U.N. welcomes Russian words on Aleppo truce, trucks 'ready to move'

Syrian refugees in discarded holiday homes dream of anything but Greece


MYRSINI, Greece A small house close to the beach in western Greece is replete with a small rose garden, flowers in a vase, a thatched roof and a kennel, all created by its newly arrived refugee occupants.




Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets China PM, due to sign deals on hospitals, bridge


BEIJING/YANGON China and Myanmar are set to sign deals to build a strategic bridge near their border and two hospitals in the Southeast Asian country, a Myanmar official said on Thursday, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi met government leaders in Beijing.




Britain needs new race strategy as report shows 'entrenched' unfairness


LONDON Ethnic minorities face "entrenched and far-reaching" inequality and, combined with a rise in hate crime since Britain voted to leave the European Union, the government must come up with a long-term strategy, an independent report said on Thursday.