"China has declared it has "successfully completed" three days of war games around Taiwan, after deploying dozens of aircraft to launch simulated strikes and an aerial blockade of the self-ruled island.
Beijing held the exercises in response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, an encounter it had warned would provoke a strong response."
"Australia and New Zealand have always had a close relationship. But for a few months in 1840–41 our connection was even closer – New Zealand was formally made an extension of the New South Wales colony."
