The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...

Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, Trump’s politics and Israel’s war on Gaza figure prominently in the elections.

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