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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) is welcomed by Director General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Yang Tao and US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (L), as he arrives in Bejing, China, June 18, 2023. (Photo by LEAH MILLIS / POOL / AFP)

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

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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

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

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.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US leader Joe Biden and address Congress in Washington on Wednesday, a visit the White House said will send Russia a strong message of Western unity. - AFP

The man accused of attacking US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer had a list of future targets that included Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks, a US court heard Wednesday. - AFP

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (centre) - APF