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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris are jointly the Time magazine’s 2020 Person of the Year.
Key points:
- Kamala Harris has become the first US vice-president or vice-president-elect to be honoured with the award
- Time’s chief executive said the pair received the award for “changing the American story”
- The award has been announced every year since 1927, with climate activist Greta Thunberg winning in 2019
The duo broke gender and racial barriers and together “offered restoration and renewal in a single ticket,” Time said in a profile of the pair.
Following the most tumultuous US presidential campaign in modern times, waged in the throes of a deadly pandemic, economic devastation and a strife-torn national…
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