Relaxnews Messaging service WhatsApp is taking a page from Snapchat’s playbook with the launch of new camera features that allow users to add images, emoji and text to their photos. After capturing a new photo or video, users will automatically see new editing tools allowing them to customize images. A front-facing flash has also been added to the WhatsApp …

  Madrid / AFP They may be cute, colourful and chatty, but South American quaker parrots have taken up residence in Madrid and other Spanish cities, irritating residents with their shrill squawks and destabilising the ecosystem. The small, bright green and grey-breasted birds — also known as monk parakeets — first arrived in Spain in cages as entertaining pets, but …

Ranomafana / AFP “Last time, I burnt a section about that big,” says Mihareta Laivoa, pointing to a parcel of land about the size of a football field, as the farmer admitted to having destroyed forest to make way for his crops. “I don’t own a piece of land in the valley, so I have no choice,” explains the 41-year-old …