The new president, Joseph Aoun, is a favorite of America, France, and Saudi Arabia. He even gets a cautious endorsement from Israel amid skepticism about Lebanon’s future. There have been at least ...

By James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas CreditLuis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times. From the Surf to the Sermon: The Christian Surfers of Costa Rica A group of missionaries who surf have ...

With these two new monuments, Mr. Biden has protected more federal land and waters than any other president, about 674 million acres. The ban affects the entire Eastern Seaboard, the Pacific Coast ...