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There are renewed calls for more safety oversight over high rise construction projects in New York City after two tradies at two different job sites plunged to their deaths on the same day. A third worker was injured.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 22 September 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - The heartbreaking end to a search at an earthquake ravaged school - China gets tough on North Korea - The Irish want to know, who's got the lucky ticket? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Roberts Signed Citizenship Form Without Reading It
Senator Malcolm Roberts of One Nation says he did sign a form declaring himself a British citizen, but he was only 16 years old and didn't bother to read it before signing it.
Government - US Doing Damage Control After Trump's Speech
US military leaders and diplomats have been fanning out to reassure allies that they are committed to finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis in North Korea, after Donald Trump's war-hawk address before the United Nations General Assembly.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 21 September 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - An earthquake and hurricane cause death and destruction across Mexico and the Caribbean - Iran hits back at Trump - Did you ever get the impression that the airline was just screwing with you and your luggage? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Energy - Kiwi Pipeline Rupture Causes Petrol Rationing
The New Zealand Defense Force will temporarily take over transporting fuel around the country by land and by sea, after a backhoe accident ruptured the country's key fuel pipeline to Auckland.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - More than 40 are killed in a powerful earthquake in Mexico - Trump botches his maiden address before the UN - Suu Kyi tells several whoppers as her international status degrades - Did Argentina murder an activist? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Logistics - CouriersPlease Opens Two New Depots
The rapid expansion of E-commerce in Australia prompted the parcel delivery service CouriersPlease to prepare for increased demand for its services by opening two new logistics facilities.
Resources, Government, Green - Mining Company In Contempt
A US Federal Judge held a gold mining company in contempt of court for continuing to discharge arsenic and iron into a river in Idaho.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Air Travel to New Zealand might be fouled up today - Trump tempers his act for the UN - The man who saved the world is gone - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green, Energy - WA Solar Test Exceeds Expectations
A leap of faith into emerging technologies is paying off for a small community of Western Australian farmers, who say their solar cells and lithium battery energy storage units are better than the old hard wires.
Health, ICT, Research - AI Can Detect Alzheimer's
Researchers have bypassed traditional forms of testing for Alzheimer's Disease to develop a promising new method using artificial intelligence to accurately spot the earliest signs of the disease - a decade before the first symptoms appear.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 18 September 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Myanmar blames the victims - Americans are doused with acid - Passing the torch of the world's oldest person - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 17 September 2017
Hello Australia!! - UK police arrest a teen in the London train bombing - Civil unrest in the middle of the US forces U2 to stand down - The cop who got away with it - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 16 September 2017
Hello Australia!! - Terrorism hits the UK, Trump screws it up - Iceland's government collapses in a scandal over a pedophile - The Kurds move to go it alone - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Education - Harvard Rolls Back Red Carpet For Whistle-Blower Manning
America's prestigious Harvard University has rescinded an offer to make former US Soldier and intelligence whistle-blower Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow after the CIA threw a snit.
Education - Deportation Stunt Backfires At US University
A Donald Trump-loving young man at a southern US university who targeted one of his classmates for deportation is no longer enrolled at the school.
North Korea Launches Missile Over Japan
North Korea on Friday morning fired a ballistic missile over Japan, dropping into the Pacific Ocean. The launch caused emergency alerts over most of northern Japan. It's believed that the timing was intended to vex the CareerSpot Global News guy because he had already filed the morning news only moments before the launch.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 15 September 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - A lawsuit targets Silicon Valley's gender discrimination problem - China throws a wet blanket on crypto-currency - Russia's war games worry NATO - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Dems And Trump Reach Border, Immigration Agreement
The leaders of Congressional Democrats emerged from a White House meeting suggesting they had reached an agreement with Donald Trump on preserving an Obama White House policy that protects undocumented workers who were brought to the US as children. Trump's alt-right base whinged at the perceived "betrayal".
Executive, Health - Pharma Bro Goes To Jail
A judge revoked the bail of the former drug company CEO and so-called "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli for offering a US$5,000 bounty for a lock of Hillary Clinton's hair.