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Colombian authorities are investigating an American coal mining company for allegedly financing a paramilitary group during the South American nation's bloody civil conflict.
Green, Government - Bolsonaro Threatens Amazon
Brazil's far-right incoming president Jair Bolsonaro plans to place the agriculture sector in charge of the environment, which experts say is a threat to the all-important Amazon Rainforest.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - China goes back on its protections for endangered species - Trump threatens the US constitution - An infamous mobster is killed in prison - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Logistics - Western Sydney Develops New Facility
Officials broke ground on a new $128 Million logistics and development facilities at Marsden Park in Sydney.
ICT, Government - QLD Plans AI Center
The Queensland government is already seeing corporate interest in its plan to build a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) hub at the newly expanded Precinct in Fortitude Valley.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - The Lion Air plane that crashed had technical issues on an earlier flight - The woman who kept stability in Europe is getting ready to step down - Deadly racism in the USA - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, Resources, Finance - Bolsonaro Wins In Brazil
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won Brazil's presidential election, which has many worrying about collapsing human rights and democracy while others are looking for opportunities.
HR, Executive - Campbell's Exec Sacked For Anti-Soros Tirade
A high ranking executive with the venerable Campbell's Soup company is out after retweeting a conspiracy theory about billionaire financier George Soros and the caravan of Central American migrants making its way to the US southern border with Mexico.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 29 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Brazil votes - A billionaire's helicopter crashes and burns - Why is the US moving troops and kit to the border? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 28 October 2018
Hello Australia!! - Hate and readily-available guns combine in the massacre at a US Synagogue - Trump's stunning reaction to the shooting - Thousands protest the latest decline of Rome - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 27 October 2018
Hello Australia!! - US Feds arrest a die-hard Trump fan in the mail bombs sent to Democratic Party leaders - Officials squirm when forced to consider if Trump's words inspired the bomber - Ireland scrapes off some 17th century law - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Education - Soros School's Ultimatum To Orban
A major university founded by billionaire financier George Soros is threatening to move most of its teaching operations to Vienna if Hungary's government doesn't remove legal obstacles to its academic freedom.
Finance, HR, ICT - Google in Sexual Harassment Damage Control
Google sought to reassure workers that the company takes sexual harassment claims very seriously after a published report detailed how the company protected the inventor of Android from allegations when he left the company.
World AM News Briefs for Friday, 26 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - The US mail bombs were "absolutely terrorism," says the FBI - America's top spy reportedly hears the Khashoggi evidence - Blackface is never 'okay', a TV host learns - And more in your CareerSpot Global News:
Government, Green - EU Bans Single-Use Plastics
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a ban on single-use plastics such as straws, plates, cutlery and cotton-swab sticks in Europe over the next few years.
Government - Package Bomb Targets Respond
As the White House rejected calls for Donald Trump to tone down his inflammatory rhetoric, investigators confirmed the existence of more pipe bombs sent to the targets of Trump's tirades.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 25 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Mail bombs target Obama, Hillary, and others sharing a common trait - Putin warns of a new arms race - MBS talks about Khashoggi - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green, Energy - Rapid Car Charging Coming To Oz
An Australian start-up is gearing up to create a network of super-fast charging stations for electric cars.
Health - Six Children Dead In Virus Outbreak
At least six "medically fragile" children died in an outbreak of adenovirus at a New Jersey hospital for young patients with "severely compromised immune systems".
Green, Energy, Resources - Fracking Halted At UK Site
A UK fracking site has halted operations after seismic activity was detected. This happened only about a week after fracking resumed in the country for the first time since 2011.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Turkey demands the Saudis extradite the Khashoggi murder suspects - Someone left a bomb for George Soros - Some people make lousy role models - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs: