FirstFT quiz: the week in news
Ten topical questions to test your news nous
Ten topical questions to test your news nous
Hassan Nasrallah says pager and walkie-talkie detonations are ‘major security and military blow’
The Irish writer’s keenly intelligent new novel swaps her formidable female leads for two brothers summoned together by grief
Platform says temporary restoration was ‘inadvertent’ but will keep fighting court order that banned it in the country
Global stocks rally as investors bet half percentage point cut will support US economic growth
German chemicals group has been buffeted by high energy prices and hamstrung customers
‘The Substance’ stars Demi Moore in a satire on celebrity’s fixation with female youth; ‘His Three Daughters’ unites a trio of sisters in their dying father’s home; French courtroom drama ‘The Goldman Case’ revisits a 1976 murder trial; ‘The Vourdalak’ is based on a Gothic vampire tale that pre-date
Leader will ‘surrender’ shares in efforts to normalise party structure
Gothic novella by AK Tolstoy, cousin of Leo, about a French noble among bloodsuckers becomes a sly comedy
Arieh Worthalter excels as a brittle but charismatic French leftwing intellectual mounting a dogged defence
Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne play sisters brought together in their dying father’s home
FCA’s Nikhil Rathi says insurance sector should still ‘experiment’ with the technology
BlackRock, Microsoft and Abu Dhabi may not be the benevolent consortium they are depicting
Neamul Mohsin will take over chief investment officer position at university’s £6.5bn fund
MPC indicates it may lower borrowing costs again as soon as November
Leaked report, which the carmaker claimed cleared it from forced labour allegations, shows audit fell short, according to experts
Also in today’s newsletter, Teamsters opts against presidential endorsement and what the Fed’s rate cut means for the election
Insurance market names successor to Bruce Carnegie-Brown
At least 25 dead and more than 600 wounded in explosions a day after thousands of pagers detonated
Potential rival to authoritarian leader Kais Saied imprisoned for 20 months ahead of October poll
The social media platform is threatened with a ban but remains wildly popular among users, including Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
Match and rival Bumble have struggled with post-pandemic slowdown in growth
Historic metropolitan residences in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona and Edinburgh
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