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Taiwan's annual drills will kick off with five days of tabletop exercises from May 15. Live fire exercises are to take place for five days from July 24. IT's defence ministry said today, the drills will be focused on combating China's blockade of the island. - Pic: Al Jazeera

Emmanuel Macron

A Chinese military helicopter flies past tourists at a viewing point over the Taiwan Strait, on Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in China's southeast Fujian province on April 7, 2023 - AFP

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People gather in front of Trump Tower the morning after former president Donald Trump was indicted by a New York jury on March 31, 2023 in New York City. - AFP

Blinken urged for steps to be taken to cool tensions in the Middle East and voiced the United States' opposition to actions that do not further that goal. - Agency photo

Kevin McCarthy

This handout photo taken and released by Taiwan痴 Presidential Office on January 4, 2023 show Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (R) greeting former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Presidential Office in Taipei. - Photo by handout / Taiwan Presidential Office / AFP

Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP.

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