Explainer – What makes a crypto asset a security in the US?
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency companies that have resisted U.S. regulatory oversight, arguing digital assets are not securities, won a court victory this week. …
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Explainer – Why are other automakers chasing Tesla’s ‘Gigacasting’?
(Reuters) – Toyota Motor said this week it will adopt a technology Tesla pioneered known as “Gigacasting” as part of a strategy by the Japanese …
Explainer: How the Fed might act in a US default
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at his press conference on Wednesday is likely to get asked – again – what contingencies he plans …
Explainer: Biotech corn and soy widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Nearly all corn and soybean acres in the world’s largest exporting countries are seeded with genetically modified varieties, but …
Explainer: The rise of 0DTE stock options and how they could be a risk to markets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are piling into shorter-dated options contracts, boosting trading volumes in the options market to new highs …
Explainer: Why the U.S. is overhauling its marines on Japan’s Okinawa
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States plans to shake up its marine force on Japan’s Okinawa islands as Tokyo undertakes its biggest …
Explainer: Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo
NPRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo will begin on Thursday a two-month implementation period for a controversial move to oblige Serbs, mainly those living in the northern …
Explainer – Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming in the U.S., should you get one?
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The United States plans to roll out an updated COVID-19 booster vaccine to include Omicron subvariants …
Explainer: Monkeypox in the U.S. – Where could it spread next?
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain …
Explainer: Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the group targeted by Israel in Gaza
JERUSALEM – Israeli officials say air strikes on Gaza have targeted the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement rather than Hamas, the militant group which rules …
Explainer: Nord Stream turbine tension puts focus on gas pipeline parts
MOSCOW – Tension over giant turbines that Moscow blames for the reduction of flows via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline has put the focus …
Explainer: What’s driving the power struggle in Iraq?
BAGHDAD – A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi’ite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into …
Explainer: Can U.S. port infrastructure handle more crude exports?
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK – U.S. crude shippers are exporting huge amounts of oil to meet strong demand from Europe following Russia’s invasion of …
Explainer: What Putin wants from Iran and why Tehran might be cautious
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON – A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch …
Explainer: How Sri Lanka spiralled into crisis
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Alasdair Pal (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s economic crisis looks to have finally toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa fled the country early …
Explainer – Inflation to nuclear power: What’s at stake in Japan’s election
By Elaine Lies TOKYO – Japan will vote in upper house elections on Sunday that have implications for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s grip on the …
Explainer: Why Russia drives European and British gas prices
By Susanna Twidale LONDON – Benchmark European and British gas prices are on course for gains of more than 50% this week after Russia said …
Explainer: Why is the EU struggling to agree Russian oil sanctions?
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – European Union countries are struggling to agree oil sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, nearly four weeks after …
Explainer – Germany’s new gas storage law – how will it work?
By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT – A bill to guarantee minimum gas storage levels in Germany, whose underground facilities account for a quarter of the EU …
Explainer: How is Japan’s government connected with Russia’s biggest cigarette maker?
By Rocky Swift TOKYO – Japan’s government has severed banking and trade ties with Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but a tobacco company in …
Explainer: Why are Russians not competing under their flag in Beijing?
BEIJING – The Russian athletes taking part at this month’s Beijing Olympics will be competing without their flag and national anthem because of doping sanctions. …