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Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

NEW YORK (AP) - Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time’s youngest “person of the year” on Wednesday.

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Dec 11, 2019, 10:04 AM

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