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Jennifer Aniston resorting to watching laundry spin on lockdown

Aniston also took a moment to mark America's National Nurses Day.




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Spanish football shutdown: RFEF plans to fast-track lower leagues when season resumes after coronavirus

Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has come up with a new proposal for a fast-track finish to the lower leagues in Spain once football is back under way following the current break due to coronavirus.




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Juventus confirm Blaise Matuidi and Daniele Rugani have recovered from coronavirus

Juventus have confirmed both Daniele Rugani and Blaise Matuidi have recovered from coronavirus and are no longer subject to the Italian home isolation regime.




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Danish club FC Midtjylland setting up drive-in theatres for fans to watch behind closed doors games

A Danish club have come up with a novel way to allow fans to watch games together when football returns behind closed doors – by setting up drive-in screenings.




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LaLiga and RFEF agree training return for Spanish clubs 'subject to health protocols'

LaLiga has agreed with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the National Sports Council that Spanish clubs can return to training, subject to health recommendations.




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BBC hire Manchester City's Sergio Aguero to teach Spanish lessons for homeschooling service

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will host Spanish lessons for children as part of the BBC's new homeschooling service.




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Dani Ceballos indicates his future lies at Real Madrid, not Arsenal

Arsenal midfielder Dani Ceballos, who is on loan from Real Madrid, says he has been assured his future is at the Santiago Bernabeu.




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Dani Ceballos reveals Arsenal players had symptoms but were not tested for coronavirus

Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos has revealed Arsenal players showed signs of coronavirus symptoms following manager Mikel Arteta's diagnosis, but were not tested.




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Spanish clubs given green light to return to individual training with LaLiga committed to finishing season

Spanish clubs have been given the green light to return to individual training next week by prime minister Pedro Sanchez.




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Granit Xhaka opens up on 'hatred' of clash with fans that cost him Arsenal captaincy

Granit Xhaka has opened up on the "hatred" he felt towards him following an infamous spat with Arsenal fans earlier this season.




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From Liverpool icon to LaLiga legend: Spanish football loses its voice with passing of Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson was smiling until the very end. "I'm still battling away," he said as he walked up the steps to take his commentary position at the Benito Villamarin for Real Betis against Real Madrid in LaLiga last month.




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LaLiga badges: The history behind the iconic Spanish football crests of Barcelona, Real Madrid and more clubs

Every club has one, and every fan thinks theirs is the best.




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Daughter surprises dad by finishing Panini football sticker collection started 41 years ago

The coronavirus lockdown has given many of us time to polish off odd-jobs and tie up loose ends, but finally finishing a sticker collection you started 41 years ago is among the more novel.




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Real Madrid fan trumpets stirring rendition of club anthem from rooftop in Spanish capital

A trumpet-playing Real Madrid fan has won applause in the street and now online with his rendition of the club's La Decima song during lockdown in the Spanish capital.




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LaLiga announce Spanish clubs will return to training this week amid plans to restart competition in June

LaLiga clubs will return to training this week amid plans to restart the competition in June, it has been announced.




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Claudio Ranieri interview cuts to unsuspecting wife Rosanna during live segment to leave Kelly Cates in stitches

An interview with former Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri encountered a rather odd technical difficulty on Thursday - with the feed cutting to his unsuspecting wife Rosanna.




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Tottenham chief Daniel Levy 'left Louis Van Gaal's house in car boot to escape press'

Louis Van Gaal has claimed that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy left his house in a car boot to avoid the local press after holding talks about becoming the club's new manager in 2014.




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Cruise companies accused of refusing to let stranded crew disembark due to cost

Death toll of crew stranded by coronavirus continues to rise as industry blames ‘impractical’ safety requirements for blocking disembarkation

Some cruise companies have refused to agree to rules that would allow tens of thousands of stranded crew back to land, citing concerns about cost and potential legal consequences, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The largest trade association for the cruise industry has called the CDC’s requirements for disembarkation “impractical”.

The standoff comes amid a deteriorating situation on many ships around the world and a rising death toll of crew members.

