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News about Ethel Brooks’ success spread quickly within the Roma community in Europe: “Have you heard?” people would say, “We have a Roma Professor in the US!” There are perhaps a handful of Roma professors in the world, and one of them is Ethel Brooks, the first Roma professor in the United States. Any Roma person who makes it to the top is well known in the Roma community: Livia Jaroka, the first Romani woman in the European Parliament, for example, or Nizaqete Bislimi-Hoso, a successful lawyer in Germany or Esma Redzepova, who is often called the queen of Roma…

US President Joe Biden on Monday again rebuked calls from fellow members of his Democratic Party to call off his reelection campaign. Some Democrats in Congress have urged Biden to end his reelection bid over concerns that he could lose to his rival, former Republican President Donald Trump, concerns which were only exacerbated by a poor showing in the recent TV debate. But Biden, 81, insisted in a letter to congressional Democrats returning to Washington after the Independence Day recess that he remains “firmly committed” to the campaign. “I want you to know that despite all the speculation in the press and elsewhere,…

The world has baked under temperatures above a critical warming benchmark every month for a year, according to new data. The changed climate has already unleashed devastating consequences around the world this year, with people dying from heatwaves in India, Saudi Arabia, Gaza and the United States, and tourists in Greece evacuated amid wildfires. Every month since July 2023 – 12 months in a row – has seen an average surface air temperature of 1.5C (2.7F) hotter than the fossil fuel era, data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed today. Image: Heatstroke paitents were taken to hospital…

Skip next section Ukrainian defense minister calls for more air support from allies07/08/2024July 8, 2024Ukrainian defense minister calls for more air support from alliesFollowing the massive wave of Russian strikes against Ukrainian cities on Monday, Kyiv’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov called on the country’s Western backers to increase their provision of air support to Ukraine. “Our defense capabilities are still insufficient… We need more air defense systems,” he said in a Telegram post. His call comes a day before NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary during a three-day summit in Washington. Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy has been invited and Ukraine’s defense…

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday on the coast of the southern US state of Texas near the town of Matagorda. Earlier on Monday, Storm Beryl intensified and once again became a hurricane before hitting on Monday, as residents were evacuated amid a risk of flooding and power outages. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that the storm moved over land at around 4 a.m. Central Standard Time, saying that the hurricane was about 85 miles (135 kilometers) south-west of Houston, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph). Residents hunker down Residents on the Texas coast boarded up windows and evacuated beach towns. …

Protesters have targeted tourists with water guns in Barcelona as part of mass demonstrations over the number of visitors to the Spanish city.Pictures showed people marching down the streets and remonstrating with diners sitting outside restaurants. Weapons filled with water were fired at people who the protesters believed were visiting the city.Guests were also prevented from leaving their hotels when campaigners taped up exits.Thousands of people were said to have taken part in the rally against mass tourism – the Catalan capital received more than 12 million tourists in 2023 and expects more in 2024. Tension has been mounting over…

Storm Beryl intensified and once again became a hurricane before hitting the southern US state of Texas on Monday, as residents were evacuated amid a risk of flooding and power outages. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued an update at 1 am Central Standard Time saying that the storm was about 30 miles (48.2 kilometers) southeast of Matagorda, Texas, and about 95 miles (152.8 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi. The winds were reaching 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour as Beryl approached the Texas coast, as per the latest information from the NHC. “Conditions (are) deteriorating with dangerous storm surge,…

On the evening of June 9, President Emmanuel Macron seemed adamant that dissolving France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, was the right thing to do. His party had just suffered a crushing defeat in the European parliamentary elections with former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) skyrocketing in the ballot. “[Today’s] challenges require clarity in our debates, ambitions for our country and respect for each of our citizens — that’s why I’ve decided […] to give you again the choice of our parliamentary future,” Macron said from his office in the Elysee Palace. But the results of France’s…

Japan and the Philippines signed a key defense pact on Monday that would enable them to deploy troops in each other’s countries, as they bolster security relations amid China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) was signed in Manila, with Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa meeting their Philippine counterparts Gilberto Teodoro and Enrique Manalo. “A free and open international order based on the rule of law is the foundation of regional peace and prosperity,” she said. “We would like to work closely with your country to maintain and strengthen this,” Kamikawa…

France have suspended full-back Melvyn Jaminet after he posted a video on social media making a racist comment.The 25-year-old, who plays for Toulon, came off the bench during France’s win against Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday. In a video posted on his Instagram account, the 20-times capped player is heard saying: “The first Arab I come across, I’ll throw him a headbutt.”Though the video has since been deleted, copies of it have been shared online. Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News Tap here…