An eruption of ads.

The Reader view (F9) in Firefox fixed it.

If you disable JavaScript on the page it reads fine. I have it disabled by default.

I don't understand how normies with JavaScript enabled manage to do anything on the internet these days. Seems content publishers have thrown usability out the window in favor of spammy tracking and manipulative marketing.

Use an adblocker?

This link has more information than Reuters (and it's not paywalled like the links you've shared, at least from me). I didn't notice the pop-ups due to the adblock I use, my apologies for that.

Agreed. Hopefully the mods will replace the link.