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The Hidden Price of Luxury: Coach Handbags Linked to Amazon Deforestation

The Hidden Price of Luxury: Coach Handbags Linked to Amazon Deforestation

Coach luxury handbags have been linked to illegal Amazon deforestation through Brazilian leather supply chains connected to cattle ranching on stolen indigenous land, new investigation reveals. European fashion brands risk complicity in environmental crimes whilst marketing sustainable products to consumers seeking ethical luxury goods.

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France On the Brink
Do Population Policies Matter
Non Stop India
Cover of 'Vital Signs 1999'
Acting Smart
Twisting the Lion's Tail
Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema
Raja Ravi Varma
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Gas Wars authors respond to Mohan Guruswamy's allegations

Gas Wars cover

Mr Mohan Guruswamy (see his original statement appended below) is factually incorrect in suggesting that the "meat" for "Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis" was sourced from "Anil Ambani's operation". The book has been put together over a period of four and a half years from dozens of sources, including top officials of Reliance Industries Limited. Anyone who reads the 600-odd pages of the book will surely realise this. One presumes that Mr Guruswamy has read the book since he took a...

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Review: France On the Brink

Review of France On the Brink

After 30 years of reporting on France for Reuters and The Economist and marriage to a Frenchwoman, Jonathan Fenby comes out with an informative, insightful and critical study of France, his "home, away from home". Fenby, now the editor of South China Morning Post, weaves reportage, anecdotes and analyses into a fascinating presentation of contemporary France. He is thorough with French politics, society and history and sees today's state of affairs from the backdrop of the French Revolution, the...

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