"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.

This year, the Egyptian flag will once again fly proudly above a pavilion named ... the El Gouna Film Festival represented by Samih Sawiris and Amr Mansi, and the Egypt Film Committee affiliated with ...

New Egypt High School junior Madison Adam excels in both lacrosse and flag football at the same time, during the spring season. Adam is also a strong player in soccer and basketball. PLUMSTED ...

“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 ...

She captioned the clip: “When he takes hours to reply…” Elma also wrote: “It’s giving [red flag emoji] but here we are,” and included an eye rolling emoji at the end. Fans were ...