Thailand is threatening to try to shut down Facebook in the country, saying the social media platform does not do enough to screen the legitimacy of the advertisements it runs, which has led to hundreds of thousands of people falling victim to financial scams.
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have published his first recruitment video for the Wagner Group since organizing a short-lived mutiny against President Vladimir Putin and defense officials in Russia.
Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.
The BRICS group of countries already includes two of the world's largest economies and about 40 per cent of its population, but at a meeting in Johannesburg this week, it will discuss possibly expanding its membership in a bid to expand the bloc's influence.
