Greg Jennett

In the battle for the key southern port of Kherson, Russian troops savage surrounding villages, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. But Ukrainian forces are gearing up for a showdown.

The screeching sounds of pilotless, bomb-carrying drones are now becoming a familiar daily routine in heart-stopping terror for everyone beneath them in Ukraine.

Silky smooth diplomatic prowess isn't a pre-requisite for an ambassador. An ability to open doors to meet important people is. Raised in the court of Camelot at the White House, Caroline Kennedy's been doing that all her life, Greg Jennett writes.

Returning home from 12 months in Washington, Greg Jennett reflects on the big stories and the United States’ constant capacity to surprise.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison joins the leaders of Japan and India in a video-link with US President Joe Biden in a growing alliance seen as a way to counter China.

As with everything in Joe Biden's first few weeks in the White House, when trying to comprehend why he is doing something, it pays to consider what came before him, writes Greg Jennett.

With a touch of religious revivalism, heavy on repair and restoration, each word of Joe Biden's speech was carefully crafted to point to the possibilities of the future and to draw on pride, patriotism and the decency of people, writes Greg Jennett.

The "million MAGA march" in Washington DC was a powerful statement of the depth and potency of conviction that lives on among at least a portion of the country's 72 million Trump voters, despite the President's election defeat, writes Greg Jennett.

Beyond Indonesian shores, the story of Holden's successful export foray into the tropics over more than three decades isn't widely known.

Matt Wright has made his name capturing Australia's biggest and baddest crocodiles, but in Indonesia a big croc tangled in a tyre proves an impossible catch.