International

Japanese company named as biggest online retailer of ivory and whale meat

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Conservation groups say Rakuten’s website carries 28,000 adverts for elephant ivory and 1,200 for whale products

Paris museum offers Picasso a bigger canvas as it prepares for reopening

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The €52m transformation of the 17th-century Hôtel Salé has been undermined by delays and controversy over the cost

France’s truffle farmers aim to stop inferior Chinese fungi getting a sniff

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Scientists use their noses to help distinguish between highly prized black truffles and cheap Chinese imports

Norway has fallen in love with electric cars – but the affair is coming to an end

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Free parking, incentives and driving in bus lanes push Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf to top of best-seller lists

China becomes biggest market for red wine, with 1.8bn bottles sold in 2013

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Boom attributed to new urban affluence – and to Chinese fondness for lucky colour