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"The Handmaid's Tale" has become a feminist rallying point for the #MeToo generation

Margaret Atwood unveils sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" on Tuesday, with "The Testaments" set to become a similar smash.A terrifying, misogynistic dystopia set in the US northeast in the near-future, "The Handmaid's Tale" has been turned into a major television series and become a feminist rallying point for the #MeToo generation."It's a question of things escaping from a book to the real world and the author has zero control," Canadian author Atwood told a press conference in London.
The pope warned that vengeance could result in an endless spiral of violence

Pope rails against 'vengeance' as he ends Mozambique visit

Pope Francis on Friday told tens of thousands of faithful at a packed stadium not to resort to "vengeance" as he wound up a visit to Mozambique, ravaged by a 16-year civil war and now the target of jihadist attacks.His maiden visit to the poor former Portuguese colony came a month after the government and the former rebel group Renamo, now the main opposition party, signed a historic peace treaty.
Mozambicans have been splurging on pope-related regalia

Jubilant crowds hail pope 'prophet of reconciliation' at Africa tour start

Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique on Wednesday as he kicked off a three-nation tour of African countries, expected to focus on those hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster.Touching down just after 6:00 pm local time (1600 GMT) Francis was greeted on the tarmac by President Filipe Nyusi, a military band playing the national anthem and a display of traditional dance.The first pope to visit Mozambique since John Paul II in 1988, he was then whisked away in his popemobile, flanked by police bikes as crowds waved signs reading 'welcome to Mozambique Prophet of reconciliation" and danced in celebration.

Pope Francis to visit poor of Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius

Pope Francis flies out on Wednesday for a week-long tour visiting three Indian Ocean African countries hard hit by poverty, conflict and natural disaster.The pope will visit Mozambique and Madagascar, as well as Mauritius, countries visited by pope John Paul II in 1988 and 1999.Commentators see the pope's decision to visit two of the most impoverished countries in the world as an act of solidarity from a cleric who was a frequent presence in the shantytowns of Argentina.
The dollar surged on hopes for a US-China trade detente

Argentina imposes exchange controls to calm markets

(FILES) In this file photo from August 29, 2017, twenty and five dollar bills are shown in San Anselmo, California. Argentina has made transferring money abroad require a government OK; those seeking to buy dollars now face a monthly limit of 10,000

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