Seven people were killed ⁠in ​a school ​shooting in ​Thailand ⁠on Friday, including ‌the gunman, and 15 ⁠people ⁠were wounded, ⁠Thai ‌national ​police ‌spokesperson Trairong Phiwphan ‌said, according to Reuters.

A New Mexico court, meanwhile, 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).

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From a deadly school shooting in Thailand to a costly reckoning for Big Tech in the US, here’s what’s making headlines today. In Australia, two members of Iran’s women’s football team who sought asylum earlier this year have officially become citizens, with Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh sworn in at a ceremony in Brisbane, closing a chapter that drew global attention, including public appeals from US President Donald Trump.

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And in the Philippines, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro province 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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