Thai prime minister hospitalized with food poisoning

BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, grappling with a devastating flood crisis, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday with food poisoning, her government said.

“She is in Praram 9 Hospital because she is suffering from diarrhea due to food poisoning,” government spokeswoman Titima Chaisang told reporters, adding that Yingluck had asked her deputy to chair Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.