Thai Parliament Dissolves to Head Off No-Confidence Vote

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at political turmoil in Thailand, the European Union indefinitely freezing Russian assets, and the resignation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. Broken Promises Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul formally dissolved Parliament on Friday in an effort to head off a threatened no-confidence vote by the opposition People’s Power Party (PPP), which held a majority of seats. Triggering snap elections just three months into Anutin’s term raises the specter of more political turmoil in a country that is already prone to rapid premiership turnover and currently engaged in deadly clashes with neighboring Cambodia….