Hello, Australia! – Greece seeks to assure the world – Somalia’s president speaks out on al Shabaab’s atrocity at a university – Looks like practically everyone in the world wanted to see Paul Walker’s last – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is trying to ease fears that Athens might default on a big loan payment Athens owes the IMF later this week.  Appearing in Washington, DC for surprise talks with the head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, Varoufakis said Greece “intends to meet all obligations to all its creditors, ad infinitum.”  Lagarde said she welcomed Varoufakis’ confirmation that the loan payment would be made on schedule.

The Somalian terrorist group al Shabaab is a regional problem, according to that country’s president.  Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expressed horror and sadness at al Shabaab’s cross border attack at Garissa University in Kenya, where some 150 Christian students were murdered.  President Mohamud said the militants are an “enemy that has no dignity” that also kills “Somalis and their leaders.”

Jamaica has initiated a high level investigation after a police officer shot and killed another cop who was allegedly in the process of robbing bar patrons at gunpoint.  This happened near the major tourist area of Montego Bay over the weekend.  Officials believe the bad cop had accomplices.

Concern is growing for 125 people still missing after the devastating flood in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert.  25 people are confirmed to have been killed in the disaster.  The thick, brown mud washed out of the high Andes down into villages is starting to harden under the desert sun.  Thousands of people lost their homes, and it is now feared that the recovery will take months instead of a few weeks.

This past weekend marked one year since the first flickers of rebellion against Kiev’s pro-Western government.  It was marked by four Ukrainian soldiers getting killed when their vehicle was hit by a shell fired by the Russian-backed rebels near Donetsk.  Two more died when they drove over a land mine near Mariupol.

Furious 7 opened to a record box office haul:  The Universal movie opened to a franchise-best A$504 Million over the weekend at the global box office, including A$15 Million in Oz and US$143.6 Million on the streets it knows best in America (That’s $43 Million more than can be fit into a giant safe and dragged around the city by two Dodge R/T Chargers fitted with Nos).  It’s the biggest opening of the year, the number three foreign opening of all time, and number four in America.  Furious 7 is the last film appearance by the late actor Paul Walker whose character Brian O’Connor pretty much formed the narrative of the series.  Not to worry, last week Vin Diesel leaked that an 8th installment is in the works.

While Furious 7 is revving up the records, James Bond is limping.  After missing several days on location in Mexico City for the upcoming “Spectre”, Daniel Craig abruptly left the location for New York, where he had knee surgery.  Producers say he will rejoin the production in a few weeks at Pinewood Studios in the UK.

A 100-year old Japanese woman can kick both Dominic Toretto’s and James Bonds’ asses.  Mieko Nagaoka of western Yamaguchi prefecture is the world’s first centenarian to complete a 1,500 meter swim in a 25-meter pool.  And she got it done in 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 54 seconds.