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Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a Yule log. And the French holiday season is longer than most – stretching into the New Year with Epiphany (January 6) and its traditional galettes des rois into February with Chandeleur (Candlemas). Source link

Syria’s new rulers have called for the disbanding of all armed groups. But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. These fighters from the Druze religious minority say they prefer to rely on their own men, rather than the promises made by Syria’s … Read more

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set to make history Tuesday with the closest-ever approach to the Sun, coming within 6.2 million kilometers of the solar surface as it explores the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere. Source link

A Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) flight was forced to make an emergency landing in the Austrian city of Graz due to smoke in the cabin and cockpit, the carrier said. The Airbus 220-300 plane was en route from Bucharest, Romania, to Zurich on Monday when the crew decided to abort the flight “due to … Read more

Syria’s new rulers have called for the disbanding of all armed groups. But in the southwestern town of Suwayda, a small group of Druze fighters are reluctant to give up their arms. Fighters from religious minority say they prefer to rely on their own men, rather than promises made by Syria’s transitional authorities led by … Read more

Video clips posted on social media of a public Christmas tree being burned in a Christian majority town near Hama in central Syria sparked a protest in Damascus early Tuesday. Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group said the tree was burned by foreign fighters from another group and promised to restore the decoration. Source link