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When you’re small fish in a big pond, every day you have to rely on your wits, resourcefulness, and cunning just to survive. That’s the reality of many small-businesses in today’s corporate landscape, particularly in a post-pandemic world. Fortunately, they have individuals like Mervik Haums on their side to help them navigate any pitfalls and compete on a level playing ...

A man who set off a pipe bomb during rush hour in a New York subway station has been sentenced to life in prison. Akayed Ullah, 31, detonated the bomb in Times Square station, which is the busiest in New York City, on 11 December 2017. He later claimed he had only wanted to kill himself and was not acting ...

A man has gone on trial in Spain for allegedly killing his mother, cutting up her body, and eating her remains. Alberto Sánchez Gómez was arrested in 2019 after police went to the home of his 66-year-old mother following concerns from a friend. Police said they found body parts scattered around the apartment – some kept in plastic containers. The ...

Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would win a sixth term in office, with 80% of the vote. The government and parliament have been dissolved. A military council ...

A Namibian court has refused to issue a gay man emergency travel documents so that he can bring home his twin daughters from South Africa where they were born by surrogate. The authorities say Phillip Lühl must show genetic proof that he is their father before they can travel. Mr Lühl, 38, and his Mexican husband Guillermo Delgado say this ...

The European Super League was created “to save football”, says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. Real are one of the 12 European clubs who have signed up to the breakaway league and intend to establish a new midweek competition. Perez said the move had been made because young people are “no longer interested in football” because of “a lot of ...

South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed. The University of Cape Town’s historic library was also badly damaged. About 250 firefighters have been battling the ...

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba says current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer “wouldn’t go against the players” like former manager Jose Mourinho. Pogba re-joined United in 2016 for a then-world record £89m when Mourinho was manager at the Old Trafford club. But the pair fell out by the time Mourinho was sacked in December 2018. “Once I had a great relationship ...

Chris Smalling was robbed at home in front of his wife and two-year-old child in a horrifying ordeal for the Roma defender on Friday morning, according to reports. Italian news outlet Gazzetta Dello Sport claims three armed robbers broke into the English footballer’s home and forced him to open his family’s safe, where the aggressors took items of jewelry and other ...

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Monday that it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country’s anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a $2.8bn fine after a probe determined that it had abused its market position for years. The fine amounts to about 4% of the company’s 2019 domestic revenue. Alibaba Group’s executive vice-chairman Joe Tsai indicated that regulators have taken ...