello, Australia! – A judge did what in the case of an Adelaide woman who drove while on meth? – Italy’s PM questions the European Union’s reason for existing, gets results – Hemorrhaging money, Australia Post plans cuts – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

An Adelaide judge acquitted a woman who ran a red light and struck a boy, after two “experts” testified that methylamphetamine – or “Ice” – can have a positive effect on drivers.  The 12-year old boy suffered multiple injuries including a skull fracture and a collapsed lung in the 2012 collision.  39-year old Leah Lenarczyk was on ice at the time. But today, Judge Barry Beazley ruled the prosecution didn’t prove that it affected her ability to drive.  He acquitted Lenarczyk pf driving dangerously, but convicted her on the lesser charge of driving without due care.

Australia Post will reportedly cut 1,900 jobs over the next three years by offering voluntary redundancies.  The company confirmed almost A$500 Million in losses this fiscal year, hurt mainly by the spread of email and other online messenging services.

European leaders ordered finance ministers to reach a debt financing agreement with Greece over the weekend.  That’s not going to leave a lot of wiggle room before Tuesday’s deadline for Greece to repay 1.6 Billion Euros to the IMF.  “European history is full of disagreements, negotiations and at the end, compromises,” said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.  “So, after the comprehensive Greek proposals, I am confident we will reach a compromise.”

EU leaders finally agreed on relocating some 40,000 Syrians and Eritreans expected to arrive in Italy and Greece over the next couple of years.  But the agreement to share the humanitarian burden didn’t come before a good scolding by Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, whose country has thus far done most of the work in caring for the thousands of immigrants crossing the sea from Africa.  “If you don’t agree with 40,000 refugees you don’t deserve to be called Europe,” Renzi was quoted as saying to fellow EU leaders behind closed doors at a summit in Brussels before the agreement was reached.  “If this is your idea of Europe, you can keep it.  Either there is solidarity or don't waste our time.”  Looks like they chose solidarity.

Haiti accuses the Dominican Republican of creating a humanitarian crisis on the west half of the Caribbean island they share.  More than 14,000 people have crossed into Haiti after the DR announced it would start deporting non-citizens who did not submit applications to establish legal residency.  Most of those affected are of Haitian descent or from Haiti.  “It’s time to try and fix everything that needs fixing, to improve relations between both countries, but also for the good of the people, for the respect of the people on both sides of the border,” said Haitian Prime Minister Evans Paul.

All nine people aboard a small plane are believed to be dead after it crashed into the side of a mountain in Alaska.  They are the pilot and eight cruise ship passengers on an excursion flight.  It’s believed weather conditions over Ella Lake were cloudy when the DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter single-engine prop plane flew into a granite cliff face.

North Korea released images of dear leader Kim Jong-un and his wife touring the new terminal at Pyongyang Airport.  The new facility is hilariously home to high-class shops and restaurants that no one will ever use.  It’s the latest in Kim’s building projects in the hermit kingdom, which include a ski resort, water park, and riding stables – none of which impoverished North Korean prisone—I mean, citizens can afford to use.

Japan and China next month plan to finalize an agreement on how their mutual militaries will communicate with each other during unexpected contact.  The idea is to minimize the possibility of conflict as China expands its influence and Japan builds are more outward-looking military.  Earlier this week, a Japanese P3-C patrol plane flew over parts of the South China Sea that Beijing claims, but which most of the rest of the world considers to be International Waters.