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The former CEO of the US bank Wells Fargo has agreed to a lifetime ban from ever working at a bank again and to pay millions of dollars in fines for his role in scandals in which millions of fake accounts were set up to meet sales quotas.
World News Briefs For Friday, 24 Jan 2020
Hello Australia!! - WHO waits while China plays catch-up with the Wuhan Coronavirus - The Rohingya win an important legal battle - What the legendary Neil Young plans to do with his new US citizenship - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, Green, OHS - Three Killed In Tanker Crash
Three firefighters from the United States have been killed in the crash of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules air tanker in the Snowy Monaro area of New South Wales, where it was battling an aggressive bushfire.
Government - Utah Bans Conversion Therapy
The highly conservative state of Utah in America's west has become the 19th to ban so-called "conversion therapy", the discredited practice of trying to change a patient's sexual orientation.
World News Briefs For Thursday, 23 January 2020
Hello Australia!! - Trump downplays US casualties - Growing fears about the true spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus - Another Python has left us - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green, Resources, Government - New Charges In Dam Disaster
Prosecutors in Brazil filed new charges against the former CEO of mining giant Vale and 15 others with murder and environmental crimes over the deadly collapse of a tailings dam at a mine in Minas Gerais state.
Health, Government - QLD Man Cleared Of Coronavirus
While Chinese health officials announced a sharp increase in the number of people infected and killed by a new coronavirus that causes respiratory illness, Queensland officials say a man there is out of the woods.
World News Briefs For Wednesday, 21 Jan 2020
Hello Australia!! - Greta Thunberg asks the world to act as if its loves its children - While Trump urges leaders to ignore the climate crisis - Where in the US did the Wuhan Coronavirus show up? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
ICT, Government - Court Rules Against Trivago
The Australian Competition Commission (ACCC) is doing a victory dance after the Federal Court ruled against Trivago for misleading consumers about hotel room rates on both its website and television advertisements.
Logistics, Green, Government - Malaysia Rejects Western Garbage
Malaysia is sending back 150 shipping containers of illegally imported garbage from the countries that sent it over including France, the UK, the United States, Canada and others.
Health, Government - QLD Man Tested For Coronavirus
Health officials in Queensland are monitoring a man who traveled to Wuhan City in China and is now displaying symptoms of respiratory illness associated with the troublesome new coronavirus causing global concern.
World News Briefs For Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Howdy Australia!! - Health officials connect the dots on a rapidly emerging threat - A landmark ruling for climate refugees - CSIRO loses years of work to bad weather - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health - Cervical Cancer Targeted In England
Engand's National Health Service (NHS) is declaring war on cervical cancer with a goal of eliminating it through vaccines and better screening for the HPV virus that causes most of the world's cases.
Health - China Virus Spreads
Health officials in China are confirming 139 new infections of that baffling new coronavirus that first popped up in Wuhan city, and raising the death toll to three lives lost.
World News Briefs For Monday, 20 Jan 2020
Hello Australia!! - Dozens of dangerous drug gangsters walk out of prison - Nations act to stop supporting Libya's Civil War - Relief for Parisian commuters - A strong message against fascists - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 19 Jan 2020
Hello Australia!! - Harry and Meghan's step back from the Royals is even deeper than first reported - Rage is heightening growing inequality - What are the US Space Force uniforms supposed to accomplish? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 18 January 2020
Howdy Australia!! - Despite early denials, US troops were injured in the Iranian missile attack - Trump's "interesting" defense team takes shape - A Brazilian official claims numerous nazi references were an accident - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Finance - ASX Hits Record High
Australian shares rode the tide of low interest rates and a US trade deal with China to reach record highs this week, but the experts are warning of volatile times ahead.
World News Briefs For Friday, 17 January 2020
Howdy Australia!! - A key US government investigator confirms Trump's crimes - Nancy Pelosi warns Trump's "cronies" - US feds stop a racist plot - A deal might avoid a war in eastern Africa - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government, Health - Italian Court Ignores Evidence
An appeals court in Turin, Italy has linked brain tumors to mobile phone use - despite the concensus of most scientists who say that's just not the truth.
HR, OHS, Government, Health - Weed Workers Unionize
Workers at the biggest cannabis growing facility located outside of Chicago, Illinois voted overwhelmingly to unionize in the first key win for organized labor in the state's brand-new legalized pot industry.