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IN 2018, THE TITLE WENT TO JAMAL KHASHOGGI AND OTHER JOURNALISTS. IT WAS A NOD TO THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE GLOBE BY LEADERS WHO WANT TO STOP CRITICAL INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM. MR. TRUMP, WHO IS A FOLLOWER OF THE PERSON OF THE YEAR HONOR, SAID LAST YEAR BEFORE THE ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE COULDN』T 「IMAGINE ANYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN TRUMP」 AS THE TOP PICK. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MR. TRUMP HAD NOT WEIGHED IN ON TWITTER ABOUT THIS YEAR』S CHOICE.
GRETA THUNBERG, THE TEEN ACTIVIST FROM SWEDEN WHO HAS URGED IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS A GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS, WAS NAMED TIME MAGAZINE』S PERSON OF THE YEAR FOR 2019 ON WEDNESDAY. SHE IS THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO HAVE EVER RECEIVED THE ACCOLADE.
MADRID (AP) — TEENAGE CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG SAID SHE WAS SURPRISED AND HONORED WEDNESDAY TO BE NAMED TIME』S YOUNGEST PERSON OF THE YEAR, WHILE ADDING THAT OTHERS IN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT SHE HELPED INSPIRE DESERVE TO SHARE THE ACCOLADE.
THUNBERG BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PERSON OF THE YEAR EVER, AND ONLY THE FIFTH FEMALE IN THE 90-PLUS YEARS TIME HAS BEEN HANDING OUT THE HONOUR. MEN HAVE BEEN CHOSEN 66 TIMES, GROUPS OF PEOPLE 21 TIMES, AND NON-HUMAN ENTITIES TWICE ("THE COMPUTER" AND "THE ENDANGERED EARTH").
NEW YORK/MADRID (REUTERS) - GRETA THUNBERG, THE 16-YEAR-OLD SWEDE WHO INSPIRED MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, HAS BEEN NAMED TIME MAGAZINE’S PERSON OF THE YEAR FOR 2019.
TEN CONTENDERS WERE ON THE SHORTLIST. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO WAS NAMED "PERSON OF THE YEAR" IN 2016, ALSO HAD BEEN ON THE SHORTLIST IN 2015, 2017 AND 2018. HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY AND THE 2001 "PERSON OF THE YEAR" RUDY GIULIANI APPEARED ON THE 2019 SHORTLIST AS WELL.
THE MAGAZINE REVEALED ITS CHOICE ON TODAY WEDNESDAY, MAKING THUNBERG THE YOUNGEST SELECTION SINCE TIME BEGAN NAMING A PERSON OF THE YEAR IN 1927. THE PERSON OF THE YEAR TITLE IS NOT NECESSARILY AN HONOR OR AWARD, BUT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFLUENCE THE PERSON HAS HAD ON THE NEWS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR.
INSTEAD OF DOING RUNNERS-UP THIS YEAR, THE MAGAZINE GAVE AWARDS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. WOMEN"S SOCCER TEAM AS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, LIZZO AS ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, AND DISNEY CEO BOB IGER AS BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR.
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NEW YORK (AFP) - GRETA THUNBERG, THE SWEDISH TEENAGER WHO BECAME THE VOICE OF CONSCIENCE FOR A GENERATION FACING THE CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCY, WAS NAMED WEDNESDAY (DEC 11) AS TIME MAGAZINE』S 2019 PERSON OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN ON THE LIST, WHICH INCLUDES BEING NAMED TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR IN 2016 WHEN HE BECAME THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE MAY BECOME THE THIRD PRESIDENT EVER TO BE IMPEACHED IF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MOVES FORWARD WITH THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT THIS WEEK. NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE VIA IMPEACHMENT. TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS, ACCORDING TO A WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT THAT CALLS THE INQUIRY "COMPLETELY BASELESS."
“FOR SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT HUMANITY’S PREDATORY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ONLY HOME WE HAVE, FOR BRINGING TO A FRAGMENTED WORLD A VOICE THAT TRANSCENDS BACKGROUNDS AND BORDERS, FOR SHOWING US ALL WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHEN A NEW GENERATION LEADS, GRETA THUNBERG IS TIME’S 2019 PERSON OF THE YEAR,” THE MEDIA FRANCHISE SAID.
MEANWHILE, IN A REPORT RELEASED ON TUESDAY DURING COP25, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) CALLED ON COUNTRIES TO PRIORITISE FUNDING TO DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH. IN COMING DECADES, GLOBAL WARMING IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL DEATHS EACH YEAR FROM MALNUTRITION, INSECT-BORNE DISEASE AND HEAT STRESS.

 

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