US, Asia-Pacific nations hold joint exercises in South China Sea
Voice of America
FILE - In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese service boat searches for giant clams in the Scarborough Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea, on April 22, 2019. Five nations held joint maritime exercises in the sea on Sept. 28, 2024.
The armed forces of five countries conducted joint maritime exercises in a portion of the South China Sea on Saturday as China carried out its own military drills in the disputed waterway.
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, photo, then-President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the InterContinental New York Barclay in New York City. Trump is set to meet today with Zelenskyy at Trump Tower in New York. Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy converse on the balcony of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Sept. 26, 2024.