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After ceasefire, Lebanese are returning home. This Thanksgiving holiday is likely to be the busiest ever for air travel. Research shows even a short walk after a meal can be a big boost for health.
Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.