Australian Richard Flanagan Wins Booker Fiction Prize
LONDON—Australian writer Richard Flanagan won the Booker Prize on Tuesday with a visceral book about wartime brutality and its aftermath — a novel the head of the judging team said was as powerful as a...
View ArticleLondon Film Festival Names the Best of 2014, and the Best Is…
LONDON—Movies about corruption, gang violence, honor killing and war took prizes Saturday as the London Film Festival recognized cinema that confronts the harsh realities of our world. Andrey...
View ArticleBrad Pitt War Film Wraps Up London Film Festival 2014
LONDON—Brad Pitt was bringing the London Film Festival to a storming conclusion Sunday with “Fury,” David Ayer’s mud- and blood-splattered tale of a tank crew in the closing days of World War II. The...
View ArticleAllies Promise to Support Afghanistan Beyond War
LONDON—The United States, Britain and other allies promised Thursday not to abandon Afghanistan’s new government, and the country’s president said “peace is a top priority” as international security...
View ArticleNext Bond Film Gets Retro Name: ‘SPECTRE’
LONDON—James Bond is back, in a new film with a retro title that evokes the series’ past. The next 007 adventure will be called “SPECTRE,” the dastardly fictional terrorist organization featured in...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic Plane Makes Gatwick Emergency Landing
LONDON—A Virgin Atlantic jet bound from London to Las Vegas turned back and made an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport on Monday after developing a problem with its landing gear. The airline...
View ArticleBritish Official: Iraq Forces Not Ready to Face ISIS
LONDON—Iraqi forces are not ready to dislodge Islamic State militants from the country and the world must do more to starve the extremists of money and militants, Britain’s foreign minister said...
View ArticleAustralian Richard Flanagan Wins Booker Fiction Prize
LONDON—Australian writer Richard Flanagan won the Booker Prize on Tuesday with a visceral book about wartime brutality and its aftermath — a novel the head of the judging team said was as powerful as a...
View ArticleLondon Film Festival Names the Best of 2014, and the Best Is…
LONDON—Movies about corruption, gang violence, honor killing and war took prizes Saturday as the London Film Festival recognized cinema that confronts the harsh realities of our world. Andrey...
View ArticleBrad Pitt War Film Wraps Up London Film Festival 2014
LONDON—Brad Pitt was bringing the London Film Festival to a storming conclusion Sunday with “Fury,” David Ayer’s mud- and blood-splattered tale of a tank crew in the closing days of World War II. The...
View ArticleAllies Promise to Support Afghanistan Beyond War
LONDON—The United States, Britain and other allies promised Thursday not to abandon Afghanistan’s new government, and the country’s president said “peace is a top priority” as international security...
View ArticleNext Bond Film Gets Retro Name: ‘SPECTRE’
LONDON—James Bond is back, in a new film with a retro title that evokes the series’ past. The next 007 adventure will be called “SPECTRE,” the dastardly fictional terrorist organization featured in...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic Plane Makes Gatwick Emergency Landing
LONDON—A Virgin Atlantic jet bound from London to Las Vegas turned back and made an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport on Monday after developing a problem with its landing gear. The airline...
View ArticleBritish Official: Iraq Forces Not Ready to Face ISIS
LONDON—Iraqi forces are not ready to dislodge Islamic State militants from the country and the world must do more to starve the extremists of money and militants, Britain’s foreign minister said...
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