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Queensland resident Laura McKee has already put her order in for the new look plates. (Reprsentational Image/ instagram.com/personalisedplatesqld)

Australian vehicles to soon have emoji licence plates

The state's largest automotive organisation has welcomed the digital addition.

21 Feb 2019 3:15 PM IST

Hakimzada has allegedly smuggled heroin, cocaine, ephedrine, ketamine and synthetic opioids into the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. (Photo: linkedin.com)

US imposes sanctions on Indian man, his parents in global drug ring

Jasmeet Hakimzada describes his father as 'primary' trafficking and laundering partner and mother as an officer for two...

21 Feb 2019 2:20 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping

China gets an app for Xi Jinping's inspirational quotes'

The app's name -- Xuexi Qiangguo or Study to Make China strong is a pun as the Chinese word for studying.

21 Feb 2019 1:40 PM IST

Dozens of people were trapped in the buildings, unable to escape onto narrow streets clogged with traffic, as the highly combustible stores of chemicals, body sprays and plastic granules erupted in flames. (Photo: ANI)

At least 81 killed as fire breaks out in chemical warehouses in Dhaka

Deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ibrahim Khan said at least two cars and 10 cycle rickshaws were burned...

21 Feb 2019 11:26 AM IST

Hoda Muthana said she was brainwashed by social media messages and headed to Syria in 2014. (Photo: AFP)

US woman who joined ISIS won't be allowed back says Donald Trump

US woman who joined ISIS won't be allowed back says Donald Trump

21 Feb 2019 10:56 AM IST

This undated photo provided by the Newport Beach Police Department shows Linda OKeefe. James Neal, 72, was arrested in Colorado Springs, Colo., and charged with murder with special circumstances in the death of OKeefe, who was found strangled in 1973.(Photo: AP)

Cops finally arrest murderer of 11-year-old girl after 45 years

More than 4 decades later, authorities in Southern California said that Colorado man has been arrested and charged with...

21 Feb 2019 10:55 AM IST

ISIS teen shocked' after UK revokes citizenship

Shamima Begum, who now wants to return home after giving birth in a refugee camp in Syria last weekend, said the order...

21 Feb 2019 5:44 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

Trouble for PM Theresa May as 3 Tory MPs quit over Brexit hard line

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to meet May once again.

21 Feb 2019 5:31 AM IST

On Tuesday, state news Xinhua announced that in collaboration with Sogou (search engine) has created the worlds first female AI news anchor, known as Xin Xiaomeng. (Photo: @PDChina | Twitter)

China's Xinhua unveils worlds first AI female news anchor

The anchor will be making her debut during the upcoming Two Sessions political meetings in March.

20 Feb 2019 4:44 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Trump's confidence on lawsuit, calls it open-and-closed case'

Trump's remarks to reporters in the Oval Office suggested he was not concerned or surprised by the states' legal...

20 Feb 2019 1:47 PM IST

The 19-year-old East London native joined ISIS in Syria in 2015 along with two classmates. (Photo: AFP)

UK will strip citizenship from teen, who joined ISIS, says family...

Shamima Begum, a 19-year-old UK citizen, wants to return home with a new-born baby.

20 Feb 2019 1:44 PM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks about a state of emergency from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

No rush to denuclearise Korean peninsula': Trump

The US President's remarks come ahead of the second summit with N Korean leader, slated to be held on February 27 and 28...

20 Feb 2019 1:28 PM IST