As the virus continues to mutate, the speed at which the COVID-19 vaccines were developed was unprecedented and worked incredibly well. More than 7.4 billion vaccine doses are administered in 184 countries in the first 11 months of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AUKUS deal is debuted, a new trilateral security partnership between Australia, the UK and the USA, featuring a pledge by the US to provide Australia with technology to build eight nuclear-powered submarines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the largest container ships ever built gets stuck in the Suez Canal for six days, freezing nearly US$ 10 billion in trade a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres issues a stark climate change warning: \u201ca code red for humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, countries pledged to take steps to address climate change, including cutting methane emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Space tourism takes a giant leap, with Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX all flying their first tourist-focused missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dubai finally hosts Expo 2020 with a grand opening on October 1, 2021, the first World\u2019s Fair to be held in the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pope Francis meets Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in Iraq, the first ever meeting between a pope and a grand ayatollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G7 leaders agree to back a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world\u2019s first malaria vaccine is approved for children and recommended as a major breakthrough for science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10753","j75journey","type-j75journey","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n