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Food services company, Bidcorp, raised headline earnings per share by 21 per cent and ended the year with free cash flow of R4.7 billion.

British police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens was fired from London's Metropolitan Police in July 2021, days after he pleaded guilty to Everard's kidnap, rape and murder.

Demand for Chinese goods is surging as the global economy emerges from the pandemic, increasing use of China's electricity-hungry factories. But since electricity prices are regulated in China, some power companies are losing money and hesitant to boost production.

A company in suburban Washington, D.C., is using cutting-edge technology to create lifelike video avatars to drop into music and training videos, games and other immersive environments. It's an entry point to the so-called metaverse, as VOA's Arzouma Kompaoré discovered while touring Avatar Dimension's new studio.

Andela has secured $200 million in fresh equity capital through a funding round that puts the value of the firm at $1.5 billion.

Islamorada (United States) (AFP) – Biologists in Florida are fighting to save the species that make up the only coral reef in the United States' continental waters. They've recreated the coral reef habitat found in the waters off the southern tip of the state in huge aquariums in a bid to preserve it from a disease that is affecting the coral in the wild.

Dave De Witt started Sk8shades in South Africa, creating wooden frames for sunglasses made out of recycled skateboards.