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The leader of the party Kao Klai Pita Limjaroenrat. Sakchai Lalit / AP  

 

The change of power in Thailand 

A new vote is expected on who will lead Thailand  

 

On Wednesday next week, a new vote to choose a prime minister can take place in Thailand, writes TT. Then the election winner Pita Limjaroenrat from the Kao Klai (Forward) party gets another chance to be elected, albeit a small one after he was stopped on Thursday.  

 

It remains to be seen whether Pita Limjaroenrat will run again and if so who he will face - there are no other contenders for the prime ministership yet.  

 

- We need to discuss it first. At the moment, views and responses from the people are being collected, Deputy Speaker Pichet Chuamuangphan told AFP.  

 

Joe Biden takes a selfie with students in Wisconsin, October 2018. STEVE APPS / AP  

 

The 2024 US election  

Biden's new problem before the next 

 

election: The youth vote New voters do not identify themselves to the same extent as Democrats in the United States, writes Politico. It could create problems for President Joe Biden in the next election. Instead, young people see themselves as independent and fewer see politics as a "meaningful way to make a difference," according to Della Volpe, director of research at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics.  

 

Now the Democratic Party will invest in reaching out to young people and plans to spend tens of millions to get Biden re-elected, according to Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez from the Democrats.  

 

"No one candidate can win with the youth vote alone, but I can promise you that if a Democrat doesn't have the youth vote, they will lose," she said.  

 

Santa Marta area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Archive image. Brown Prado / AP  

 

The fight against poverty 

Poverty is increasing in the world after rising interest rates

   

People living in poverty in the world are increasing and in the last three years, 165 million more people have fallen below the poverty line, according to a new UN report, writes TT. To be classified as poor according to the UN, one must live on 3.65 dollars a day - equivalent to approximately 40 Swedish kronor.  

 

Now the UN wants poor countries to be allowed to pause the installments on their debts. Over the past decade, the repayments have meant increasingly high costs for low-income countries, which on average spend twice as much money on interest costs than on social benefits.  

 

"There is a connection between high debt, insufficient funds for social spending and an alarming increase in the poor," says Achim Steiner, from UNDP in a press release.