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The urban wild: animals take to the streets amid lockdown – in pictures

Animals have started taking advantage of cities as they enter lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. From New Delhi, India to Buenos Aires, Argentina, groups of animals including deer and lemurs have started to come out to explore – in search of food or just to play

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Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up

US government vets said to be ready to assist with culls, or ‘depopulation’ of pigs, chickens and cattle because of coronavirus meat plant closures

Covid-related slaughterhouse shutdowns in the US are leading to fears of meat shortages and price rises, while farmers are being forced to consider “depopulating” their animals.

More than 20 slaughterhouses have been forced to close, although some have subsequently reopened. On Tuesday President Trump issued an executive order to keep slaughterhouses open which would, he said, help solve liability problems for meat companies.

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We created the Anthropocene, and the Anthropocene is biting back | Alastair Gee, Dani Anguiano

It’s clear from a recent litany of disasters – from the coronavirus pandemic to America’s deadliest wildfire in a century – there are forces that cannot be domesticated

About 12,000 years ago, human domestication of the natural world began in earnest with the intentional cultivation of wild plants and animals. Fast forward to today and our dominion over the planet appears complete, as 7.8 billion of us multiply across its surface and our reach extends from the deep-sea beds, which are being mined, to the heavens, where we are, according to Donald Trump, dispatching a space force.

Yet as has been made clear by a recent litany of disasters – from the coronavirus pandemic to America’s deadliest wildfire in a century – there are forces that cannot be domesticated. Indeed, our interference with the natural world is making them more liable to flare up into tragedy. We created the Anthropocene, and the Anthropocene is biting back.

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'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora

Pavement chalking to draw attention to wild flowers and plants in urban areas has gone viral across Europe – but UK chalkers could face legal action

A rising international force of rebel botanists armed with chalk has taken up street graffiti to highlight the names and importance of the diverse but downtrodden flora growing in the cracks of paths and walls in towns and cities across Europe.

The idea of naming wild plants wherever they go – which began in France – has gone viral, with people chalking and sharing their images on social media. More than 127,000 people have liked a photo of chalked-up tree names in a London suburb, while a video of botanist Boris Presseq of Toulouse Museum of Natural History chalking up names to highlight street flowers in the French city has had 7m views.

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Pollutionwatch: breathtaking views will vanish unless we build back better

Only government action will preserve the clearer, bluer skies gifted to us by the coronavirus lockdown

Many of us will have noticed differences in traffic noise and air pollution during the lockdown. Startling images have come from India where, for the first time in a generation, the Himalayas have been visible more than a hundred miles away. Something similar happened in the UK in 1921 when coal shortages during a miner’s strike led to newspaper reports of distant landmarks being visible as never before. In the UK we too have been able to look up at clearer blue skies, less impeded by air pollution and not crisscrossed by aircraft contrails. This helped Germany to break a solar power record.

In Beijing, air pollution controls for the 2014 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting also brought a return to blue skies. The term “APEC blue” emerged in Chinese social media and was nominated as Beijing’s top environmental phrase for the year. Later it took on a tinge of sadness, to mean something wonderful, but brief. One woman posted about love on social media, “He’s not that into you – it’s just an APEC blue!”

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House coronavirus oversight panel demands large companies repay small-business loans

“Returning these funds will allow truly small businesses ... to obtain the emergency loans they need to avoid layoffs," they write.




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My dad writes letters. The pandemic has given them new meaning.

A couple of months ago, my dad sat down to write me a letter. By the time he finished writing it, the world had irreversibly changed.




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Women In Animation & The Animation Guild Team To Support Working Moms On Mother’s Day

In celebration of Mother’s Day, Women in Animation and the Animation Guild have joined forces to encourage equality and flexibility in the workplace and to support the animation community “as it navigates the unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.” In a joint statement, they noted that “many animation workers are pulling double duty – balancing […]




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Farm It Forward backyard market gardens connect Blue Mountains residents through organic food

This organic farming program is turning residential backyards into market gardens to tackle food security, food mileage and social isolation.




