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Such a unilateral move will have no bearing on the arrangements that both sides have already reached earlier, whether it is on the boundary question or for maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LAC in India-China border areas, India's External Affairs Ministry said.

"I would also note that Secretary [Lloyd] Austin also spoke of this and he said as Secretary of Defense, of course, nobody wants to see cross-Strait issues come to blows, certainly not President Biden, and there is no reason that it should," Sputnik quoted White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki as saying.

Speaking to the China Times on Wednesday, Chiu said China was capable now, but would be completely prepared to launch an invasion in three years.

Lijian Zhao, a senior official in the Chinese foreign ministry, mocked the United States in a tweet which has been viewed more than 70,000 times.

BRICS is a grouping of five fast-emerging economies of the world that includes, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

As per reports, the newly-formed Taliban government has rolled out invitations to various countries to be part of the oath-taking ceremony, including China, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Qatar, India, and also interestingly, the US.

The meeting convened by Pakistan was also attended by foreign ministers from Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, all of them the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan.

Field firing ranges play a vital role in training army personnel, ensuring they are prepared for combat.

This might imply that 6G technology, when it arrives, would be up to 100 times quicker than 5G, the fifth-generation wireless mobile network, which is still being rolled out in most areas of the world.

The US said a Chinese spy balloon was spotted over a nuclear launch facility in Montana. The US did not shoot down the balloon, as its size would create a debris field large enough that it could have put people at risk in Montana.