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
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
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
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
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
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 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 aid budget – brings the British Government’s commitment up to a total of £91million. However, Mr Johnson warned that even … Read more
America has pledged to give Turkey ammunition and equipment in order to help in the fight against Syrian government forces in Idlib. James Jeffrey, US envoy to Turkey, said Tuesday that Ankara will also receive humanitarian aid and intelligence briefings because it is a NATO ally. David Satterfield, Washington’s ambassador in Turkey, added that the … Read more
Boris Johnson pledges £236million to end rough sleeping ‘once and for all’ and provide accommodation for 6,000 The PM will pledge nearly a quarter of a billion pounds to end rough sleeping £236 million fund will be used to accommodate up to 6,000 homeless people Boris Johnson said it is ‘simply unacceptable’ we have so … Read more