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After undergoing surgery for a spinal cyst on Saturday, three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray says he will wait until the last moment before deciding whether to play at Wimbledon this year – and gave an update on his retirement plans. The 37-year-old was forced to retire from his match last week at the Queen’s Club Championships in London because of the back injury but is still set to appear in the draw for this year’s Wimbledon which starts July 1. If Murray is unable to play singles, he may still participate in the men’s doubles alongside his brother Jamie. The doubles tournament is…

The Los Angeles Lakers have selected Bronny James, the eldest son of superstar LeBron James, with the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday. James is now poised to play alongside his father, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, where they could become the first father-son duo to play in the league at the same time. Bronny James reacted to being drafted by the Lakers with a post on his Instagram story, saying, “Beyond blessed.” “Bronny is first and foremost a person of high character. And secondly, he’s a young man who works incredibly hard,” Lakers Vice President of Basketball…

Cyberattacks seem to be more devastating than ever and taking targeted companies even longer to resolve. The latest attack to receive wide attention continues that trend: An ongoing cyber incident at CDK Global, whose software car dealerships use to manage everything from scheduling to records, has crippled dealerships for days now, with no clear end in sight. In May, a cyberattack on Ascension, a St. Louis-based nonprofit network that includes 140 hospitals in 19 states, forced the system to divert ambulances from several of its hospitals. It took almost a month to fully resolve the issue. And in February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare,…

Nike has said it expects a surprise 10% drop in quarterly revenue, as it faces growing competition from newer rivals such as On and Hoka. The news sent Nike shares plunging more than 12% in after hours trading, which could mean a loss of $15bn in market value if the losses hold on Friday. The world’s largest sportswear company also told investors it is facing weakening demand in international markets, including in China. But Nike is optimistic that new products and a marketing campaign at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris will help the company regain momentum with consumers. “The…

Three employees of subsidiaries of HYBE, the agency behind K-pop superstars BTS, have been charged with insider trading by South Korean prosecutors. They are being accused of selling shares in the agency before BTS members announced they were taking a break on 14 June, 2022. The announcement sent HYBE shares plunging 25% when markets opened, resulting in a loss in market value of nearly 2 trillion won ($1.4 billion). The prosecutors said the three employees acted with prior knowledge of what was about to happen, avoiding losses ranging from $24,000 to more than $108,000. At the time, many analysts speculated…

Govind Ram, a junk dealer living on the outskirts of the Indian capital, Delhi, bought an air conditioner in May after his children pleaded with him. A fiery heatwave was scorching the city and its neighbourhood, and his school-going children complained of “choking” heat. Using his savings, Mr Ram bought the air conditioner for his children’s bedroom. This relief, he says, has come at a cost – his electricity bill last month soared to seven times the usual amount. “I’ve endured the worst summers under just a fan. But this year, my children suffered so much that I had to…

A roof at Delhi airport has collapsed after heavy rain, killing one person and injuring several more. All departures from the terminal have been temporarily suspended and check-in counters have been closed. The incident took place at 05:00 (23:30 GMT Thursday), the authorities say. Rescue operations are under way at the airport and the injured are being treated in hospitals. The terminal underwent a massive renovation at the cost of billions of rupees and was inaugurated in March. Heavy rains have lashed Delhi since Thursday, providing a much-needed respite from sweltering temperatures that the Indian capital was experiencing. However this…

A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died. Hu Youping was working as a school bus attendant in Suzhou province when a man attacked a Japanese woman and her child at a bus stop outside a Japanese school. She suffered serious injuries while trying to restrain him. Tributes for her have poured out online and the local government has said she will be given the title of “Righteous and Courageous Role Model”. The Japanese embassy in China also lowered its flag to half-mast to honour Ms Hu. In a…

Earlier this week, two earnest teenagers walked down a narrow, cobbled lane in the ludicrously pretty medieval market town of Auray. As they handed out leaflets for their party, the far-right National Rally, you could hear the angry mutterings – the soundtrack of France’s unexpected and acutely polarising parliamentary election campaign – spluttering to life in their wake. “Go to Moscow,” declared a man sitting in the shade beside the town’s church. “Fascists. It’s horrible. We just hate them,” said Solène Jambou, 50, watching the two young men pass in front of her clothes stall. But many other people in…

EU leaders have nominated current European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen for a second five-year term in the bloc’s top job at a summit in Brussels. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was picked as the EU’s next foreign affairs chief and former Portuguese prime minister António Costa was chosen as the next chairman of EU summits. All three candidates are from centrist, pro-EU factions. The European Parliament is due to vote on the nominations next month. Ursula von der Leyen is from Germany’s centre-right, António Costa is a socialist and Kaja Kallas a liberal. There had been resistance from…