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LONDON (AP) — When pop groups and rock bands practice or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot.

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival turns 50 this year, marking a half-century of triumphs, gaffes and a fair number of famous foibles. Here’s a look at the festival's evolution and the big events that helped shaped it.

The awards honour “greatness of spirit” through selfless service to people across Asia.

For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of South African comic book fans and cosplayers flocked to Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate the sixth edition of Comic-Con Africa, the continent’s biggest celebration of pop culture and gaming.

TORONTO — When the Toronto International Film Festival started in the mid-1970s, its purpose was to bring the best international films to Canadian audiences, programmer Robyn Citizen said in a recent video call.

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi arrived at the Venice Film Festival Saturday for the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” the kickoff to what's expected to be the film's major awards season push.

LAWRENCETOWN — Rural communities in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley that have been devastated by the ongoing Long Lake wildfire are rallying to support households forced to flee and those who lost their homes to the blaze.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump administration official said.

MONTREAL — More recalls have been issued in Quebec for pistachio-containing products linked to a recent salmonella outbreak.