Global News
Tokyo Medical University will accept 67 female students whose earlier rejections unlocked a massive gender discrimination scandal that triggered national outrage.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 9 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - A former Marine shoots up a college bar in America's latest bloodbath - A judge releases potentially violent criminal defendants after losing his reelection bid - Someone please bubble-wrap RBG? Please? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Australia Turns To The Pacific
The government is unveiling its multi-billion dollar plans to extend Australia's influence in the Pacific and counteract overtures the China is making in the region.
Government - Conflicting Reports of Asia Bibi's Status
The Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan has been released from prison, but her status is unclear.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 8 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Democrats retake the US House of Representatives - Trump sacks his least-loved cabinet member - A woman accused of blasphemy apparently left Pakistan a step ahead of lynch mobs - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green - UN warns Over Biodiversity Loss
A major conference in Egypt later this month will discuss how to prevent the extinctions of species that are critical for food production, clean water, and carbon sequestration.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Big trouble at Don Dale - We're just a few hours from learning the results of the US midterm election, will Americans validate or repudiate Trump? - The horror legacy of the so-called Islamic State - Free speech that might have gone too far - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health, Education - Child Suicides Reach Three-Decade High
Japan's notoriously high-stress education system and other pressures appear to be partial factors in a sharp rise in child suicides - the highest they've been in three decades.
Logistics - AusPost Prepares For Big Holiday Season
Australia Post is rapidly recruiting thousands of seasonal workers to handle what could be the biggest Holiday Season ever, beginning with weekend deliveries in metropolitan areas from this Saturday.
Research - Maybe Oumuamua Was An Alien Spacecraft?
For a year, scientists have been studying data gathered about the large, cylindrical object that sailed through our solar system last December. Now, two say that maybe it really could have been an alien spacecraft.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Trump's divisive closing argument is rejected by US broadcasters - An Aussie dies after a shark attack - The security chief who denied video evidence loses his job - Smile, because the universe really is smiling back at you - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health - Cancer Miracle Author Ordered To Pay Millions
A jury in San Diego, California ordered the author of a book on supposed naturopathic cures for cancer to pay US$105 Million to a woman to whom he represented himself as a doctor.
Resources, Finance - Korean Banks Avoid Adani Mine
Adani's plans to line up Korean financing for its mine in Queensland appears to have hit a snag after the banks told traditional land owners that they will not back the project.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 5 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - One of the black boxes eludes searchers at the Lion Air crash site - The UK launches a criminal probe into the Brexit campaign - A mass shooting is linked to one of the darkest and weirdest corners of the Internet - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 4 November 2018
Hello Australia!! - A Christian woman reviled by Muslim protesters calling for her lynching appears to be on her own in Pakistan - Sister Pat leaves the Philippines - Ireland's PM says the Brexit is complicating Northern Ireland's peace - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 3 November 2018
Hello Australia!! - The US tries to turn back the clock on Iran - The "father of the Taliban" is killed - Video captures a bus's horror crash and the fight that caused it - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, Finance - Swiss Halt Arms Sales To Saudis
Switzerland has halted its sales of military arms spare parts to Saudi Arabia over the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a month ago.
Education, Government - Outage Over Brazil University Raids
Brazil's Supreme Court ruled that military police should not intervene in politics on university campuses after they launched a series of operations against students oppose to fascism and incoming president Jair Bolsonaro.
HR, ICT - Thousands Walk Out At Google
Thousands of Google workers walked out of offices across the world on Thursday to protest the way the company handles sexual misconduct and equality issues. They're demanding equal pay and an end to forced arbitration.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 2 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Australia's Navy ship builder has been hacked - A Pacific Island's desperate attempt to save its Coral reefs - The strange and gruesome death of a US mobster - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 1 November 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Heating things up in eastern Australia - Pakistan boils as blasphemy is thrown out of court - France races agaisnt a medical mystery - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: