The Daily Populous

Saturday August 4th, 2018 morning edition

image for Three journalists were killed in Africa while investigating a private military business owned by the man behind Russia’s troll army. This is what they are looking into. — The Bell — Eng

Wagner’s financial sponsor is believed to be Russian businessman, Evgeny Prigozhin, suspected of meddling in the U.S. elections.

This was a joint project with Investigation Control Centre, (TsUR) — one of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s media projects.

According to the driver who survived the attack, armed attackers emerged from the bush and opened fire on the vehicle, and the passengers died there.

Orkhan Dzhemal’s wife, Irina Gordienko, told The Bell that she identified her husband’s body in a photograph.

The journalists’ trip was related to an investigation of the Wagner private military company, which was really actively involved in Africa.

In exchange, the company would be given access to ¼ of the oil and gas produced on liberated territories.

The Bell’s editorial team would like to express its condolences to the relatives and friends of the journalists who were killed. »

Former Deputy Who Made Child Porn Gets Probation Instead Of Prison Time

Authored by denver.cbslocal.com
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Prosecutors say Donald Fair, 45, offered to share the image on a child porn message board on the Dark Web.

Prosecutors say an IP address that was traced to Fair had been used on a hidden services website to seek out others interested in his child pornography.

Instead, Fair was sentenced to sex offender intensive supervised probation for 10 years to life. »

Award for Theo, the cat who saved owner's life

Authored by bbc.co.uk
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A who cat saved his owners life by keeping her awake when she suffered a blood clot has posthumously been rewarded.

Theo, eight, from Redditch, Worcestershire, was crowned National Cat of the Year but died a week before the ceremony.

Ms Dixon said: "All cats are amazing but I owe my life to Theo.". »

Better Business Bureau: The Best Ratings Money Can Buy

Authored by abcnews.go.com

"The BBB accreditation and the BBB ratings systems is not about generating money," said BBB national president and CEO Steve Cox.

"If I'm paying for a grade, then how are the customers supposed to really trust the Better Business Bureau?"

The head of the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, William Mitchell, was paid more than $400,000, according to the Better business Bureau. »

Original Star Wars movies blocked from Disney streaming until 2024

Authored by arstechnica.com

Between Disney's vast back catalog of animated features plus the Star Wars and Marvel franchises, it's got a lot of greatest hits, after all.

On Thursday afternoon, Bloomberg reported that in 2016, when Disney sold the TV broadcast rights for the original Star Wars films to Turner Broadcasting, it also sold it the streaming rights.

I wonder, shortly after signing that contract with Turner, did anyone in the Disney boardroom realize they had a bad feeling about this?. »