Thailand’s Anutin reelected PM after crushing rival in parliamentary vote

Thailand’s Anutin reelected PM after crushing rival in parliamentary vote

Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul reacts at Parliament in Bangkok on March 19, 2026. Chanakarn Laosarakham | Afp | Getty Images Anutin Charnvirakul was reelected Thailand’s prime minister on Thursday after sailing through a parliamentary vote, winning a fresh mandate that could usher in a rare period of stability for…

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Japan rejects U.S. intel assessment that Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks represent ‘significant shift’

Japan rejects U.S. intel assessment that Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks represent ‘significant shift’

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, during a party leaders’ debate at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Takaichi said she hadn’t intended to get into any details of a Taiwan contingency in recent remarks that have been fiercely criticized by China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan…

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