Global business outsourcing company Voxpro wants to establish itself as “one of the biggest employers” in the area of Athens, Georgia, after announcing plans to create 500 jobs in the city over the next four years.

Cork-based multinational outsourcing company Voxpro has more than trebled its US workforce after announcing 450 positions at its base in California.

A woman who was stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California for nine days survived by using a water filter to drink from a creek, authorities said.