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World Service,16 Aug 2024,26 mins
How can Thailand's new prime minister revitalise its economy?
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Thailand’s youngest-ever head of government, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, also faces the difficult task of managing relations with the military, which constrains the power of elected governments. A more dangerous strain of mpox has been detected outside of Africa. What could the economic impact be? We speak to a student in Bangladesh weeks on from protests which saw the country’s prime minister flee abroad and resign. And we travel to the world's highest single arch railway bridge, which connects Indian-administered Kashmir with the rest of India for the first time by rail.
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