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LONDON (news agencies) — Novak Djokovic wanted to make this much clear after losing to Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday: This was not a farewell performance. Djokovic intends to compete again at the All England Club.“I’m not planning to finish my Wimbledon career today,” the 38-year-old Djokovic said. “I’m planning to come back definitely — at least one more time.”His 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 defeat at Centre Court against the No. 1-ranked Sinner put an end to Djokovic’s latest attempt to tie Roger Federer’s men’s record of eight championships at Wimbledon and to claim an unprecedented 25th Grand Slam…

UNITED NATIONS (news agencies) — The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing to take place in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years, the tribunal’s deputy prosecutor said Thursday.Nazhat Shameem Khan told the U.N. Security Council that the depth of suffering and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur “has reached an intolerable state,” with famine escalating and hospitals, humanitarian convoys and other civilian infrastructure being targeted.“People are being deprived of water and food,” she said. “Rape and sexual violence are being weaponized. Abductions for ransom or to…

Since May, some 800 Palestinians have been killed at aid sites, most run by controversial US- and Israel-backed GHF, UN says.Israel is engineering a “cruel and Machiavellian scheme to kill” in Gaza, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees says, as the world body reports that since May, some 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid. “Under our watch, Gaza has become the graveyard of children [and] starving people,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X on Friday. People in Gaza have “no way out”, he said. “Their choice is between 2 deaths:…

ZEELAND, Mich. (news agencies) — A Michigan clock company that has helped people keep time for 99 years says it’s going out of business due to tariffs and other economic conditions.Howard Miller Co., which makes grandfather clocks, wall clocks and furniture, said production will be phased out this year. The company will stick around in 2026 to sell its inventory.“We are incredibly disappointed to have reached this point in our journey,” CEO Howard J. “Buzz” Miller, grandson of founder Howard C. Miller, said Thursday.The Zeeland-based manufacturer, 175 miles (281.6 kilometers) west of Detroit, has sought a buyer but so far…

The Trump administration is suing the state of California to block animal welfare laws that it says unconstitutionally helped send egg prices soaring. But a group that spearheaded the requirements pushed back, blaming bird flu for the hit to consumers’ pocketbooks.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California on Wednesday, challenges voter initiatives that passed in 2018 and 2008. They require that all eggs sold in California come from cage-free hens.The Trump administration says the law imposes burdensome red tape on the production of eggs and egg products across the country because of the state’s outsize role in the national…

NEW YORK (news agencies) — A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have made it easier for consumers to end unwanted subscriptions, has been blocked by a federal appeals court days before it was set to go into effect. But there are ways to end those subscriptions and memberships, even if they take some work. The rule would also have required companies to disclose when free trials and promotional offers would end and let customers cancel recurring subscriptions as easily as they started them. But even without the new federal guidance, here are some ways to stay on top of subscription and…

NEW YORK (news agencies) — The New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge has moved into second behind the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani in Major League Baseball jersey sales heading into the All-Star break.Judge rose from fifth to second, Major League Baseball said Friday. He was followed by the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts.Judge and Ohtani also were the top vote-getters in the first round of fan balloting for starters in Tuesday’s All-Star Game, gaining the first two-roster spots.San Francisco’s Rafael Devers, Boston’s Jarren Duran, San Francisco’s Jung Hoo Lee, the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal entered…

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (news agencies) — Three brothers in the Gaza Strip woke up early to run to a local clinic to get “sweets,” their word for the emergency food supplements distributed by aid groups. By the time their father woke up, two of the brothers had been fatally wounded by an Israeli strike and the third had lost an eye.The strike outside the clinic on Thursday in the central city of Deir al-Balah killed 14 people, including 9 children, according to a local hospital, which had initially reported 10 children killed but later said one had died in…

Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s first tournament in more than a year.Williams, who turned 45 in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WTA Tour’s website.She hasn’t competed in an official match since the Miami Open in 2024.“There’s something truly special about D.C.: the energy, the fans, the history,” Williams said in a statement released Friday by organizers of the hard-court tournament, which begins with qualifying next weekend. “This city has always shown me so much love, and I can’t wait to compete…

Bitcoin has reached yet another all-time high, surpassing $118,000 for the first time on Friday — as a flood of money continues to move into spot bitcoin ETFs, all while U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto-friendly influence makes its way through Washington.According to data from CoinMarketCap, the going price for bitcoin climbed as high as $118,856 early Friday. It’s since fallen closer to $117,300 around 12:30 p.m. ET — but that’s still over $7,400 higher than what the world’s most popular cryptocurrency was trading at a month ago, and more than double its price this time last year.Spot bitcoin ETFs opened…