Stock market losses hit £793bn as Fed pledges unlimited emergency cash

Stock market losses reach £793bn as US Federal Reserve pledges unlimited emergency cash By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 23 March 2020 More than £60billion was wiped off the stock market yesterday – taking total losses since the coronavirus pandemic hit to £793billion.  On … Read more

Taliban pledges not to kill healthcare workers as fear of a coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan 

The Taliban have pledged their readiness to cooperate with healthcare workers instead of killing them, as fear of a coronavirus epidemic spreads in Afghanistan.    Whatever reservations the militants previously held over eradicating the crippling disease, they have now clearly grasped the dangers posed by the pandemic sweeping the rest of the world. In the past … Read more

Together we can do this: Tesco boss urges calm and pledges to keep food coming into stores

Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis It’s been a tough week for the whole country. No one is untouched. No one immune to challenges we face as a country. Covid-19 is bringing huge changes to the way we live and work. Sadly, we are closer to the beginning of all this than the end, but it’s … Read more

Rihanna’s charity pledges $5 million to help at-risk communities and health workers combat COVID-19

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Dierks Bentley pledges $90k to hourly employees as his Nashville bar shuts down

Dierks Bentley pledges $90k to help hourly employees as his Nashville bar shuts down due to coronavirus By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 03:22 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 03:22 GMT, 17 March 2020 As the world grapples with the global pandemic of the novel Coronavirus, celebrities are pitching in for employees affected by … Read more

Ben Affleck pledges donations to help ‘vulnerable’ children affected by coronavirus outbreak

He’s spent the past few days out and about ignoring panic with his family and new girlfriend, Ana de Armas. But Ben Affleck proved on Sunday that he was taking coronavirus concerns very seriously and thinking about everyone who was suffering. The 47-year-old took to social media to promote Feeding America and their work in … Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges the Olympics will go ahead as planned

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges the Olympics will go ahead as planned despite other high-profile sporting events falling victim to coronavirus pandemic Abe said the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead as scheduled in July this year Donald Trump suggested yesterday that they should be postponed by a year Japan has so far reported more … Read more

Network Rail pledges 41,000 staff and £2m cash boost to tackle fly-tipping and litter

We’ve all seen it, we all hate it, and we’re doing something about it – the litter and graffiti that’s a disgrace to our railways. That’s why I’m delighted that Network Rail is supporting the Daily Mail’s campaign to back the Great British Spring Clean. From great Victorian stations to soaring viaducts, our railway network … Read more

Donald Trump closes the borders with Europe and pledges financial aid for the sick

 President Donald Trump told the nation he was ordering an immediate shut-down to all travel from Europe to the United States as he addressed the nation on the coronavirus in a prime time Wednesday speech. ‘We will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days,’ Trump announced, in … Read more

Boris Johnson pledges £46m for coronavirus vaccine research

Boris Johnson today urged Britons to brace for ‘substantial disruption’ that could last months as he pumped £46million into a coronavirus vaccine and testing kits. The funding boost – which is coming from the UK’s international development aid budget – brings the British Government’s commitment up to a total of £91million.  However, Mr Johnson warned … Read more