US president commutes around 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people. Also: inside Syria's abandoned presidential palace, recreational use of cannabis banned in Japan, and the secret to being happy at work.
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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Myles and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday 12th December.
These are our main stories.
Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of around 1500 people,
the largest presidential act of clemency in a single day in modern US History.
The funeral has taken place of the Syrian activist Mazan Al Hamada,
whose tortured body was found in the notorious at Naya prison.
We'll also report from inside Bashar Al Assad's former presidential palace in Damascus.