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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -When Sebastien Lecornu gave his first prime-time TV interview hours after resigning as French prime minister on Wednesday, he cast himself as a “soldier monk” — a man of duty who would not shy away if President Emmanuel Macron called him back to battle. The metaphor, evoking the austere warrior…

(This Oct 11 story has been refiled without any changes to the text.) By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In the second week of the U.S. government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off – then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours, a person familiar…

By Andrea Shalal DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) -Lifelong Democrat Samra’a Luqman became a vocal backer of Donald Trump in 2024, helping to rally support for him among the pivotal Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan, in the hope that he could end the Gaza war. Now, after Trump helped to broker a ceasefire deal, Luqman feels…

By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -The heroic images of three Confederate leaders carved into the granite face of Georgia’s Stone Mountain have towered over the countryside outside Atlanta since the 1970s, paying silent homage to the Southern cause in the U.S. Civil War. Its supporters say the monument – often compared with Mount Rushmore –…

By Renee Hickman and Lizbeth Diaz CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry’s Gyros, a diner on Chicago’s northwest side, his manager knew something was wrong. The short order cook always let someone know if he was running late, even by just 5 minutes.…

GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Thousands of Palestinians streamed north along the coast of Gaza on Saturday, trekking by foot, car, and cart back to their abandoned homes as a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding. “It is an indescribable feeling; praise be to God,” said Nabila Basal as she travelled…

By Leila Miller MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) -Dutch systems specialist Paul Post had glimpsed the notebooks that contained his father’s Nazi-era diaries before, but when he rediscovered them in an attic 15 years ago, the recent retiree finally had time to closely examine them. Post, 74, had no idea that they would ultimately lead to…