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Knackery in 7.30 story was taken to court for animal cruelty last month

Burns Pet Food at Riverstone pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty relating to dozens of cattle and an injured sheep only a month before the ABC's 7.30 report into the slaughter of horses.




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Dr Aniello Iannuzzi says dust poses a health risk




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Sydney news: NSW economy loses to Tasmania, suspected hydroponic set-up damaged by fire

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW's economy has dropped to third, behind Victoria and Tasmania, according to CommSec's State of the States report, which measures performance based on several factors.




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Who even needs a professional organiser and what do they actually do?

Some people are turning to professional organisers for help with decluttering does the industry reveal our complicated relationship with our stuff?




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Is the NookPhone good or bad for your Animal Crossing island?

No, you're not hallucinating and this isn't a late April Fool's joke. That is in fact, the NookPhone from Animal Crossing: New Horizons at the top of this post. It's safe to say that the game has really taken off in the two weeks since its release. It's the perfect salve for our troubled era, and a great way to kill time when you're stuck at home.




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Live Animal Markets Should Be Improved Not Outlawed, Say WHO

(LONDON) — The World Health Organization said Friday that although a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the new coronavirus, it does not recommend that such markets be shut down globally. In a press briefing, WHO food safety and animal diseases expert…




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Model Nazanin Mandi Posts Jaw-Dropping Bikini Photo



Plus more celebrities flaunting their curves!




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Misty Copeland Organizing Ballet Performance For COVID-19



Thirty-two ballerinas from 14 countries are participating.




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Misty Copeland Organizes Worldwide Ballet Performance



The virtual performance includes 32 dancers in 14 countries.




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KC business leaders, companies lead effort to do widespread Covid-19 contact tracing

A group of area executives who helped bring 50,000 Covid-19 test kits to the area have been searching the world for the best ideas in contact tracing. The search led back to Kansas City.




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THIS was Rithvik Dhanjani's weight before he became an actor




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Social distancing is going to be a challenge: Sayantani Ghosh




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Former CFL quarterback Travis Lulay leaves B.C. Lions organization


“My family and I have made the decision to return to Oregon,” the 36-year-old said in a video address posted Thursday on the Lions website.




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Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers

One of the country's largest unions is targeting video game and tech companies — and hired a Southern California organizer to spearhead the project




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Column: Equifax left unencrypted data open to Chinese hackers. Most big U.S. companies are just as negligent

Equifax, like most large U.S. companies, failed to encrypt the databases that store some of the most sensitive details of people's lives.




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Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing 'platform manipulation'

Twitter said it would suspend 70 accounts posting content supporting the Michael Bloomberg campaign in a pattern that violates company rules.




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EBay bans sales of masks and hand sanitizer in response to coronavirus price gouging

EBay is refusing listings for N95 and N100 masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes and says it's working to remove listings with inflated prices.




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Uber, Lyft say they will pay quarantined drivers as senator calls on gig companies to help contain virus

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner called on companies including Uber, Postmates to ease financial burdens felt by gig workers because of the novel coronavirus.




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How 'Animal Crossing' was built to be ubiquitous in coronavirus time — back in 2001

It's no accident that "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" is resonating now. Built to ward off loneliness in 2001, the franchise is made for the pandemic moment.




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Meet humanity's new ally in the coronavirus fight: Robots

The novel coronavirus is making plain each day just how vulnerable we humans are to a brand new infectious disease. But humanity has an ally in robots.




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Beyond 'Animal Crossing:' What those making your favorite games are playing

We asked game developers: What's your go-to game in coronavirus quarantine? Makers behind 'Doom Eternal,' 'The Last of Us' 'Watch Dogs,' more answer




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Rob Blake: Kings will 'find positives' in otherwise meaningless games if season resumes

The Kings are out of the playoff hunt, but GM Rob Blake says they'll find a way to make the games meaningful if the NHL completes the 2020 regular season.




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Ducks sign Christian Djoos and Jani Hakanpaa to one-year, one-way deals

Ducks defensemen Christian Djoos and Jani Hakanpaa will stay with the team through the 2020-21 season after each signed a one-year, one-way contract extension.