Japanese company named as biggest online retailer of ivory and whale meat
Conservation groups say Rakuten’s website carries 28,000 adverts for elephant ivory and 1,200 for whale products
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Paris museum offers Picasso a bigger canvas as it prepares for reopening
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
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
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
Boom attributed to new urban affluence – and to Chinese fondness for lucky colour
Johannesburg tops African millionaires list
Commercial capital of South Africa had 23,400 dollar millionaires at the end of 2012, says New World Wealth