The Daily Populous

Saturday August 12nd, 2017 morning edition

image for North Korea says it may 'reduce the US mainland to ashes any moment'

The US mainland could be “reduced to ashes at any moment”, the North Korean government’s official newspaper has said, as tensions between the two countries continue to mount.

“It is a tragedy that the reckless and hysteric behaviours may reduce the US mainland to ashes [at] any moment,” it continued, according to KCNAWatch.

“The US and its vassal forces will dearly pay for the harshest sanctions and pressure and reckless military provocations against the DPRK,” it added.

The latest threats follow days of mounting tensions between the US government and the North Korean regime.

8 show all In pictures: North Korea military drill.

7/8 This image made from video of still images broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea's KRT, shows what was said to be a 'Combined Fire Demonstration' held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, in Wonsan, North Korea.

"And it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. »

Almost All of FCC’s New Advisory Panel Works for Telecoms

Authored by thedailybeast.com

Carter works for the city of Santa Monica, California, where he oversees City Net, one of the oldest municipal-run networks in the nation.

Instead the FCC loaded the 30-member panel with corporate executives, trade groups and free-market scholars.

Crown Castle International Corp., the nation’s largest wireless infrastructure company, and Southern Co., the nation’s second-largest utility firm, have representatives on the panel. »

NASA looks at reviving atomic rocket program

Authored by newatlas.com

When the first manned mission to Mars sets out, it may be on the tail of an atomic rocket engine.

Advances in materials technology could lead to the production of LEU NTP fuel elements (Credit: NASA).

Small wonder then that when the Apollo program wound down and the NASA Mars mission was scratched, so was NERVA. »

Teen testifies he stood up for himself, then got punched by a cop

Authored by thestar.com

The young man alleges the officer punched him multiple times, including once to the head, dropping him to the ground.

The witness, then on the ground, alleges Lourenco stood over him and cut his thumb on his belt, drawing blood.

Dominic Sinopoli why he wrongly claimed to understand the charges, the young man responded: “You have to say yes.”. »