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Community aid website urges more people to volunteer amid coronavirus crisis

CoronaBuddy.co.uk helps connect people in need with local volunteers in their area




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Forget banana bread: why we're turning to peanut butter in a time of crisis

Sales are soaring and recipes are going viral. We're going nuts for peanut butter, says Laura Hampson




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#AskAntony trends as Australia falls into existential crisis

It has been days since Australia voted in its federal election, but still no winner has been declared. The frustration is real, so the country is doing what it does. Namely, making funny jokes on social media.

Antony Green, ABC's election analyst, is Australia's version of Paul the psychic octopusHe has a pretty good record of picking winners, and helpfully, he has a website that asks one simple question: "Has Antony Green called the election" 

The answer for days now has been an emphatic, "No."

They tried to make me go to rehab. What should I say? #AskAntony pic.twitter.com/xBvcEnrSUR

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Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid 'was almost done' before coronavirus crisis, says former PSG star Jerome Rothen

And the France World Cup winner 'won't sign a new contract' with the Ligue1 giants




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Frank Lampard 'proud' to be Chelsea manager after rapid response to the coronavirus crisis

Frank Lampard has reiterated his pride at managing Chelsea after their rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Luka Jovic is in a 'sort of crisis' at Real Madrid, says Serbia team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic

Fulham forward Aleksandar Mitrovic says Serbia team-mate Luka Jovic is in crisis at Real Madrid.




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Manchester United pay tribute to NHS workers as Old Trafford lit blue during coronavirus crisis

Manchester United paid tribute to NHS workers battling the coronavirus pandemic at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.




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Manchester United pay tribute to NHS workers with Old Trafford display during coronavirus crisis

Manchester United paid tribute to NHS workers battling the coronavirus pandemic at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.




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How Tottenham are supporting the NHS and vulnerable people during coronavirus crisis

Stadium transformed for Covid-19 testing and outpatients Players making donations as colleges make NHS face masks




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Wigan Athletic players agree wage deferrals during coronavirus crisis as some staff furloughed

Wigan Athletic's footballers have agreed to defer some of their wages during the coronavirus crisis, the Championship club confirmed on Thursday.




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How Chelsea are supporting the NHS and vulnerable people during coronavirus crisis

Chelsea were one of the first clubs at any level to offer their support to local health services during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.




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AS Roma players and coaching staff to forgo four months' salary to help club through coronavirus crisis

AS Roma have announced that their players and coaching staff will forgo four months' salary to ease the financial strain on the club due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho to help grow and transport food for local community during coronavirus crisis

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho will volunteer to help transport food during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Crystal Palace providing 900 meals a week for NHS workers and vulnerable people during coronavirus crisis

Crystal Palace are helping to feed frontline NHS workers and the most vulnerable in south London from the kitchens at Selhurst Park.




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'No room' for Australia players getting pregnant says Sam Kerr as Covid-19 crisis leads to packed schedule

Chelsea and Australia striker Sam Kerr believes the coronavirus pandemic has put paid to any plans her national team-mates have to get pregnant in the next five years.




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Revealed: 100,000 crew never made it off cruise ships amid coronavirus crisis

Guardian investigation finds workers stranded on at least 50 ships with Covid-19 outbreaks, limited medical equipment, some without pay, and no end in sight

While most cruise ship passengers have now made it back to land, another crisis has been growing – with no safe haven in sight.

Around the world, more than 100,000 crew workers are still trapped on cruise ships, at least 50 of which have Covid-19 infections, a Guardian investigation has found. They are shut out of ports and banned from air travel that would allow them to return to their homes.

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Conservation in crisis: ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife

From Kenya to the Seychelles, coronavirus has dealt a devastating blow to efforts to protect endangered wildlife

From the vast plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya to the delicate corals of the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles, conservation work to protect some of the world’s most important ecosystems is facing crisis following a collapse in ecotourism during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Organisations that depend on visitors to fund projects for critically endangered species and rare habitats could be forced to close, according to wildlife NGOs, after border closures and worldwide travel restrictions abruptly halted millions of pounds of income from tourism.

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Conservation in crisis: why Covid-19 could push mountain gorillas back to the brink

Once a step away from extinction, their survival was a rare success story. But groundbreaking gorilla conservation is now in peril

As he clambers down the forested ravine, soil slipping beneath his boots, Dr Fred Nizeyimana knows they are close. “I can smell them,” he says, just before the mountain gorillas come into view high in the canopy, plucking leaves and chomping on the vegetation. An adult female slides down a tree, a flash of black fur and elongated limb. More follow, with infants and juveniles in tow. A grunting silverback descends to join its family, the branches buckling beneath approximately 180kg (400lb) of iconic primate.

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From foreign news to fashion, how our editors see the climate crisis

Editors from across the Guardian explain how they are putting the climate emergency front and centre

The climate crisis is a story that reaches every corner of the world and on the international news desk our team of correspondents report on it from around the globe.

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'It's a crisis, not a change': the six Guardian language changes on climate matters

A short glossary of the changes we’ve made to the Guardian’s style guide, for use by our journalists and editors when writing about the environment

In addition to providing updated guidelines on which images our editors should use to illustrate the climate emergency, we have updated our style guide to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world. Our editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, said: “We want to ensure that we are being scientifically precise, while also communicating clearly with readers on this very important issue”. These are the guidelines provided to our journalists and editors to be used in the production of all environment coverage across the Guardian’s website and paper:

Related: The urgency of climate crisis needed robust new language to describe it | Paul Chadwick

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Today we pledge to give the climate crisis the attention it demands | Katharine Viner

The Guardian’s editor-in-chief explains why support from our readers is crucial in enabling us to produce fearless, independent reporting that addresses the climate emergency

At the Guardian we believe the climate crisis is the most urgent issue of our times. And we know that Guardian readers are equally passionate about the need for governments, businesses and individuals to take immediate action to avoid a catastrophe for humanity and for the natural world.

