Migrant crisis: Thousands arrive in mainland Greece
Thousands of migrants are arriving in mainland Greece as the government prepares for talks on tackling the huge number of people reaching its shores.
Two ships carrying more than 4,200 people travelled to Piraeus port at night after leaving Lesbos island.
The whole EU is struggling to deal with an unprecedented influx of migrants.
Hundreds of people, mostly from the Middle East, remain stranded outside a railway station in Hungary after police stopped them travelling through the EU.
The EU's border control agency, Frontex, says 23,000 migrants arrived in Greece last week alone- an increase of 50% on the previous week.
More than 160,000 people have arrived in Greece so far this year - already surpassing last year's total.
Malaysian police to question former PM Mahathir over anti-government rally
Former leader Mahathir Mohamad to be quizzed over corruption accusations against prime minister Najib Razak and other politicians at Bersih protest
Malaysian police will question ex-prime minister Mahathir Mohamad after he attended a rally at the weekend calling for his former protégé and current PM, Najib Razak, to step down.
Inspector-general of police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar was quoted across Malaysian media as saying that authorities would record a statement by the influential leader, who ruled Malaysia for 22 years, after he made accusations at the protests that members of parliament had taken bribes.
Mahathir has called for a vote of no confidence against Najib, accusing him of halting an investigation into corruption and buying politicians.
Wikipedia rocked by 'rogue editors' blackmail scam targeting small businesses and celebrities
YEMEN 01/09/2015
Anti-Saudi graffiti painted on kingdom’s embassy in Yemen
Graffiti picturing a giant skull and a menacing snake have popped up on the walls of the shuttered Saudi embassy in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital. “A picture that speaks a thousand words” was the comment of quite a few Yemenis who shared photos of the graffiti on social media, criticizing Saudi Arabia for leading the coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Yemen has waded deeper and deeper into war since the Saudi-led coalition of Arab nations, backed by the United States, began bombing Houthi rebels in March to try to stop their expansion after they took Sanaa. Since then, air raids have led to the death of thousands of civilians. Most international organisations have by now left the country, and according to the United Nations, it is now experiencing a “humanitarian catastrophe”. Yemen was already one of the world’s poorest countries before war broke out.
Hungary blames European Union amid anger in Budapest
Viktor Orban to meet EU officials as Germany demands unity among member states
in Subotica
Hungary has accused the European Union’s top officials of causing its refugee crisis and warned them to prepare for “millions” of new arrivals to the bloc, as hundreds of migrants massed outside a Budapest train station to demand passage to Germany.
A day after allowing migrants for the first time to board international trains, Hungarian police yesterday morning barred about 1,000 asylum seekers from Keleti train station, prompting an hours-long stand-off outside the building.
As some migrants waved tickets for trains to Munich, Berlin and Hamburg, others chanted “Germany, Germany”, “Freedom” and “Merkel” – showing their desire to travel to a country that has pledged to accept some 800,000 refugees this year.
All those confusing geography terms, explained in a gorgeous antique map
by Phil Edwards
You can see the original map, circa 1870, at the David Rumsey Collection (we've upped the contrast on this digital version to make it slightly more readable).
A few of the more confusing terms merit some clarification, so we referred to the Oxford English Dictionary on the following:
- What's the difference between a gulf and a bay? They're pretty similar, but a bay is often wider and has a wider opening to the sea. At the same time, some gulfs are larger than many bays (like the Gulf of Mexico). There's bound to be some confusion, since the terms are often used interchangeably.
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