The Daily Populous

Tuesday August 15th, 2017 day edition

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This morning North Korean media stated Kim had been briefed by his Missile Command on completed plans to test launch missiles and ‘bracket’ the US Pacific territory of Guam.

The US has stated any missiles lobbed toward Guam would be seen as a deeply provocative act.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States would “take out” any such missile and declared such a launch could lead to war.

He appears to hold out the offer to defuse the growing crisis — if the United States made a conciliatory gesture.

“Today’s quite an important day in North Korea (celebrations marking the liberation of Korea at the end of World War II).

He said it could be assessed “within moments” if a missile fired from North Korea was on track to hit Guam.

Today is a public holiday in North Korea (Liberation of the Fatherland Day — marking the end of World War II). »

Google cancels Neo-Nazi site registration soon after it was dumped by GoDaddy

Authored by cnbc.com
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Google canceled the registration of a Nazi website soon after it moved its domain registration to the service, a Google spokesperson told CNBC.

"We are cancelling Daily Stormer's registration with Google Domains for violating our terms of service," the company representative said in a statement.

Earlier Monday, The Daily Stormer moved its domain registration to Google after hosting firm GoDaddy said it would sever ties with the site that promoted Saturday's deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. »

Discord bans servers that promote Nazi ideology

Authored by theverge.com

The service, which lets users chat with voice and text, was being used by proponents of Nazi ideology both before and after the attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“We will continue to take action against Nazi ideology, and all forms of hate,” the company said in a tweet.

Discord declined to state how many servers had been affected, but said it included a mix of old accounts and accounts that were created over the weekend. »

Stunt driver dead after accident on Deadpool 2 set in Vancouver

Authored by bc.ctvnews.ca

A stunt driver has died following a tragic accident on the Deadpool 2 film set in Vancouver.

Witnesses told CTV News the stunt woman appeared to lose control of the motorcycle, which drove off set and crashed through a window pane across the street at Shaw Tower.

Officers from the Vancouver Police Department are assisting with the probe, and were seen taking statements from cast members, crew and bystanders following the accident. »