Today the Guardian is making a pledge to our readers that we will play our part, both in our journalism and in our own organisation, to address the climate emergency. We hope this underlines to you the Guardian’s deep commitment to quality environmental journalism, rooted in scientific fact.

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Apartment owners fear for 'suicidal' neighbours as combustible cladding crisis takes its toll

Owners of apartments affected by the combustible cladding crisis in Victoria tell researchers of the emotional and financial toll it has taken on them and their neighbours.




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The coronavirus crisis has been great for Instacart. For its workers, it's a different story

Demand for Instacart's grocery deliveries has put new strains on the company's shoppers, who say they have little to show for risking their health.




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'Apollo 13 moments': Amid coronavirus crisis, doctors, inventors convert devices into ventilators

Innovations are taking place around the country as doctors and entrepreneurs turn their ingenuity to solving the country's ventilator shortage.




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How USC is experiencing a bold recruiting renaissance even during coronavirus crisis

After failing to keep up with most of the Pac-12 in the recruiting game, Clay Helton and his staff are adopting a different approach to lure recruits.




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Coronavirus: 'Delays in action on care home crisis cost thousands of lives', documents reveal

Data which identified a massive in Covid-19 was sent to ministers a month before the government's Care Home Action Plan was published.




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Only half of businesses prepared to return to pre-crisis levels after lockdown lifts

One in twenty businesses said they would be unable to viably operate as long as social distances measures are still enforced.




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Why no one really knows the economic outcome of the coronavirus crisis

From a rapid recovery to prolonged depression and everything in between, the range of possible outcomes from the coronavirus crisis is vast.




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More than 20 million Americans file for unemployment during coronavirus crisis

Some 20.5 million jobs have vanished in the worst monthly loss on record.




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'I love waking up to Cuomo': US governors shine in coronavirus crisis

State governors like New York's Andrew Cuomo are making the big decisions on the coronavirus outbreak, and are providing a vivid contrast to Donald Trump.




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As Italy teeters, EU wrestles with crisis that could tear it apart

It might be remembered as one of the most consequential calls for help in modern European history. 




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Pitting the states against the nation is accelerating the US crisis

Donald Trump has in recent days turned the war against COVID-19 into a war against the states, in a desperate effort to shirk responsibility for his pandemic denialism.




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It's OK to finding silver linings in the COVID crisis

Paying attention to the world, to the beauty in it, and to each other, is crucial.




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Lessons we can learn for whatever crisis strikes next

There’s even a lesson for Scoldilocks.




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We need Ghebreyesus to lead WHO through this crisis

We blame the captain when we find our modest paddle-steamer unable to weather a hurricane. But this UN agency's failings are by design.




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Indigenous women face particularly high risks in this crisis

Recent cuts to critical Aboriginal family violence services mean support for Aboriginal women and children was already going backwards before COVID-19.




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Xi and Trump: insecure 'strongmen' who had nothing to offer in a crisis but vanity

Neither emerges from their handling of the pandemic with any honour.




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It's OK to finding silver linings in the COVID crisis

Paying attention to the world, to the beauty in it, and to each other, is crucial.




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Lessons we can learn for whatever crisis strikes next

There’s even a lesson for Scoldilocks.




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We need Ghebreyesus to lead WHO through this crisis

We blame the captain when we find our modest paddle-steamer unable to weather a hurricane. But this UN agency's failings are by design.




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Indigenous women face particularly high risks in this crisis

Recent cuts to critical Aboriginal family violence services mean support for Aboriginal women and children was already going backwards before COVID-19.




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Xi and Trump: insecure 'strongmen' who had nothing to offer in a crisis but vanity

Neither emerges from their handling of the pandemic with any honour.




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False arson claims spread on social media amid Australian bushfire crisis

Social media experts have warned of a "disinformation campaign" aimed at creating a false narrative of arson being solely responsible for the Australian bushfire emergency.




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Victoria’s child abuse hotline in crisis

MORE than 20,000 calls to Victoria’s child abuse hotline went unanswered in an 18-month period, with some callers waiting more than two hours for an operator.




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'Freaking out' and 'falling through the cracks': Screen industry workers explain the shutdown crisis

With the shutdown of an estimated 100 film and TV shoots, many of the sector's 30,000 workers lost their entire income overnight and say they can't access the Government's job assistance schemes.




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Young people dominate nearly 800,000 job losses since COVID-19 crisis escalated

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a 5.5 per cent slump in jobs in the first week after extensive business shutdowns and social-distancing limits were introduced to contain the virus, new ABS figures show.




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How insulated is Australia's space industry from the COVID-19 crisis?

An Australian company that's set to own the world's largest privately operated rocket test range says the Australian space industry is well protected from the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.




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Military leaders warn we must prepare for a crisis worse than COVID-19

A confidential report commissioned by the Department of Defence predicted medical shortages, panic-buying and mass job losses a year before the COVID-19 outbreak.



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'A form of self-medication': The limitless power of music during times of crisis

From balconies to lounge rooms, songs of joy and sadness are helping us cope and keeping us connected. And if we look to the past, we'll find that our tendency to turn to music during times of crisis is nothing new.




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House prices edge higher as both buyers and sellers leave the market during COVID-19 crisis

Despite coronavirus restrictions sending auctions online and seeing many home sales abandoned, CoreLogic figures for April show prices continued to rise for the few properties that did sell.