Pakistan aspired to attend the BRICS outreach event for emerging economies that was joined by Algeria, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and Thailand. However, India through swift and deft diplomacy blocked Pakistan from the event. Reportedly, China being the chair of the event, agreed to India in keeping its ‘all-weather ally’ out from the event.

China is not our adversary. But we must be clear eyed about the serious challenges it represents.

Any attempt to set up “an Asia-Pacific version of NATO” would only bring more turmoil, Beijing says

Dr. Pirzada says Pakistan's absence from the High-level Dialogue on the sidelines of the BRICS summit is a clear sign of China's displeasure.

“China continues to welcome all initiatives to promote global infrastructure development," Zhao said of the G7's $600 billion plan.

He added that they firmly opposed the actions by the United States and that their troops remained high on alert.

Taipei and Beijing have spied on each other since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, when the losing Nationalist side fled to the island.

After attending the G7 summit from Sunday to Tuesday, Biden will fly to Madrid for a summit of the NATO military alliance next week.

White House officials discussed options on Friday with Biden for reducing some of former President Donald Trump's punitive duties on China, including potentially substantial cuts, three of the sources said.

This is a defensive test, not aimed at any country, says Defense Ministry

It said Fogel committed "large-scale drugs smuggling" by crossing the Russian border, as well as "large-scale illegal storage of drugs without a commercial purpose".

Launched in a Shanghai shipyard to great fanfare, the Fujian is more technically advanced than the other Chinese carriers.