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As the death toll in the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus rose to 365 and global confirmed infections soared to 17,205, key economic indicators in China were heading in the other direction.
World News Briefs For Monday, 3 February 2020
Hello Australia!! - Cops in South London kill a man wearing a fake bomb device - Australians are finally leaving China as the Wuhan virus death toll grows - Bridget McKenzie is out - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 2 February 2020
Hello Australia!! - Trump rolls back progress, reviving a hated weapon most of the world rejects - Two new cases of Coronavirus are confirmed in SA - Why European drawers will be filled with less junk - And more in your CareerSpot Glogbal News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 1 February 2020
Hello Australia!! - Bushfires are threatening homes in the ACT - Republicans sweep the evidence against Trump under the rug - A cop is seen using a civilian as a human shield - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, Heath - Warning Over Religious Discrimination Bill
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is warning that the government's proposed religious discrimination bill will harm patients and discriminate against doctors.
Finance, Health - Coronavirus Could Cost Australia
The Wuhan coronavirus 2019-nCoV is taking a human toll in China, but financial experts warn it could hurt Australia's economy as well.
World News Briefs For Friday, 31 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - The Wuhan Coronavirus is now a Global Emergency - Australia races to create the cure for 2019-nCoV - Argentina goes to work repairing the damage of austerity - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, Health - Dutton Defends Quarantine
Despite concerns from Australians in China and others calling for a more humane solution, Home Minister Peter Dutton is defending plans to evacuate our people from Wuhan City to Christmas Island.
World News Briefs For Thursday, 30 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - No more delays, the Brexit is going to happen this week - The World Heath Organization is taking a second look at the Wuhan Coronavirus - Is an even deeper extreme replacing a far-right movement? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health, Government - Australia To Evacuate From Wuhan
A sixth person in Australia has been diagnosed with the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, and the federal government is now preparing to evacuate "isolated and vulnerable Australians" who were trapped in China by the outbreak of the potentially deadly bug.
Green, Resources - Greyhound Drops Adani
Under pressure from activists opposed to the Adani coal mine, the bus company Greyhound Australia has ruled out any extension of work on the controversial project.
World News Briefs For Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - Netanyahu is criminally charged with bribery and fraud - Australia might play a large role in defeating the Wuhan Coronavirus - Tears of joy when the underdog wins the big one - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Logistics, Green - Companies Refuse To Go Over The Top
A growing number of shipping and retail companies are joining a pledge not to ship products over the Arctic Ocean "if" or "when" man-made global warming melts the polar ice cap.
Green - Antarctic Glacier In Trouble
The biggest scientific field project in Antarctica's history found that Thwaites Glacier, one of the continent's largest, is melting far faster than scientists previously thought.
World News Briefs For Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - The bombshell rocking Trump's impeachment trial - America's FBI blasts Prince Andrew - The legend, the truth, and the reporter who got in trouble - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Salvini Fails
Italy's former deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini and his far right La Liga (The League) party came up far short of expectations in weekend elections, dashing hopes to taking control of government.
Health - Australians In China Wait For Help
Chinese officials raised the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak to 80, as Australian officials weigh their options on getting our people out of Wuhan City and Hubei province where the disease originated.
World News Briefs For Monday, 27 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - An NBA legend is killed in a chopper crash - Australia now has five cases of Wuhan Coronavirus - Trump's weird threat to a US lawmaker - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 26 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - The Wuhan Virus is causing a "grave situation" in China, even as Australian infections grow - The lid lifts on Kashmir - A general asnites US-trained troops carried out a notorious Cold War massacre - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 25 Jan 2020
Howdy Australia!! - New audio seems to confirm Trump's plot against a US Ambassador - The Wuhan Coronavirus appears in two new locations far from China - To boldly steal what's never been stolen before - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Executive, Finance, Health - Opioid Execs Sentenced To Prison
The former billionaire ex-CEO of an American pharmaceutical company was sentenced to prison along with two other executives for their roles in needlessly pushing their drug in the midst of the US opioid epidemic.