10 things you need to know today: August 10, 2017

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1. North Korea mocks Trump warning, prepares plan to fire missiles toward Guam

North Korea on Thursday dismissed President Trump's warning that the U.S. would unleash "fire and fury" on the communist-run nation if Pyongyang continued to threaten America, saying Trump's statement was a "load of nonsense." North Korea said it was finalizing a plan to fire four missiles over Japan into waters around the tiny Pacific island of Guam, a U.S. territory of 163,000 people with a military base. South Korea's military vowed a "stern and strong" response if North Korea launches the salvo, and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said Pyongyang "should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people." Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on a previously scheduled visit to Guam that North Korea posed no immediate threat, and that "Americans should sleep well at night."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.