Annika Burgess

3 days ago | abc.net.au | Annika Burgess

When Ukraine unleashed a swarm of drones deep inside Russia on June 1, it sent a message that nowhere is safe. Operation "Spider's Web" showed how cheap drones could by-pass Russia's air defences and destroy billions of dollars worth of military bombers. Reaching as far as Siberia, Ukraine struck at least four air bases across the country simultaneously. The attack has been described as one of the most audacious operations in modern military history.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Jack Fisher

Exhausted and sore, slowly dragging their muddy hooves through the paddock to be milked after several days stranded. This is how some cattle emerged from the NSW floods, while hundreds more were washed away. "The calves were the ones that really took a hit," Croki dairy farmer Craig Emerton said. "We lost roughly 55 under 12-months-old."NSW is known for its fresh milk production, and typically cows are milked two or three times a day — every day of the year.

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Annika Burgess |Jack Fisher

By Annika Burgess and Jack Fisher, ABCMick Wicks watched on from the porch as more and more of his belongings were dragged to the rubbish pile. The 89-year-old's life heaped in front of him, covered in mud. "It's all the memories," he said, becoming emotional. "I never would have imagined this."Along Mr Wicks's street in Taree, nearly half the houses were under water in last week's catastrophic NSW floods. Now they were being gutted, their contents strewn across front lawns.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Jack Fisher

Mick Wicks watched on from the porch as more and more of his belongings were dragged to the rubbish pile. The 89-year-old's life heaped in front of him, covered in mud. "It's all the memories," he said, becoming emotional. "I never would have imagined this."Along Mr Wicks's street in Taree, nearly half the houses were under water in last week's catastrophic NSW floods. Now they were being gutted, their contents strewn across front lawns.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Annika Burgess

Teenagers and young people are facing new threats that could see their health and wellbeing go backwards, a new Lancet report warns. Researchers found that, as the first digital natives and members of the climate change generation, the adolescents faced a unique set of challenges. But progress to address their specific health and wellbeing needs was lagging, they said. With adolescents today making up the largest generation in history, researchers say now is the time to act.