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Fiachra Gibbons

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Fiachra Gibbons

Editor of culture, food and fashion at AFP.

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024.(Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas leader says no change in truce position after sons killed

Talks mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been ongoing since Sunday

LIghts up: Paris came out dancing after the coronavirus lockdown was lifted.

Paris throws off mask to party like the virus never was

Social distancing and face masks were largely forgotten as thousands of French people danced and partied well into Monday in the first big blow out since the coronavirus lockdown

The Wolfgat — whose six mostly female staff have no formal training — opened just two years ago in a 130-year-old cottage and cave on the beach at Paternoster. (Image via Facebook)

SA’s Wolfgat restaurant crowned best in world

Wolfgat, whose mostly female staff have no formal training, opened just two years ago in a 130-year-old cottage and cave on the beach at Paternoster

Iraq has more than 15 000 digital storefronts on Facebook and Instagram, said an IT professional familiar with the country’s digital economy. (Reuters)

​France to tighten online bullying laws after media ‘boys’ club’ scandal

Two government ministers said new rules will be tabled before the end of June to force YouTube and social media platforms to pull hateful posts.

(Regis Duvignau/Reuters)

Outcry as Japanese winemakers are threatened with deportation from France

More than 42 000 people have already signed a petition protesting the ‘crazy, moronic and shameful decision’

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki

YouTube shooting shows how fake news spirals on social media

Within minutes of the shooting at YouTube offices in California, social media was awash with conspiracy theories

The Le Monde letter triggered a wave of indignation worldwide

‘Feminist’ Deneuve apologises to sex assault victims

As an actress since she was 17, Deneuve admitted that during her career she had been "a witness to indelicate situations" between men and women.

A bit weird

A bit weird, but you won’t lose your lynch

Silencio, David Lynch’s new Paris nightclub-cum-salon-cum-laboratory of the weird, is certainly an unusual place to spend an evening.

The Booker Prize and the ‘Beryl Question’

Beryl Bainbridge, the eternal Booker prize bridesmaid, was last week snubbed for a sixth time when her novel failed at the penultimate hurdle for Britain’s greatest literary…

Springer displays serious side

He has made a fortune by airing tacky domestic conflicts on primetime TV,and is now playing a villain in a movie opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme -but Jerry Springer has a serious…

Alexander’s new battlefield

Rivers of blood have been spilt – figuratively at least – in a propaganda battle between Greek and Macedonian nationalists over who has the right to claim the all-conquering hero…

Pulp this teen filth, says author

Some find Melvin Burgess’s new novel of adolescent discovery aimed at teenage boys upsetting, writes Fiachra Gibbons.

Martel’s Booker win confirmed

Montreal-based author Yann Martel has won the 000 Man Booker Prize in the most surreal of circumstances, seven days after the organisers mistakenly announced his victory on their…

Turned on

Judges switched on as Turner Prize goes to the creed of nothingness, writes Fiachra Gibbons.

Truly, madly, deeply in love

Lars von Trier announced that he loved Bjork very much and three Iranians scooped prizes. Fiachra Gibbons reports on some of the surprises at this year’s Cannes awards ceremony.

First-time director makes Oscar history

American Beauty by British director Sam Mendes tops the list with eight Oscar nominations, report Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles and Fiachra Gibbons.