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India’s COVID calamity
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

India’s COVID calamity

As the COVID crisis looms large in India, Barkha Dutt says the country desperately needs help. In a gut-wrenching interview with Ian Bremmer, the Delhi-based journalist wrestles with both the personal and collective devastation happening across the country.

US donates vaccines to India; Macron v Le Pen; EU tourism
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US donates vaccines to India; Macron v Le Pen; EU tourism

Ian Bremmer answers questions on global politics on World In 60 Seconds (or, during the pandemic, 180 Seconds) and discusses US vaccine donations in response to the coronavirus crisis in India, the rise of the right in France, and the EU opening borders to vaccinated American tourists.

When can kids get vaccinated against COVID-19?
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When can kids get vaccinated against COVID-19?

The World Health Organization's chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, says that vaccines are being tested in children down to the age of six or even lower.

Older woman getting the COVID vaccine. Vaccine nationalism risks prolonging pandemic
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: Vaccine nationalism risks prolonging pandemic, according to Chief Scientist, WHO

Listen: Soumya Swaminathan calls for a massive increase in the global vaccine supply in order to prevent the rise of more dangerous and vaccine-evading super-variants, in a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast.

Director General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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Women in power — the World Trade Organization's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Starting a new job is always daunting. For Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who just weeks ago started a new stint as director general at the World Trade Organization, the timing could not be more trying: she is taking over the world's largest global trade body amid once-in-a-generation public health and economic crises. Who is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and how has her worldview shaped her politics and policymaking?

Why Europe’s vaccine rollout has been so tortured
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Why Europe’s vaccine rollout has been so tortured

The EU acted swiftly, decisively, and effectively to respond to the pandemic's economic fallout. A nearly trillion dollar bailout package, agreed to late last July, has kept much of the continent afloat. But it failed on the public health response, first on testing and then rolling out vaccines. Enrico Letta, Italy's former prime minister, shares his thoughts on the reasons why in a conversation with Ian Bremmer on the latest episode of GZERO World.

Dr. Fauci on the world's nightmare year and when the COVID-19 pandemic could end
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Dr. Fauci on the world's nightmare year and when the COVID-19 pandemic could end

In the fall of 2019, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic would change the world, Ian Bremmer asked Dr. Fauci what kept him up at night and he described a "a pandemic-like respiratory infection." Fast-forward to late February 2021 and Dr. Fauci tells Ian, "I think we are living through much of that worst nightmare." Dr. Fauci returns to GZERO World to take stock of the nightmare year and to paint a picture of what the end of the pandemic could look like—and when it could finally arrive.

How well is the vaccine drive really going?
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How well is the vaccine drive really going?

The most ambitious global vaccination drive in history is in motion. Over the past three months, more than 213 million COVID-19 shots have been administered across 95 countries, and the vaccination rate is slowly increasing.

It's a rare bit of hopeful news after 15 months of collective misery. So where do things stand at the moment, and what's keeping the world from getting to herd immunity faster?