The extent of sea ice covering Canada s Hudson Bay hit a record low for May, intensifying concern on the fate of the some 4,000 polar bears that live there, as new research adds to a growing scientific consensus that the region s bears are on track to disappear within decades.
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Italy has not been seen as a candidate to pick up business from the UK – until now
Colleoni Chapel and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo
Recent headlines have lauded how Amsterdam and Paris have been able to draw stock trading in European names away from London as part of the fallout from the UK finally leaving the European Union.
Legally speaking that is true, as European firms now trade stocks on platforms owned by legal entities on the continent rather than in the UK. Technically speaking, however, equities trading is still occurring in the UK: venues have so far kept their vital technology infrastructure in and around London.