World News updates: US FAA orders checks on 1,400+ Boeing 737 Max jets over ‘cracks’
Boeing has faced setbacks after two 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people, followed by a June Dreamliner crash in India that left at least 260 dead. (Reuters Photo)
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered inspections of hundreds of Boeing 737 Max aircraft after cracks were discovered in structural components of some older Boeing 737 planes, prompting precautionary checks across the Max fleet, CBS reported.
In Thailand, a teenager in Thailand killed at least six people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, while a US court ordered Meta to pay $567 million over harm caused to young users in a landmark lawsuit. Meanwhile, two Iranian women’s footballers who sought asylum have become Australian citizens, and a magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook parts of the Philippines. Here’s a look at today’s top world developments:
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Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico for teen mental health fund
In the United States, a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million over harm caused to young users, in the second phase of a landmark lawsuit that the company had already lost earlier this year, according to AP.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan to sign joint defence deal
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will sign a joint defence agreement on Friday, regional sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, at a time of regional turmoil with Gulf states coming under fire from Iran after it was attacked by the US and Israel.
Two members of Iran’s women’s football team become Australian citizens
In Australia, two members of Iran’s women’s football team who sought asylum earlier this year were sworn in as Australian citizens in Brisbane, closing a chapter that drew international attention.
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