A major chunk of trading in euro-dominated shares has been moving from London to European continental exchanges since the beginning of the week, after the U.K. left the European Union single market.
“U.S. Capitol under siege” blasted The Times, in the U.K., with a separate piece suggesting “Donald Trump has disgraced tradition and that will be his lasting legacy.”
As the dramatic events in Washington, D.C. were unfolding Wednesday, the coroanvirus-borne illness COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc in the U.S., claiming a record of almost 4,000 American lives, the most in a single day since the start of the outbreak.