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Iggy Azalea is being sued by American Express for failing to pay a huge credit card bill.
Amsterdam based company N=5 piloted their new innovation, a contactless donation jacket for homeless people, on the streets of the Dutch capital. Passers-by reluctant to give cash to beggars will now have the opportunity to donate using their contactless debit and credit cards. It's the 'Helping Heart' because the card reader is sewn over the heart and it allows pedestrians to donate a fixed sum of one euro each time they touch their card to the card reader. People receiving money through the jacket can use the funds at the Stoelen Project Shelter, a care centre for homeless people, to pay for a range of services, from a sleeping space to a warm meal or even an identity card or medical assistance.
Workers and emergency personnel clear the scene following a train crash in Bangladesh which killed at least 17 people and injured 100 others. The crash in the eastern city of Bhairab saw a freight train smash into a passenger train travelling in the opposite direction, derailing two passenger carriages. IMAGES
At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi says, "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan, following the beginning of the conflict." He also says that the number of people now internally displaced in the conflict torn nation is now at two million. SOUNDBITE
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus estimates the number of deaths caused by Covid-19 to be "at least 20 million", well above the official number reported to WHO of "almost seven million deaths". SOUNDBITE
Young people hold a sit-in in Sciences Po Paris to protest against the pension reform, on the second day of national mobilization against the project. The prestigious university was occupied during the night by about fifty students. IMAGES