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Skimm'd while signing up for SkimmU Money August 31, 2022 Read in browser Daily Skimm Skimm'd while signing up for SkimmU Money "A bit of a diva" — A Charles Dickens aficionado after some of the author's letters were made public. You can't blame the guy for having great expectations.  Top Story Getty Images Mikhail Gorbachev The Story Mikhail Gorbachev — the Soviet leader who ended the Cold War — is dead. Go on. Yesterday, Russian state news agencies announced that Gorbachev had died at age 91, following a "long" and serious illness. In 1985, the USSR's last leader rose to power. And over the next six years, he introduced a series of bold reforms designed to open up the Soviet Union to the world, revive the country's sluggish economy, and make its government more transparent. But ultimately, Gorbachev's reforms also opened the door to protests…and the dissolution of the USSR. By 1991, the Soviet Union had fractured into 15 separat...

Skimm'd while building good money habits August 30, 2022 Read in browser Daily Skimm Together with Skimm'd while building good money habits "He's super sweet-natured" — A man on his 5½-foot emotional support pet alligator. He crocs his world. Top Story Getty Images Pakistan The Story A third of Pakistan is underwater . Floods? Yes. Every year, Southeast Asia is at an increased risk of flooding from monsoons. Pakistan typically sees three or four monsoon rains per season. But this year, the country's seen eight. Since the monsoon season began in mid-June, more than 1,100 people in Pakistan have died from historic flooding. Of those, more than 300 are believed to be children. The flooding has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, cut off entire villages, and affected at least 30 million people. Why is this happening? Government officials are calling it a "climate catastrophe." And say the country's "ground zero" for extreme wea...