This year, the Arab League welcomed back Syrian President Bashar Assad. The long-time leader has been shut out on the world stage for years over his role in Syria's brutal civil war. Critics are outraged at his return and want to know what's behind the controversial decision.

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Folge vom 16.08.2023What's behind Assad's return?
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Folge vom 09.08.2023We need to talk about antibiotics & sugarThis week on the show: How our overuse of antibiotics puts us all at risk of superbugs that are immune to the drugs we currently have. Plus the dangers of sugar and the taboo of head lice.
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Folge vom 02.08.2023West Virginia's coal counties: Life after coalThe exit from coal mining is inevitable if we want to have a clean and livable future here on Planet Earth, that much is clear. But what happens to regions that depend on coal, like West Virginia in the United States?
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