Bird flu concern prompts US to award Moderna 176 million for vaccine development Reuters

The Federal Reserve is expected to lower borrowing costs on Wednesday in what some observers are calling a "hawkish cut" set to be delivered alongside policymakers' updated interest rate outlooks…

Israel strikes heart of Beirut, killing six - Reuters

A gunman was dead and three Jordanian policemen injured after a shooting near the heavily fortified Israeli embassy in the capital Amman in Sunday's early hours, a security source and…