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How development of the COVID-19 vaccine shattered records
Ian Explains: How Development of the COVID-19 Vaccine Shattered Records | GZERO Media
December 17, 2020
They said it couldn't be done: a vaccine developed in record time. In 1967, Merck had a license for a mumps vaccine, less than five years for work that normally takes decades. But that record is now being shattered as the COVID-19 vaccine reaches the market in less than a year. It's an unprecedented scientific development in a whirlwind year of crisis.
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What might Iran look like a year from now? Ian Bremmer and Brooking’s Thomas Wright discuss possible outcomes.
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, on March 6, 2026.
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The Lebanese militant group’s strikes against Israel on Monday appear to have given the Israelis the pretext to launch a massive counter-attack, with the ultimate aim being to disarm the Iran-backed group once and for all.
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