Afternoon Update
A selection of the news stories and interesting opinion doing the rounds on the afternoon of Friday 3rd January.

The Boston Globe - Politicians are only human
Buzzfeed News - Andrew Yang Could Win This Thing
Fox News – Hillary Clinton named chancellor at Northern Ireland university
Pew Research Center - 10 tech-related trends that shaped the decade
Politico - Foreign diplomats brace for 4 more years of Trump
Farmers Weekly - Josh Wright: New year, new politics, same stormy weather
Bloomberg - Bill Gates Pushes for Higher Taxes on Rich as Wealth Soars
The New York Times - Maps: How the Confrontation Between the U.S. and Iran Escalated
Guido Fawkes – Labour Leadership Contenders React To Soleimani Killing
- REVEALED: Claudia Lawrence ‘Mystery Man’ CCTV enhanced in cold case review
- Does socialism work? A classroom experiment
- Why do smart people still choose Keynes over Hayek?
- Russia and Israel: A beautiful friendship?
- Urgent measures needed to rescue hospitality and high streets from irreversible lockdown decline
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