Ukrainians say they don’t put much stock in the latest round of peace talks with Russia underway in Abu Dhabi. But they do sense optimism after a seismic political shift in the U.S. midterm elections.
In Russia, meanwhile, the country’s best-known independent newspaper,
Novaya Gazeta, is shutting down after more than 30 years amid state pressure and wartime censorship laws.
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