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Scientists have for the first time found microplastic particles in human stool samples, suggesting that the food chain is contaminated with plastic.
Logistics, Government - Road Improvements Are Coming
The Federal Government plans to invest billions of dollars into road improvements, which is good news for businesses that depend on smooth and efficient connections between Australia's agricultural and mining regions to ports, airports and other transport hubs.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Pressure mounts to help the migrant children trapped on Nauru - Saudi Arabia spins yet another tale of how Khashoggi died - Remembering a hero who just might have saved the world - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Water, Research - Prize For Harvesting Water From Air
The inventors of a device that can pull enough clean drinking water for 100 people per day out of the air will receive a prize significantly higher than than the cost of producing their water - less than two cents per liter.
Health - Breast Cancer Drug Shows Promise
Although a study showed that a new immunotherapy drug combined with traditional chemotherapy showed promise against an aggressive form of breast cancer, it may not be enough to justify its use.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 22 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Trump threatens an important anti-nuclear treaty - No one is satisfied with the Saudi story of Jamal Khashoggi's death - What's up with that migrant caravan heading to the US? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 21 October 2018
Hey. How's it going, Australia? - The Coalition takes a hit in Wentworth - Turkey threatens to spill the beans - Brazil's most-prized artifact survived the devastating museum fire - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 20 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - Breaking News, the Saudis admit a dissident journalist was killed - Trump praises violence against journalists as his followers cheer - US prosecutors charge a Russian for election meddling - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Finance - Neo-Con Luminary Longs For Socialism
In 1992, Francis Fukuyama was so confident that Soviet Communism's defeat had left the Capitalism and Democracy as the last social theory standing, that he wrote an infamous book declaring "The End of History".
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 19 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - More fallout and a new fall guy in the Khashoggi murder - Putin obliquely blames the US for the Crimea college massacre - Fake news is about to ruin another country - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, HR - Guthrie To Sue ABC
The former managing director of the ABC Michelle Guthrie has filed an unfair dismissal claim against her former employer with the Fair Work Commission.
Government, Health - Queensland Legalises Abortion
Activists opposed to Women's Reproductive Rights are vowing to target Queensland lawmakers who voted to legalise abortion and erase the 119-year old part of the state constitution that was written before women could legally vote.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 18 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - The Melbourne connection to the murder that's rocking world diplomacy channels - A gunman attacks a crowded college, killing 19 - A Cabinet minister is accused of insulting Australia's neighbors - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs
Green, Government - Bypassing The White House On Climate Change
A high level international commission of world and political leaders is trying to rebuild the momentum towards battling climate change, momentum that was destroyed by Donald Trump pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Deal.
Government, Health - Nauru Boots Senior Aussie Doctor
Authorities on Nauru arrested the most senior Australian health professional treating people at the immigration processing centre and ordered her deported back to Oz.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - The US meets with the Saudi rulers over the Khashoggi killing - Turkey complains the Khashoggi crime scene has been tampered with - This is the day weed becomes legal in Canada - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Logistics, Finance - Australia Post Gets More Funding
Australia Post says it will be able to guarantee it will offer banking services for years to come after inking two more deals with banks
Government - Morrison's Jerusalem Comment Make Waves
Indonesia is considering tearing up the trade deal with Australia after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he was "open" to moving Australia's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the Jerusalem, following the United States.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Good Morning Australia!! - The Saudis seem to admit that they killed a dissident journalist - Doctors crank up pressure on Morrison - Why Trump might owe a Senator a million dollars - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health - Heel Prick Helps Baby Avoid Deadly Disease
A new born baby from Sydney is the first outside of North America to get a lifesaving gene replacement treatment, thanks to a new screening program.
Health - US Backs Away From Ebola Outbreak
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was forced to pull its Ebola experts - some of the most experienced in the world - out of the eastern DR Congo just as a second wave of of the wave has been detected in the area.