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New York, U.S: President Donald Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes for the years 2016 and 2017, as he successfully ran his 2016 campaign for president and began his first term as president of the United States, according to tax records obtained by The New York Times, revealed Sunday in a report that claims Trump spent years avoiding paying any federal income taxes because he lost more money than he made. Before 2016, Trump did not pay any income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years, according to The New York Times. The New York Times claims it has obtained tax data dating back almost two decades and covering hundreds of companies that make up the president’s business empire. According to The New York Times, most of Trump’s “core enterprises,” like his golf courses, report losing millions and sometimes tens of millions of dollars a year. Since 2000, Trump has reported $315.6 million in losses from his golf courses, while his Washington hotel reported over $55 million in...

Shana Decree, 47, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering five of her relatives, including her adult daughter and teenage son. Image : Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Pennsylvania, U.S : It was an emotional Monday morning at the Bucks County Justice Center. Two women – Shana Selena Decree, 47, and her daughter Dominique Klaran Decree, 21, both of Morrisville Borough, Pennsylvania – were sentenced to five life terms in state prison for their role in the deaths of five family members, including three children. Shana Decree, 47, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering five of her relatives, including her adult daughter and teenage son. Image: Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Dominique Decree, 21, also pleaded guilty to killing her twin cousins, two girls who were just nine-years-old. Image: Reuters. In a crime where the “harm is immeasurable,” Bucks County Judge Wallace Bateman accepted a plea deal that saw Shana and Dominique Decree each plead guilty but mentally ill...

Wildlife vets take samples from dead elephants found in Hwange National park, Zimbabwe, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. A spokesman for Zimbabwe's national parks said on Wednesday, Sept. 2 the number of elephants dying in the country's west from a suspected bacterial infection, possibly from eating poisonous plants, has risen to 22 and more deaths are expected. Image: AP. Harare, ZIMBABWE: Twelve more elephants have died in Zimbabwe, taking the total death toll from a suspected bacterial infection outbreak to 34, wildlife authorities said Monday. “A total of 34 carcasses have been found… but some others have not been located,” Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority director Fulton Upenyu Mangwanya told parliament. The animals died between August 24 and September 23 this year in and around the wildlife-rich forests between the famous northwestern Hwange National Park and the town of Victoria Falls. “They were found lying on their bellies” suggesting they had an “extremely sud...

Pacharaporn “Nam” Chantarapadit is crowned as the Miss Grand Thailand 2020 on Sept. 20, 2020. Image: Khaosod. Bangkok, THAILAND: The winner of Miss Grand Thailand 2020 pageant contest came under fire Monday from pro-establishment netizens for siding with the anti-government protests. Pacharaporn “Nam” Chantarapadit, 22, was crowned the winner on Sunday night after a round of question-and-answer section, in which contestants were asked for their opinions about the protest that was unfolding in Bangkok’s historic quarter. The winners of Miss Grand Thailand 2020 competition. Image: Khaosod. “From my heart, I pick the protesters,”  Nam, who represented Rayong, said.  “We have rights to express our views and we want to choose what’s best for our country. More than that, I want to say to the government.” She went on in English,  “If you calling this country Thailand, we need a real democracy. And moreover, we need you to get out of the country!” Watch the Video below: Supporter...

Used condoms which had been cleaned and resold as new are seen in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, September 22, 2020, in this still from video. Image: Reuters. Hanoi, VIETNAM: Police in Vietnam have confiscated an estimated 345,000 used condoms which had been cleaned and resold as new, state media reported. Used contraceptives found in warehouse in Binh Duong province were boiled, dried and resold. Image: AP. Footage by state-owned Vietnam Television (VTV) this week showed dozens of large bags containing the used contraceptives scattered across the floor of a warehouse in the southern province of Binh Duong. Police said the bags weighed over 360kg (794 lbs), equivalent to around 345,000 condoms, according to VTV. The owner of the warehouse said they had received a “monthly input of used condoms from an unknown person”. Image: AP. A woman detained during the operation told police the used condoms were first boiled in water then dried and reshaped on a wooden phallus before being repackage...

A politician who filmed himself sitting in a mud puddle blowing a horn claiming it would protect from Covid-19 has tested positive for the virus. Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria is an Indian politician and owner of a Gurugram-based real estate group. He is currently a member of parliament after winning the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha election from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Unsurprisingly, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria's method of protection appears to have been unsuccessful, and he was one of 24 Indian MPs who have contracted the coronavirus, as reported by local media. A month before he was diagnosed, he posted a strange video on his Facebook page. He could be seen sitting in a muddy field, blowing into a conch shell. Speaking in Hindi, he said: "Go out, get wet in the rain, sit in the dirt, work on the farm, blow a conch... and eat 'desi' things. One gains immunity from doing these things." Desi is a term that describes local...

It took decades, but Chuck Feeney, the former billionaire cofounder of retail giant Duty Free Shoppers has finally given all his money away to charity. He has nothing left now—and he couldn’t be happier. Charles “Chuck” Feeney, 89, who cofounded airport retailer Duty Free Shoppers with Robert Miller in 1960, amassed billions while living a life of monklike frugality. As a philanthropist, he pioneered the idea of Giving While Living—spending most of your fortune on big, hands-on charity bets instead of funding a foundation upon death. Since you can't take it with you—why not give it all away, have control of where it goes and see the results with your own eyes? “ We learned a lot. We would do some things differently, but I am very satisfied. I feel very good about completing this on my watch,”  Feeney tells Forbes Magazine . “My thanks to all who joined us on this journey. And to those wondering about Giving While Living: Try it, you'll like it.” Over the last four decades, Feen...

Lusaka, ZAMBIA: Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has joined the nation in mourning the death of a fish that lived in a pond at the country's second-biggest university. Students at Copperbelt University (CBU) lit candles and marched around campus to mourn the big fish. The hashtag Mafishi, as the fish was affectionately known, is trending on Twitter in the southern African state. For the past two decades CBU students have believed the fish would bring them good luck in exams. Mafishi, meaning "Big Fish" in the local Bemba language, was thought to be at least 22 years old and had lived in the university's pond for more than 20 years, student leader Lawrence Kasonde said. His death was still being investigated, added the president of the Copperbelt University Student's Union. "It is yet to be buried, we are planning on embalming it," Mr Kasonde told the BBC. Some students used to pay homage to the fish before exams, believing it brought them good luck whi...

Colombo, SRI LANKA: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa submitted a proposal that legislates against the slaughter of cattle across the island nation – a decision that could inflame ethno-religious tensions. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has proposed a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle in the country after parliamentary deliberation on Tuesday. Rajapaksa made the proposition while addressing the party’s parliamentary group meeting, stating that cattle slaughter should be prevented since many opposed the practice. He received unanimous approval from the group. Cabinet spokesperson and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was quoted in local media saying that Rajapaksa said he “hopes to ban cattle slaughter” and that he would decide when to submit the proposal to the government. The government announced today that the final decision pertaining to the ban will be delayed by a month. If passed, beef imports will be allowed to cater to demand. There is no official data demon...