Emily Clark

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark |Toby Mann |Mark Doman

Some members of Vladimir Putin's online army think Ukraine's drone attack on Russian air bases was their Pearl Harbor. Others are in denial about the damage now visible on satellite imagery. And then there are the online accounts that have been boldly outspoken and willing to question, even blame, the Russian establishment for not protecting the country's prized strategic bomber fleet. "When I watched the video of our planes burning, everything inside me was burning.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark

Three people have been charged with manslaughter over the May 2023 boarding house fire in Wellington that killed five people, New Zealand Police has announced. A two-year investigation to establish if the condition of the Loafers Lodge building and its fire safety systems "contributed to the fatal outcome" led to the charges, Detective Senior Sergeant Timothy Leitch said in a statement.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark

After three years of war, the second round of peace talks since very early in Russia's invasion of Ukraine were over within one hour. At a negotiating table in Istanbul overnight, representatives of Kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange some of their wounded and to send some of the dead home, but they made little progress on ending the war. As Russian officials handed over a memorandum outlining Vladimir Putin's terms, Ukraine said it needed a week to consider the document.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark

New charter schools are opening in New Zealand as the United States faces a pivotal Supreme Court decision over one in a case that is threatening the separation of church and state in American education. Over two years, the New Zealand governmentwill spend nearly $140 million on charter schools — a type of school that is not required to adhere to the national curriculum.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Emily Clark

In New Zealand, three members of the Māori Party will be temporarily suspended from parliament over a haka performed during the first reading of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill last year.  Māori Party member Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clarke will be suspended from the house for seven days for "acting in a manner that could have the effect of intimidating a member of the house".