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Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel "Person of the Year" for her leadership during the European refugee crisis and E.U. currency turmoil. Nathan Frandino reports.
On a surprise visit to Finland to participate in a summit gathering the leaders of the five Nordic nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he believes "that this year will be decisive for us, for Ukraine, for Europe, decisive for victory". Zelensky's remarks come at a press conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, whose country became NATO's newest member in April in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2020. The President and Vice-President elect were chosen for the honor over finalists that included President Donald Trump. Also on the list were frontline health workers with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said that Biden and Harris received for the honor "for changing the American story." "Forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division."
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Tennis champion Serena Williams received the Sportsperson of the year award from Sports Illustrated, but some thought she didn't deserve it.
The prestigious magazine Time announced Wednesday the person of the year 2014: The chosen were the Ebola caregivers in Western Africa and around the world. Narendra Modi was chosen person of the year by the magazine's readers.
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