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Palestinians, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war have found a home in the country. But Cairo says newcomers are straining resources and is seeking financial help from the West.

As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have now settled on Joseph Aoun, the leader of the military.

Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, enjoys a commanding lead in the polls as Canadians look to the next general election.

Lawmakers elected Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese military, the first step in forming a government to lead a country recovering from economic crisis and a devastating war.

A distant era of global politics, when nations scrambled to grab territory, suddenly seems less distant.

After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace.

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

The Israeli military will no longer identify its forces by name in the media, “fearing the arrest of soldiers abroad.”

The 23-year-old hiker, Hadi Nazari, survived for almost two weeks on two granola bars he found in a hut and on water from rivers and creeks, the authorities said.

Violence has escalated in the occupied territory over the last year and a half, as Israel conducts raids targeting armed fighters with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.