[DFHippie]

> Interestingly enough, no author info/credentials on this article.

This is typical for BBC articles. E.g., https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59358070 or https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59359263. I have no idea why this is their policy, but it isn't a special feature of this article.

[samspenc]

Same with the Economist and a few other publications.