OK
https://www.ft.com/
Websites
Runtime: 661ms
On September 19, 2024, 12:00 AM UTC, https://www.ft.com/ was accessible when tested on AS5089 in United Kingdom.
Failures
HTTP Experiment
null
DNS Experiment
null
Control
null
DNS Queries
Resolver:
80.3.0.174
Query:
IN A www.ft.com
Engine:
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151.101.190.46
TCP Connections
Connection to 151.101.190.46:443 succeeded.
HTTP Requests
URL
GET https://www.ft.com/
Response Headers
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aria-hidden="false"><span class="text text--color-claret text-sans--scale-0 text--weight-600" id="">Federal Reserve</span></a></div><div class="headline js-teaser-headline headline--scale-7 headline--color-black" data-content-id="bff9e6d8-8906-4b3d-9ff3-72b091b6cd9e" data-is-exclusive="false" data-is-scoop="false"><a data-trackable="heading-link" data-trackable-context-story-link="heading-link" href="/content/bff9e6d8-8906-4b3d-9ff3-72b091b6cd9e" class="link" target="_self" aria-hidden="false"><span class="text text--color-black text-display--scale-7 text--weight-500" id="">Fed cuts rates by half a point and signals era of easing has begun </span></a></div><p class="standfirst"><a data-trackable="standfirst-link" data-trackable-context-story-link="standfirst-link" href="/content/bff9e6d8-8906-4b3d-9ff3-72b091b6cd9e" class="link" target="_self" aria-hidden="false"><span class="text text--color-black-60 text-sans--scale-0 text--style--no-active-state" id="">US central bank’s decision marks a milestone in its two-year fight against inflation</span></a></p></div><div class="grid-item grid-item--span-1 grid-item--align-self-end"><div class="metadata metadata__timestamp"><div class="timestamp"><time class="timestamp-date o-date" data-o-component="o-date" data-o-date-format="time-ago-limit-4-hours" dateTime="2024-09-18T21:28:24+0000">2 hours ago</time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="grid grid--1-columns grid__story-group-wrapper--secondary" style="grid-template-rows:min-content;-ms-grid-rows:min-content"><div class="stacked-secondary-story stacked-secondary-story--span-1 stacked-secondary-story--col-1 stacked-secondary-story--row-grid-1 stacked-secondary-story--row-stack-2"><div class="separator--solid"></div><div data-trackable="story:secondary" data-trackable-context-story-type="secondary" data-trackable-context-story-position="1" data-trackable-context-story-siblings="3" class="grid grid--1-columns grid--s3-spacing"><div class="headline js-teaser-headline headline--scale-2 headline--color-black" data-content-id="da9347a5-b4db-4987-94c9-2aeb20624726" data-is-exclusive="false" data-is-scoop="false"><a data-trackable="heading-link" data-trackable-context-story-link="heading-link" href="/content/da9347a5-b4db-4987-94c9-2aeb20624726" class="link" target="_self" aria-hidden="false"><span class="text text--color-black text-display--scale-2 text--weight-500" id="">Trump says half-point rate cut shows US economy is ‘very bad’ </span></a></div><div class="grid-item grid-item--span-1 grid-item--align-self-end"><div class="metadata metadata__timestamp"><div class="timestamp"><time class="timestamp-date o-date" data-o-component="o-date" data-o-date-format="time-ago-limit-4-hours" dateTime="2024-09-18T22:18:01+0000">1 hour ago</time></div></div></div></div></div><div class="stacked-secondary-story stacked-secondary-story--span-1 stacked-secondary-story--col-1 stacked-secondary-story--row-grid-2 stacked-secondary-story--row-stack-3"><div class="separator--solid"></div><div data-trackable="story:secondary" data-trackable-context-story-type="secondary" data-trackable-context-story-position="2" data-trackable-context-story-siblings="3" class="grid grid--1-columns grid--s3-spacing"><div class="headline js-teaser-headline headline--scale-2 headline--color-black" data-content-id="3547485e-f94f-4c2a-a9c9-8085fd8e6924" data-is-exclusive="false" data-is-scoop="false"><a data-trackable="heading-link" data-trackable-context-story-link="heading-link" href="/content/3547485e-f94f-4c2a-a9c9-8085fd8e6924" class="link" target="_self" aria-hidden="false"><span class="text text--color-black text-display--scale-2 text--weight-500" id="">Big Fed rate cut leaves little changed in stock and bond markets</span></a></div><div class="grid-item grid-item--span-1 grid-item--align-self-end"><div class="metadata metadata__timestamp"><div class="timestamp"><time class="timestamp-date o-date" 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