Other News to Consider

• Thai PM Prayuth to run for re-election in May
• U.S. warns China’s promises often empty as Honduras wavers on Taiwan
• Death toll in US strikes on pro-Iran targets in Syria rises to 19 -war monitor
• First major fire of year destroys 3,000 hectares in Spain
• UBS’s Dargan and Credit Suisse’s McDonagh to lead merger: newspaper