Trump’s taxes show money from foreign sources; Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict flares; India passes 6 million cases

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As president, Donald Trump received more money from foreign sources than previously known. This is only one of many findings from an investigation by The New York Times, which obtained more than two decades of previously unreleased tax documents from Trump.

One particularly eye-opening revelation is that Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he ran for office, and paid no income taxes at all during many other years. Other potentially damaging findings with global ties for the president include: $315 million in losses for his golf courses around the world, and a $13 million licensing deal for Trump Towers in Turkey’s capital, Istanbul, including $1 million since he became president — not to mention the $70,000 business write-off for his hair styling.

Trump prides himself on his reputation as a global business mogul, but his taxes suggest his companies show chronic losses — potentially undermining his claims of business acumen as he enters the remaining weeks in his bid for reelection.

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A long-simmering conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over a disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh flared up on Sunday after both sides fired rockets and artillery, leading to the deaths of at least 30 people in clashes that continued on Monday. It was not immediately clear what sparked the fighting. The latest violence in the conflict, which has run hot and cold since a 1994 ceasefire, has led to fears of a renewed tit-for-tat cycle of border clashes.

And, the United States continued on Monday to lead the world in the grim statistics of deaths and daily infections of the coronavirus, with 21 states now reporting increases in what’s being described as a fall surge. Behind the US, India confirmed its own ongoing struggles to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, which reached 6 million infections.

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