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EC rules out postponing election
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/12/2025
» The Election Commission (EC) has ruled out postponing the general election planned for Feb 8, next year, despite clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border, saying it has contingency plans in place to ensure voting can proceed as scheduled.
Election Commission sets Feb 8 as general election date
Online Reporters, Published on 15/12/2025
» The Election Commission (EC) has officially set the next general election on Feb 8, following the Royal Decree dissolving the House of Representatives that took effect last week.
Dissolution amid danger
News, Editorial, Published on 13/12/2025
» A House dissolution is not unusual in Thai politics. Before Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced the House's dissolution yesterday, previous governments had dissolved the Lower House 15 times over the past eight decades, prompting snap elections.
Caretaker government ‘still has full authority’
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 12/12/2025
» Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has insisted that the recent House dissolution will not affect Thai military operations along the border with Cambodia, as the caretaker government retains full authority on national security.
Second-lowest turnout ever for HK legislative election
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's legislative election on Sunday drew the second-lowest turnout rate on record, with voters choosing candidates under Beijing's "patriots only" rules in the aftermath of the city's deadliest fire in decades.
Poll shows majority in EU see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» PARIS - A majority of citizens across nine European Union countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc’s members and Russia, according to a survey by the polling group Cluster 17 published on Thursday in the French international affairs journal Le Grand Continent.
Shinawatra woes imperil Pheu Thai
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 19/11/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra faces mounting legal and political challenges, which analysts believe will keep him in prison beyond the next general election, severely undermining the Pheu Thai Party's ability to lead a coalition government.
Record-breaking US shutdown to end as political fallout begins
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - Congress looked set Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game.
Humans ‘can no longer tell AI music from the real thing’
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS — It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and that created by humans, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
Franco captivates young Spaniards 50 years after death
AFP, Published on 06/11/2025
» MADRID - Young people in Spain are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator’s death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts say.