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'A consequential but ultimately tragic figure': last leader of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Few world leaders have cut a more consequential but ultimately tragic figure than Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, whose death at the age of 91 has been announced by Russian state media.

The Conversation

Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader

Western leaders and historians praise former Soviet president, while Russian reaction to his death was much cooler

The Guardian - AU

‘One of a kind’: World reactions to death of Mikhail Gorbachev

The last Soviet leader brought an end to the Cold War, but his reforms accelerated the break up of the USSR.

Al Jazeera

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Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

Al Jazeera

Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who helped end the Cold War and changed the world forever, dies aged 91

Last leader of Soviet Union passes away after long illness

The Independent UK

Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91

Before Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States

The Independent UK

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91, Russian media reports

In power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed breathtaking changes that overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.

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Mikhail Gorbachev: Soviet Union’s final president who changed world history

‘An epoch in world history came to an end directly as a result of his actions’

The Independent UK

Timeline: The Gorbachev era and the collapse of the Soviet Union

Here is a timeline of some key events over the nearly seven years that Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, held power in the Soviet Union.

Reuters

Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse

Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union.

Reuters

In Pictures: Man who helped end the Cold War was feted in the west

The lifelong communist took the reins at a tense time in the Cold War but eventually presided over the demise of the Soviet Union.

The Independent UK

Amazon, Starbucks worker wins recall earlier period of union success – when Central American migrants also expanded US labor movement

Tech workers, warehouse employees and baristas have notched many victories in recent months at major U.S. companies long deemed long shots for unions, including Apple, Amazon and Starbucks.

The Conversation

Biden’s accomplishments match up well with well-regarded former presidents

Biden has governed from the center and remained sensitive to important issues affecting voters on the left and right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gun prevalence rooted in old divisions

A new study finds a peculiar correlation between rate of enslavement in the past and firearm ownership now

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The Independent UK

Plan for iconic California park pits housing against history

California's eclectic city of Berkeley is renowned for its tie-dyed hippies and high-brow intellectuals, and now it's experiencing a 1960s flashback triggered by People’s Park

The Conversation

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to 'black' propaganda in Ukraine

In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

The Conversation

A former whistleblower explains the dangers of Canada's feeble whistleblowing laws

Canada has had whistleblowing laws since 2007, when the federal government’s Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) came into force. All provinces have followed suit, most adopting modified versions of the PSDPA.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Will California keep its 150-year-old promise to keep UC affordable?

In a letter to The Times in May, Ralph Jones of Riverside reminisced about how easy and cheap it was to go to the University of California in the old days.

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Fauci to step down in December after decades of public service

Dr. Anthony Fauci helped guide the U.S. through the COVID crisis, and earlier in his career played a key role in the response to AIDS. He has served under seven presidents.

Tribune News Service

Nolan Finley: Mike Rogers may make presidential run

The Iowa State Fair draws presidential wannabes like cows draw flies.

The Independent UK

‘You’re not patriots’: Judge throws the book at Jan 6 rioter as he rambles about Reagan in court

The judge was not impressed by the defendant’s appeals to patriotism

Reason

Biden Shouldn't Meet Xi Jinping in China. He Should Do It in America.

The U.S. may not realize it, but it has the upper hand. It turns out communism doesn't work.

Chicago Sun-Times

Solid Netflix doc takes no sides in revisiting Manti Te’o and his girlfriend hoax

Two-part ‘Untold’ film reveals pain still felt by the former Notre Dame linebacker as well as the remorse of the catfisher who duped him.

The Conversation

Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics

The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party.

The Guardian - UK

Biden can still stop Trump, and Trumpism – if he can find a bold plan and moral vision

The US president is struggling and his divisive rival still has the Republican party in his grip. But there are reasons for hope, says Guardian US columnist Robert Reich

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