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The organisers of the queer arts festival Q.ARTz are giving Brussels' notorious Manneken-Pis statue a new costume described as "100% queer". The "Little Pissing Man" will have the punk-inspired outfit for just one day to pay tribute to the queer movement.

A free kebab for every newly vaccinated person. Berlin is trying to encourage people to get a Covid-19 jab as vaccination rates wane in the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for the coronavirus before he went into self-isolation earlier this week.

Collaborations between the Government and the organized private sector is crucial in providing innovative solutions to the setbacks created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a Berlin church, the "Classic meets fetish" evening regularly brings together about a hundred members of the queer community, all dressed in leather, to listen to classical music.

The sports world is still reeling from one of the biggest underdog stories in tennis history. Emma Raducanu, a 450-to-1 outsider, winning the US Open as a teenager. Her personality and tennis have created such a buzz that many experts have predicted even more success for a young woman who has already experienced a meteoric rise.

French forces have killed Adnan Abou Walid al Sahraoui, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS), in a drone strike, the French government announced.

Brian Taylor, an immigrant from Sierra Leone who is known in New York City as the Harlem Groomer, lost 80% of his non-essential business during the pandemic. But he found a unique way to keep doing his job, and along the way inspired a national movement.

Mahbouba Seraj, human rights activist and CEO of Afghan Women's Network, sits down with CNN's Nic Robertson in Kabul, Afghanistan, to discuss women's rights under Taliban rule.

The ACT Foundation is urging organisations to collaborate more in addressing challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.