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Xinhua Headlines: Paetongtarn Shinawatra elected as Thailand’s youngest PM, vows to cope with multiple challenges

BANGKOK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party, was elected as the country’s new prime minister on Friday after winning a parliamentary vote.

Paetongtarn, 37, will be officially sworn in as the country’s youngest and second female PM after receiving the royal endorsement from Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

As the third Thai PM bearing the Shinawatra name after he