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Health researchers are advising Australian governments to recoup the $31.5 Billion spent on smoking-related illnesses by suing the big tobacco companies.

Labor and the Greens are accusing the Federal Government of "running scared" after cancelling the penultimate sitting week of the House of Representatives.

Good Morning Australia!! - Robert Mugabe proves to be really, really stubborn - North Korea is looking at new ways to launch missiles - A major snag in the search for a missing submarine - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia - Malcolm Young, 1953-2017 - Will Zimbabwe's Mugabe take the hint today? - Gerry Adams announces the end of an era - Trump is bringing down brand America - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Robert Mugabe appears to have run out of allies - Look!  Up in the sky!  It's.. a big phallic symbol? - The shocking evidence that North Korea's military might be pretty decrepit - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The bank that manages Norway's US$1 Billion state-run sovereign wealth fund is advising the government to drop its investments in oil and gas stocks.

Good Morning Australia!! - A well-known former comic and sitting US senator is accused of sexual misconduct - Two reports detail allegations of Myanmar's atrocities against the Rohingya - Is the sun setting on the Mugabe years?  - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Update:

Federal Defence Industries Minister Christopher Pyne is blaming hackers for liking an explicit man-on-man pornographic video on his Twitter account.

The premise behind conservative "Trickle Down Economic" is that giving tax cuts to the rich and to corporations frees up capital that they will invest in businesses and hire more workers.  CEOs looked Donald Trump's economic czar in the face and said, "Nah."

Hello Australia!! - The shocking death of an Australian diplomat in New York City - They say it's not a coup, but Zimbabwe looks like it has had a coup - A practicing Buddhist gets justice for her controversial tattoo - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The global burning of fossil fuels is set to hit a record high in 2017, dashing hopes that the previous three years of flat growth might have signaled a peak in global emissions had been reached.

Australians overwhelmingly called for legalizing same-sex marriage, with almost 62 percent of the 13 million respondents to the postal survey voting "Yes".  Although the results are convincing, they are non-binding - and it's up to the government to act.

Good Morning Australia!! - Today's the day for the Postal Survey results to go public - Elementary school children are hurt in America's latest mass shooting - The Sumo champion and the beer bottle - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A German regional court handed a small victory to a Peruvian farmer who is suing energy giant RWE over the damage that climate change is doing to his home and village in the Andes Mountains.

On the 25th anniversary of its landmark 1992 "Warning to Humanity", the Union of Concerned Scientists has updated its concerns about the human race's response to the red alert over runaway consumption and dwindling resources:  We're blowing it.

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has stood down from parliament after the UK Home Office confirmed she is a dual-citizen because of her Scottish father.

Good Morning Australia!! - Hundreds are killed in a quake along Iran's western border - A fifth woman accuses a notorious US conservative of pedophilia - Human Rights campaigners don't believe Myanmar - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie said on Monday that she will stand down if urgent inquiries to the UK prove she is a dual citizen - possibly within 24 hours.

After the city of Flint, Michigan had its water source switched to a source that resulted in more toxic lead coming from people's taps, the birthrate dropped and the number of women suffering miscarriages rose by a "horrifyingly large" amount.

Uber an offer from the Japanese conglomerate Softbank and a major venture capital firm to buy a US$10 Billion stake in the ride-hailing company, which will see a big change in its volatile corporate culture.