World News updates: Several feared dead in Thailand school shooting
Teacher and gunman dead, four injured in Thailand school shooting, police say. (File Photo)
A quick look at today’s biggest stories from around the world:
From child-safety penalties in the US to a tragic school shooting in Thailand, here’s what’s making headlines today. A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay USD 567 million over harm caused to young users, in the second phase of a landmark trial the tech giant had already lost back in March, according to the Associated Press (AP).
In Thailand, a school shooting turned deadly on Friday, with a teacher killed and four others, including three students, injured after a student gunman opened fire before taking his own life, police said, according to Reuters.
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Meanwhile, in Australia, two members of Iran’s women’s football team who sought asylum earlier this year have officially become Australian citizens. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were sworn in at a ceremony in Brisbane, closing a chapter that drew global attention, including public appeals from US President Donald Trump.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro province in the western Philippines on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, with tremors felt as far as the capital, Manila, prompting a brief office evacuation as a precaution, Reuters reported.
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