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NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments," her highly anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," is among six works shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Other finalists announced Tuesda...

TORONTO - Milan Borjan speaks English, Spanish, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian - variations of which cover Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro - understands Turkish and has a little Romanian and...

ROME - Activists from Italy's populist 5-Star Movement voted overwhelmingly in an online ballot Tuesday to approve a deal for a governing coalition with the rival, mainstream Democrats that would thwa...

WASHINGTON - The U.S.-China trade war and slower global growth are weighing on the U.S. economy, with manufacturing activity shrinking in August for the first time in three years. A survey by the Inst...

SURREY, B.C. - Kelly Bates knew he'd be starting a new job this week. He just didn't expect that job would be as the new offensive line coach for the B.C. Lions. The club announced Satu...

There's something about facing the Toronto Argonauts that brings out the best in Bralon Addison. The five-foot-nine, 197-pound sophomore receiver had 11 catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns w...

CALGARY - A panel looking into Alberta's finances says the province has been overspending for years and needs to make changes. Here are some of 26 recommendations its report makes: - Use alt...

OTTAWA - Swedish fighter-jet maker Saab says it has not decided whether it will participate in the $19-billion competition to replace Canada's aging fleet of CF-18s. Saab's Gripen fighter is the only ...

LONDON - A wide-open north London derby fizzing with tension and littered with errors highlighted flaws that show why Arsenal and Tottenham are some way off from challenging for the Premier League tit...

It can be a cheesy thing when a novel is split up and spread out over a handful of films, but Stephen King's "It" is not one of those books. Andy Muschietti's first crack at King's 1,100-page doorstop...