By Lee Hale Renewed interest in the poinsettia’s colonialist roots have led to some people calling the flower by its native name. Source: The poinsettia’s complicated history
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By Joanna Kakissis In a stark rebuke of Russia, Ukraine joins the West in celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 6-7 as it traditionally has done. (Image credit: Sergei Supinsky /AFP via Getty Images) Source: Breaking with tradition, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 this year
By The Associated Press The killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a long-time adviser of the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, comes as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border between Hezbollah and Israel intensify. Source: An Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general