Britain celebrated July Fourth by holding an election; we at FP celebrated by taking the day off. See if you’ve kept up with the headlines from this holiday week with our news quiz!
1. Which political group captured the most votes in the first round of France’s snap parliamentary elections on Sunday?
Polls show that the party has the trust of French voters to handle economic issues, despite having never before governed at the national level, FP’s Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze discuss in the latest episode of their podcast, Ones and Tooze.
2. The Israeli military on Monday ordered Palestinians to evacuate the eastern half of which city in Gaza?
FP’s Alexandra Sharp sat down with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to discuss Israel’s objectives in Gaza—and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s possible endgame scenarios—in an FP Insider exclusive interview.
3. Mauritania’s election commission announced on Monday that who had won the country’s recent presidential election?
Ghazouani’s win was widely expected after the strong performance of his Equity Party in local elections in 2023, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
4. Which Nepali political party reached an agreement on Tuesday to withdraw from the governing coalition?
The party is now expected to join with the Nepali Congress party to form a national unity government, FP’s Michael Kugelman writes in South Asia Brief.
5. Two Russian naval vessels on Tuesday docked at a port in which Latin American country?
Moscow’s decision to show solidarity with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ahead of national elections this month is unlikely to change the United States’ policy toward the country, which Geoff Ramsey and Caleb McCarry detailed in April.
6. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states gathered on Wednesday in which country for their annual summit?
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the event, FP’s Alexandra Sharp writes in World Brief.
7. About how many seats in the House of Commons did the Labour Party win in the United Kingdom’s general election on Thursday?
Labour leader Keir Starmer is not nearly as popular as the results suggest, but Britons’ low expectations for the incoming government could lead many of them to be pleasantly surprised by what it accomplishes, John Kampfner argues.
8. Following protests last week against proposed tax hikes, Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday put forward a national financial plan that would instead do what?
The plan may be too little, too late for Ruto’s image. That’s because the government’s proposed tax hikes and reaction to protests signaled a shift away from trustworthy, democratic governance in Kenya, Binaifer Nowrojee wrote at the time.
9. On Sunday, North Korean state media confirmed that government officials must now wear what?
The pins are another sign of how Pyongyang is boosting Kim’s personality cult to the level of his father and grandfather, Time reports.
10. On Thursday this week, which dish invented in Mexico turned 100 years old?
The dish is said to have been created by Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini at his restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico, The Associated Press reports.
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