As emojis become a widespread form of global messaging, San Jose leaders are calling on the world’s leading text encoders to ...

"It started out with a mistake," explained Doan. "One of my vendors punched up Vietnam and an emoji popped up with the red flag and the yellow star, and the community got a little upset about that.

The letters forming the indicator are then encoded to create the Unicode for any flag emoji. While the United States is represented by US, the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands are represented by UM ...

Cao said what was once the symbol of a nation has now become a flag of "heritage." "For overseas Vietnamese, the emoji will provide a symbol of our identity and connection to the homeland," Cao said.

In the latest Google Messages beta, these full-screen effects will now automatically play for you (and your texting partner, if they're also on the beta) when you send them certain emoji in Google ...

Rwanda flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons: Dave Proffer NAIROBI, KENYA - Rwanda's foreign minister on Tuesday said a final peace deal to end a crisis gripping the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

Experts have proposed the establishment of a 'Green jobs assessment model' to be considered in the ongoing revision of Rwanda's $11 billion climate action plan, in order to ensure that ...

On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon in honor of those U.S. military members who died in service. At noon, the flag is raised to full-staff as a "symbol of ...

“As a mama bear this makes my heart a little lighter,” someone said, including the trans pride flag emoji in the comment to indicate their child is trans. “It’s scary out there, and all I ...