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Senegal has closed its border with the western African nation of Guinea because of the killer Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak that has killed at least 70 people.  Four of the fatalities are in Guinea’s capital city Conakry.

The polluted state of the earth’s oceans might be making the search for MN370 even more difficult – US and Russian Foreign Ministers look for a way out of Ukraine – France’s extreme right might make gains in the second round of elections – The ground is shaking in Southern California – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Obama and Putin speak for the first time in two weeks, and it’s about Ukraine – Same Sex couples are getting married in England and Wales – Moving the MH370 search area may be yielding results – Baby Tigers! – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Here’s the latest theory about missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370:  The plane was flying faster than investigators previously thought.  And just like a car, the faster it goes, the greater the fuel use – reducing the distance it could have covered as it headed over the Indian Ocean.

After earlier denying that the deadly and incurable Ebola virus has reached the capital Conakry, officials in the west African nation of Guinea are confirming four new infections in the sprawling, tropical city of some two million people.

Who’s disobeying a court order at Manus Island? – The reprisals have yet to come from the brutal end and aftermath to Sri Lanka’s civil war  – Heads roll after a cheating scandal at the world’s biggest nuclear arsenal – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Japan says one of its satellites has spotted about 10 large objects floating in the Indian Ocean that could be related to missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.  Earlier, a Thai satellite spotted 300 floating objects in the same general area of the southern Indian Ocean.

Crimea’s referendum to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation is invalid, according to a new non-binding resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

US President Barack Obama met Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican for discussions that focused on international conflict, human rights and religious freedom.  Obama invited Francis to visit the United States next year.

Two-time Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko says she plans to run for president in the elections to be held in May.  But a poll taken before her announcement indicates the potentially polarizing figure might have a tough time in a crowded field.

After more than four and a half decades, a court in Shizuoka, Japan finally granted a retrial to a man sentenced to death back in 1968, before The Beatles broke up, before man walked on the moon.  Hakamada Iwao is 78-years old.  He is believed to be the longest-serving death row inmate in the world.

A key opposition lawmaker risked arrest and returned to Venezuela to lead a protest march through Caracas, just as the government’s branches appeared to form a wall of mutual support against the protests that have plagued the country in the past few weeks

I admit it:  The only reason this story is here is because of the video the follows after the click.  The operator of a light rail train that jumped the tracks and ran halfway up an escalator at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport admitted that she dozed off and did not wake up until the crash.  And it was caught on video:

US President Barack Obama denounced Russia’s “brute force” used against its neighbor Ukraine and vowed that the United States “will never waver” in standing up for its NATO allies against aggression by Moscow.

Thai police arrested two men they say were plotting to smuggle 147 kilograms of heroin to Australia worth more than A$100 Million over here.  A hail that size is almost unheard of and larger than all of Thailand’s drug busts in 2012, combined.

Egypt’s military chief makes it official – Brazil moves to protect online privacy and neutrality in the wake of the US spying scandal – Asia’s frostiest neighbors manage a little sit down without strangling each other – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Malaysia has asked Australia to try and recover some of the 122 objects spotted floating in the Indian Ocean to confirm if they are from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.  This comes as a high-ranking Malaysian police official told an American newspaper that the pilot of the plane is believed to be solely responsible for the flight being taken hundreds of miles off course.

The search for MH370 resumes – The news about the US Mudslide gets worse and worse as recovery crews reveal the extent of the tragedy – And we’ll tell you where you are not allowed to eat Bats – And everyone loves Baby Gorillas in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Ukrainian special forces shot and killed a leader of the fascist, racist Praviy Sektor (“Right Sector”) group that played a pivotal role in the Maidan Square protests and occupations of government buildings that led to the toppling of President Viktor Yanukovich.

Not drink nor drugs nor mechanical failure – The Los Angeles County Sheriff says that Hollywood actor Paul Walker, star of the highly popular “Fast & Furious” series of road race movies died because the Porsche he rode in was going too fast.