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 weapons could North Korea send to Russia?
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Russia could be about to buy millions of artillery shells and rockets from old Cold-War ally North Korea, the White House said, an allegation immediately dismissed…
Explainer-What is the ‘S’ in ESG investing?
By Cole Horton NEW YORK – The “S” in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing moved into the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic as companies faced concerns about employee wellbeing and bold…
Explainer-What is the filibuster and could Democrats suspend it for abortion rights?
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Thursday the U.S. Senate should consider scrapping a supermajority rule known as the filibuster to protect abortion and other privacy rights. Critics…
Explainer-What charges could Trump face over efforts to overturn the 2020 election?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – The U.S. congressional committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol has sought in hearings this month to build a case that then-President…
Explainer-What to know about COVID vaccines for young children
By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) – The United States has begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months after receiving the go-ahead from the Food and…
Explainer-What is a bear market?
By David Randall, Lewis Krauskopf and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/OAKLAND – The S&P 500 index, the most closely followed benchmark for U.S. equities on Wall Street, has slid this year as inflation…
Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?
By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA – Hundreds of health ministers and diplomats from around the world meet in Geneva this week for the World Health Organization’s first in-person assembly in…
Explainer-What is ‘The Great Replacement’ and what are its origins?
(Reuters) – Investigators of a mass shooting on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, are looking into a 180-page manifesto, believed to have been authored by the teenage gunman, that outlined “The Great…
Explainer-What are stablecoins, the asset rocking the cryptocurrency market?
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON – Most cryptocurrencies have a major problem with price volatility, but one sub-category of coins is designed to maintain a constant value: stablecoins. As cryptocurrency prices plummeted this…
Explainer-What charges do Archegos founder and former CFO face?
By John McCrank NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang with 11 criminal counts and the private investment firm’s former chief financial officer, Patrick Halligan,…
Explainer-What you need to know about France’s presidential election
By Ingrid Melander PARIS – Sunday’s vote will determine whether the pro-European centrist President Emmanuel Macron or the far-right, anti-immigration Marine Le Pen governs France for the next five years. * WHO…
Explainer-What would Japan’s currency intervention to combat a weak yen look like?
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Japanese policymakers escalated their warnings against sharp yen falls with the finance minister saying the currency’s slump to two-decade lows versus the dollar would…
Explainer-What political upheaval in Pakistan means for rest of the world
By Jonathan Landay and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan blocked a no-confidence vote he looked sure to lose on Sunday and advised the president to order fresh…
Explainer-What would Japan’s currency intervention to combat a weak yen look like?
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – Japanese policymakers escalated their warning against sharp yen falls, with the country’s top currency diplomat saying Tokyo and Washington agreed to “communicate closely” on…
Explainer-What charges does ex-Goldman banker Ng face in 1MDB corruption trial?
By Luc Cohen – Opening statements in former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng’s U.S. corruption trial https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/rogue-employee-or-goldman-scapegoat-ex-bankers-1mdb-corruption-trial-kick-off-2022-02-10 over the looting of hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund…
Explainer-What the BOJ can do about rising Japanese bond yields
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – As Japan’s long-term interest rates rise, investors are wondering at what point the central bank will step in to defend its 0% target for the 10-year yield…
Explainer-What is Congress doing to strengthen U.S. election laws?
By David Morgan WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope to prevent a repeat of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot by reforming a 135-year-old election law laying out…
Explainer-What are NATO’s next steps if Russia invades Ukraine?
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS – NATO allies are putting forces on standby https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-sends-ships-jets-eastern-europe-ukraine-crisis-2022-01-24 and sending reinforcements to eastern Europe in response to Russia’s buildup of more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders.…
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