Taiwan thanks US House for passing bill supporting IMF membership

Taipei, March 7 (IANS) A bill to support Taiwan’s admission into the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been approved by the United States House Financial Services Committee, the Taiwanese media reported on Friday. The US House Financial Services Committee passed the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill led by Republican House of Representative […]
Republican Johnson re-elected Speaker of US House

Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) Mike Johnson, a lawmaker from Louisiana, was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives. The Republican party closed ranks to avert a repeat of the days-long leadership crisis that had led to his elevation to the chair in 2023. Johnson won 218-215, with two of the nine holdouts finally dropping their […]