Global National: Aug. 30, 2022 | Mikhail Gorbachev, final Soviet leader who ended Cold War, dies

The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 91. He was a towering figure, as the reforms he started brought about the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Iron Curtain, and eventually, the dissolution of a nation he ruled. He was seen as a hero to many in the West, but he leaves behind a complicated and polarizing legacy in Russia and across the former Soviet Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin has unravelled much of what Gorbachev did and stood for. Eric Sorensen reports. Calls are growing for more immediate aid for flood-ravaged Pakistan, where unrelenting rain has washed away entire communities. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warns the nation faces a “monsoon on steroids.“ As Redmond Shannon reports, the disaster is highlighting the tensions on the global climate response, as wealthier nations fall short on their promises. As the climate crisis worsens, some of the world’s largest ice sheets in Greenland are rapid