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Teaneck (United States) (AFP) - They are only teenagers, but a pair of New Jersey high school students -- one Jewish and one Muslim -- are tackling an issue much bigger than themselves, bridging divides in their suburb shaken by the Israel-Hamas war. The effort originated soon after the October 7 attacks by Hamas and Israel's invasion of Gaza, when Rawda Elbatrawish, 17, took to Instagram to pitch an educational event. "I was originally going to do a protest, but I decided to do a dialogue instead," recalled Elbatrawish, who is Muslim. Liora Pelavin, 15, a fellow student at Teaneck High School...
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Washington (AFP) - Nearly 40 million Americans will begin making payments on their student loans when a pandemic debt forbearance expires in May, and a Federal Reserve study warned Tuesday of an increase in delinquencies. Former president Donald Trump imposed a moratorium on repayments of some student loans when the Covid-19 pandemic began in March 2020, and his successor President Joe Biden extended it repeatedly, with its expiration now scheduled for May 1. A study from the New York Fed found that about two-thirds of borrowers were able to benefit from the moratorium, but for those who had t...
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Matamoros (Mexico) (AFP) - Standing in her kitchen Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to the math lesson she is teaching. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in the United States but so far has only made it to the Mexican city of Matamoros, located on the banks of the Rio Grande River, which separates the two countries. Her pupils -- Adalid, Kimberly, Osval and a handful of others -- are fellow migrants, many of whom are located some 90 kilometers (55 miles) away in Reyn...
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Matamoros (Mexico) (AFP) - Standing in her kitchen Alma Beatriz Serrano Ramirez waves a small board in front of her phone, hoping the students watching on the other end are paying attention to the math lesson she is teaching. The 38-year-old Honduran migrant had dreamed of settling in the United States but so far has only made it to the Mexican city of Matamoros, located on the banks of the Rio Grande River, which separates the two countries. Her pupils -- Adalid, Kimberly, Osval and a handful of others -- are fellow migrants, many of whom are located some 90 kilometers (55 miles) away in Reyn...
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