Global News

Is Twitter hemorrhaging money? – Syria misses an important deadline to hand over its chemical weapons for destruction – A tragedy for firefighters battling a stubborn warehouse fire – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

For the third time in recent days, there is disturbing news about the statements of one of the people hand-picked by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to lead the national broadcaster NHK.  This latest revelation is stirring up serious doubts about the integrity of the network.

A hard-hitting report from a United Nations special committee criticizes the Vatican’s handling of the clerical sex-abuse scandal, and demands changes in the way the Roman Catholic Church handles past and future cases of priests abusing children.

The Center-Left appears to be on the verge of new gains in normally conservative nations in Central America, solidifying a sweep in the leadership of most Latin America countries. 

The US goes to bat for an imprisoned Aussie reporter – A new disease to fear – Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s last hours, Paul Walker’s will, and Bunny Rugs’ reggae legacy – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

With the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi just days away, activists are making sure all of the attention isn’t focused past Russia’s abysmal treatment of its LGBT citizens – in fact, one group wants to make sure everyone sees it.

The granddaughter of Reggae Music legend Bob Marley is getting involved in a campaign to preserve and protect the site of Jamaica’s first Rastafarian community.  Ownership of the land isn’t clear and might involve colonial racial prejudice dating back to the 1930s.

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that this planet could face a “tidal wave” of cancer cases in the next two decades.  The 57 percent rise is an imminent “human disaster” that will require a renewed focus on prevention to combat.

Scotland has become the 17^th country to legalize Gay Marriage.  Holyrood MPs have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a same-sex marriage bill, allowing the first such ceremonies to take place by the end of the year.

A stunning new report challenges Europe’s corruption-free image – Is that Mexican sailor who washed up on the Marshall Islands telling the truth? – Police find dozens of packets of what are probably illegal drugs in Philip Seymour Hoffman’s apartment  – And a lot more in your Careerspot World News Briefs.

Woody Allen responds to sex abuse allegations from his own daughter – Syrian “Barrel Bombs” wreak havoc on civilians – A 33-story tower in Germany is blasted to the ground – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World news Briefs.

Californians are shocked at news that the State Water Project for the first time will not be able to deliver water to 25 million people and one million acres of farmland that it usually services.  This, because of what is believed to be the worst drought in California history.

Academy award winner actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead, found in the bathroom of his apartment with a needle in his arm and packets of what is suspected to be heroin strewn about.  Police are investigating it as a drug overdose.  He was 46.

Thailand managed to hold elections on Sunday without the bloodshed that many had feared, but the results are incomplete – anti-democracy managed to block millions of people from voting at enough polling stations that a follow-up vote will have to be held.

Bowing to intense pressure from the West, Ukraine allowed a severely injured anti-government activist to fly to Lithuania for medical treatment for wounds he says were inflicted on him by mysterious pro-government men with Russian accents.

Voting is underway in Thailand’s disputed election – Millions desperately need food because of the South Sudan civil war – The daughter of a world famous movie director levels disturbing allegations at her father – And you will not believe Italy's luckiest family in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

A Ukraine Opposition leader is found tortured but alive – Doctors are forced to flee their own hospital as South Sudan fighting spills over – Journalists are targeted in post-coup Honduras – And lots more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Authorities step up security to stop trouble before it gets to the World Cup – A Hollywood star picks a paycheck over charity – Thousands of displaced Syrians will find out they have no homes to return to after the Civil War – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs.

Multiple effects of global climate change are killing baby penguins in Argentina.  Heavy rains, strong storms, and heat waves were wreaking havoc in the historically dry area that the world’s largest colony of Magellanic Penguins calls home.

Hundreds of people have banded together to launch legal action against the three companies that made the crippled reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.  Japan’s nuclear damage compensation policy has so far held only the Tokyo Electric Power Company responsible for the unprecedented triple meltdown in 2011.