ECB: Digital euro will be profit-making for payment service providers
Christophe Pitiot
Bangkok 'taxi graveyard' comes to life with mini-gardens
A mass graveyard for Bangkok's flamboyantly coloured cabs left idle and decaying by coronavirus curbs is coming to life with mini vegetable gardens and frog ponds set up to help feed out-of-work drivers.
Russians voters express their views
Russians vote in a three-day parliamentary election in which most vocal Kremlin critics have been barred from running following a historic crackdown on the opposition.
Daily life in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover
With a new interim government installed in Afghanistan, the Taliban are transitioning from militant force to governing power after their takeover of power last month. And the Afghan people are adapting to a new reality.
Bolivian Cholitas play football at top of a mountain
The Cholitas Climbers - a group of Bolivian Aymara women dedicated to climbing mountains - played a football match at 5,890 meters altitude on the Huayna Potosi mountain near La Paz.
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Afghans struggle to survive as Taliban face challenges
Since the Taliban stormed to power in mid-August, Afghans say job opportunities have dried up and they are only allowed to withdraw $200 per week from their bank accounts, meaning cash is in short supply.
Greek and Italian schools reopen for new academic year
Schools reopen with new Green Pass.
Cycling tours are latest trend in Chernobyl
Keen cyclists are heading to Chernobyl for an active holiday with scenic routes.
It's a new type of tourism for the Exclusion Zone, 35 years after the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Russia, Belarus continue massive military drills
Moscow says 200,000 personnel will take part in the week-long Zapad-2021 military exercise in Belarus, western Russia and the Baltic Sea, one of the country's biggest drills in recent years.
First foreign commercial flight since Taliban takeover lands in Kabul
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying a handful of passengers touched down at Kabul airport, the first international commercial flight to land since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan.
Arc de Triomphe wrapped in fabric by Christo
The Arc de Triomphe has seen parades, protests and tourists galore, but never before has the war monument in Paris been wrapped in silver and blue recyclable polypropylene fabric.
Syria regime and Russian flags fly in destroyed Daraa after truce deal
Syria regime and Russian flags fly in the southern district of Daraa al-Balad in the city of Daraa, the cradle of Syria's uprising, after government forces entered under a ceasefire deal brokered by regime ally Russia.
Bangladesh schools reopen after 18-month Covid shutdown
Children in Bangladesh return to classrooms as schools reopen after 18 months, one of the world's longest coronavirus shutdowns.
Pope Francis meets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán before mass
Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Mass on Budapest Heroes' Square to close the International Eucharistic Congress.
Berlin's leather lovers listen to classical music in a church
The "Classic meets fetish" evening regularly brings together about a hundred members of the gay community, all dressed in leather, to listen to classical music.
Ronaldo fans in festival mood ahead of ''Messiah'' return
There was a festival atmosphere on the walk to Old Trafford as expectant fans readied themselves to see the ''messiah'' return to the red half of Manchester. Cristiano Ronaldo didn't let them down.
The volcano on Fagradalsfjall is still Iceland's hottest attraction
Tourists flock to experience the rare close contact with the earth's interior.
Memorial in New York marks 20 years since 9/11
The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero began with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
'Health worker' themed runway show at China Fashion Week
Models wearing outfits inspired by health professionals walk down the runway as part of a show during the China International Fashion Week in Beijing.
Afghan women rally in support of the Taliban
About 300 Afghan women -- most of them wearing black niqabs -- stage a short pro-Taliban march outside a university in Kabul, escorted by heavily armed Taliban fighters.
80 homes evacuated after Mexico landslide
A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City gave way, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto a densely populated neighbourhood.
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