Thailand's General Election: Who's Running?

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Thai voters will go to the polls in a general election on May 14th. The current Prime Minister, Prayuth Chanichan, is running with a new Conservative party. He seized power in a military coup in 2014 and promised to make the economy vibrant. But instead his leadership has been defined by incompetence and corruption.

A jury unanimously found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation. We examine his first major legal loss. Thailand’s opposition looks set to prevail in this weekend’s election—whether it ends up in office is another matter. And, Ukraine is blowing up tanks, but not in the way you might think; we explore the battlefield value of inflatable decoys.

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