1. Elon Musk handed out two $1 million checks to randomly picked people who signed his online petition backing US constitutional rights to freedom of speech and bear arms.

2. Nvidia (NVDA.O) is set to unveil investment plans for Thailand, Bloomberg News reported.

3. Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world.

4. India, Pakistan arrest at least 16 farmers for burning crop waste as pollution rises.

5. South Korea may consider directly supplying weapons to Ukraine as part of measures to counter military ties between North Korea and Russia.

6. Facebook owner Meta restarts facial recognition tech in 'celeb-bait' crackdown.