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As attacks escalate between Iran and Israel, fears are growing over the global economic fallout.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American citizen was among the 15 killed in Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital city, Kyiv, on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed in a press conference Wednesday.In response to a reporter’s question on U.S. diplomats in Kyiv having to spend the night in a bunker, Bruce said “we can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine.””We are aware of last night’s attack on Kyiv that resulted in numerous casualties, including the tragic death of a U.S. citizen,” she said, noting, “We condemn those strikes…

Amazon’s CEO envisions an “agentic future” in which AI robots, or agents, replace humans working in the company’s offices.In a memo to employees made public by Amazon on Tuesday, CEO Andy Jassy said he expects the company to reduce its corporate workforce as soon as the next few years, as it leans more heavily on generative AI tools to help fulfill workplace duties.”As we roll out more generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done,” Jassy stated. “We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, will have a massive police presence throughout the remainder of the Club World Cup this month, as the city looks to avoid a repeat of the near-deadly incident that resulted in 26 arrests last year.The 2024 Copa America final saw a swarm of ticketless fans rush the gates for a match between Argentina and Colombia, leaving fans terrified and bloodied as security struggled to contain the crush, as they attempted to break in. Fans try to enter the stadium amid disturbances prior to the CONMEBOL…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A surprise second eyewitness has emerged in the Idaho student murders case and could testify against Bryan Kohberger at trial later this year.A woman claiming to be the Idaho DoorDash driver who dropped off food to victim Xana Kernodle minutes before a home invasion stabbing spree killed her, her boyfriend, and two roommates, has emerged as a surprise second eyewitness to testify at Kohberger’s upcoming murder trial, and she told police she saw him at the scene.The purported driver revealed herself in a police bodycam video from an alleged DUI stop taken…

Earlier this month, the Bank of Canada opted to leave borrowing costs unchanged for the second straight meeting, and new insight into that decision shows that the unpredictable nature of the current trade war is making these decisions more challenging. On Tuesday, Canada’s central bank released its summary of deliberations from the meetings that led to its decision on June 4, with the benchmark, or overnight interest rate, kept at 2.75 per cent.This is the floor rate on which private banks and other lenders base their borrowing rates, including for mortgages and other loans.For several months prior to the June…

A Los Angeles curfew has been lifted by mayor Karen Bass, who says violent unrest tied to protests against an immigration crackdown has eased.

The crisis in Sudan has become ‘a grave human rights and protection emergency’, the United Nations mission says.The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has warned that both sides in the country’s civil war have escalated the use of heavy weaponry in populated areas while weaponising humanitarian relief, amid devastating consequences for civilians. “Let us be clear: the conflict in Sudan is far from over,” said Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, which presented its latest findings to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday. “The scale of human suffering continues to deepen. The fragmentation…

The Justice Department lost 4,000 employees in the Trump administration’s controversial government downsizing initiative, and critics worry those cuts will impact safety in U.S. communities. The so-called “fork in the road” deferred resignation program, which incentivized some employees to leave federal government service, reduced the manpower in the agency for an estimated savings of $470 million, according to a department budget summary reviewed by CBS News. Further reductions are planned, according to the summary, including 1,500 positions to be eliminated in the FBI. More than 700 vacant FBI agent positions are to be part of those cuts.The reductions have been championed by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Los Angeles officials have announced sweeping charges filed against numerous individuals accused of sparking violence as riots against immigration efforts continue to plague the sanctuary city. In a news conference Tuesday, LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and California Highway Patrol Southern Division Chief Chris Margaris announced additional federal and state charges filed against numerous alleged rioters. “This group wanted to commit crimes,” Hochman said. “They looked at the protest as a cover, an opportunity to go ahead and ply their illegal trade and commit a whole variety of crimes that,…