More than 1,000 people, including Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Ma Jia, Myanmar's Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for the Ministry of Prime Minister's Office Tin Aung San as well as other ...

Duo, the green cartoon owl mascot for language learning app Duolingo, has died, and singer Dua Lipa is grieving. The brand announced Duo’s passing on Tuesday, writing in a cheeky statement on th ...

Myanmar’s military government must release jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said. The Foreign Secretary said Britain had “not forgotten” those ...

PREMIUM 24 Akbar Road Her name was Daw Khin Kyi and she was the widow of Burma’s independence hero Aung San. After his assassination, she first served as a minister. In 1960, she was appointed ...

The family-owned restaurant Ni Burmese will showcase a variety of traditional dishes from Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma. According to a news release, Ni Burmese held ...

open image in gallery Bianca Jagger listens to Helena Kennedy at the screening of The Independent’s documentary ‘Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi’ (Al Brown) Ms Chang ...

The Met Office has issued a wind warning across parts of Northern Ireland, with the potential for disruption and gusts of up to 80mph expected in some areas. The yellow warning will come into ...

Let’s see how the likes of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Lidl ranked when it comes to their own-branded tin of hearty tomato soup. First up was from my favourite supermarket Tesco – this ...

There is still a "way to go" in the clean-up of Storm Éowyn, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said. Homes have been damaged and about 50,000 properties in Northern Ireland remain without power ...

Around 12,500 children in Northern Ireland have received their transfer test results. They received results from a body called the Schools Entrance Assessment Group (SEAG), which runs the common ...

Confusion as map shows north unaffected by stormOpens in new window The Met Office has warned Storm Éowyn could bring gusts in excess of 80mph on exposed on coasts in Northern Ireland ...

A rare red weather warning has been issued for strong winds in Northern Ireland as Storm Éowyn arrives on Friday, resulting in school closures and posing a ‘danger to life’. Three wind ...