Explainer-What are US sanctions on Iran? How can Washington impose more?
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has warned it will impose new sanctions on Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said…
Explainer-What is the FDIC’s deposit insurance fund used to backstop failed banks?
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) and its flagship deposit insurance fund have been active since the Great Depression to provide an orderly resolution for failed banks…
Explainer-What are e-fuels, and can they help make cars CO2-free?
By Victoria Waldersee and Kate Abnett BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany has declared last-minute opposition to a landmark European Union law to end sales of CO2-emitting cars in 2035, demanding that sales be…
Explainer-What is Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s GPT-4 model?
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp-backed startup OpenAI began the rollout of GPT-4, a powerful artificial intelligence model that succeeds the technology behind the wildly popular ChatGPT. GPT-4 is “multimodal”, which means it can…
Explainer-What are the risks of materials released in the Ohio derailment?
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Ahead of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s visit on Thursday to the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio, here is what we know about the…
Explainer-What we know about the objects shot down by the U.S. military
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An unprecedented spate of mysterious flying objects over North America – including a Chinese spy balloon shot down on Feb. 4 after floating over much of…
Explainer-What is ‘staking,’ the cryptocurrency practice in regulators’ crosshairs?
By Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) – Crypto companies offering their customers eye-popping yields through so-called “staking” products are earning the ire of the U.S. securities regulator who says such services…
Explainer-What Brazil and Argentina’s ‘currency union’ really means
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil and Argentina sparked some excitement on Sunday over the possibility of a potential “currency union”, though the two countries are unlikely to ditch the real…
Explainer-What the world’s nature-rich nations want out of a global conservation deal
By Gloria Dickie MONTREAL (Reuters) – Tangled expanses of Amazon rainforest, high mountains of the Himalayas, and cloud-shrouded forests are just some of the unique landscapes contained within the world’s most nature-rich…
Explainer-What Brazil’s election means for the Amazon rainforest
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday may determine the fate of the Amazon jungle, the world’s largest rainforest, after deforestation soared in the past four years…
Explainer-What happens if a candidate cries foul in U.S. midterm elections?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Challenges to election results are not new in the United States. But former President Donald Trump and his allies took things to an extreme in 2020, falsely…
Explainer-What legal woes does Trump face?
By Luc Cohen and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing legal scrutiny from state, congressional and federal investigators on a range of issues – from the storming…
Explainer-What are ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons?
By Josh Smith (Reuters) – From the war in Ukraine to North Korea’s recent missile testing spree, tactical nuclear weapons are being debated and developed in a way not seen since the…
Explainer-What are the risks to Ukraine’s nuclear reactors in war
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Repeated shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has raised the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (300 miles) from the…
Explainer-What do Lula and Bolsonaro propose for Brazil fiscal policy?
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Both of Brazil’s presidential candidates, President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, have proposed changes to the constitutional spending limit that defined…
Explainer-What do Lula and Bolsonaro propose for Brazil fiscal policy?
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Both of Brazil’s presidential candidates, President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, have proposed changes to the constitutional spending limit that defined…
Explainer-What is NOPEC, the U.S. bill to pressure the OPEC+ oil group?
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. legislation that could open members of oil producing group OPEC+ to antitrust lawsuits has emerged as a possible tool to tackle high fuel prices, after…
Explainer-What is LDI? Liability-Driven Investment strategy explained
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England intervened in the UK government bond market to rein in gilt yields, which rocketed after Britain unveiled a welter of tax cuts…
Explainer-What to know about Brazil’s heated presidential election
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO(Reuters) – Brazilians go to the polls on Sunday to vote in one of the world’s most closely watched elections this year. Right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will…
Explainer-What New York’s lawsuit means for Trump and his family company
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, three of his adult children and their family company were sued by New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday following a…
Explainer-What does Vladimir Putin’s ‘partial’ mobilisation mean for Russia’s military machine?
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two after suffering a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine, an attempt to turn the…
Explainer-What has happened to Puerto Rico’s power grid since Hurricane Maria?
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hurricane Fiona knocked out electrical power to the entire commonwealth of Puerto Rico starting on Sunday, reviving memories of Hurricane Maria, the deadly Category 4…
Explainer-What is driving tensions ahead of Brazil’s presidential election?
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will hold the most polarized presidential election in decades next month, with many expecting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to contest the result if he is…
Explainer-What election deniers could do in 2024 if they win U.S. November midterms
By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Several Republican candidates for governor and secretary of state in this November’s congressional elections are election deniers in battleground states that play a decisive role in U.S.…
Explainer-What would Japan’s currency intervention to combat a weak yen look like?
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan has conducted a rate check in apparent preparation for currency intervention, the Nikkei website reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified…
Explainer-What would Japan’s currency intervention to combat a weak yen look like?
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government said it was ready to take action if “rapid, one-sided” moves in the currency market continue, signalling their alarm over the…
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