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Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
by  AFP

On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest. We would walk around in a circle, we would measure all the trees in a circle," explained Stephen Elliott, research director at Chiang Mai University's Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU).

Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google's payment to news outlets
Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google's payment to news outlets
by  AFP

Canada's print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country's news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday. Most of the payout will go to the print media because it is "really dependent" on online platforms to distribute its content, the official added.

'Foreigner' claims dog DR Congo presidential candidates
'Foreigner' claims dog DR Congo presidential candidates
by  AFP

"Fake Congolese" or "candidate of the aggressor country" -- some of the accusations being bandied around on social media in a bid to ruin reputations in the run-up to DR Congo's presidential vote. Amplified on social networks, these kinds of unsubstantiated accusations are also made in the press or by other candidates during campaign rallies.