China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

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China’s navy has reportedly conducted a second live-fire exercise in international waters, a day after a similar drill forced multiple airlines to change flight paths between Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand navy personnel advised live rounds were fired from a Chinese warship in international waters near the island nation on Saturday. “Reporting from the New Zealand Defence Force that the Chinese naval Task Group has advised of a second window for live firing activity, on Saturday afternoon,” a spokesperson for the defence minister, Judith Collins, said in a statement seen by Reuters. China’s naval taskforce had given radio notice...