Thailand's Anutin readies for coalition talks after election win

Bhumjaithai was forecast by Channel 3 to have won almost 200 seats in Sunday's vote, well ahead of others but short of an outright majority in the 500-member lower house. The progressive People's Party trailed at a little above 100 seats, while jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Pheu Thai party came in third. Pheu Thai is seen as a likely coalition partner for Anutin, as they were allies until Bhumjaithai pulled out over a scandal linked to the Cambodia border dispute. Thaksin is...