https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The US State Department on Wednesday said it hoped to be able to reach a deal quickly with France to compensate victims of French rail firm SNCF for the deportation of Jews in World War II. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140410/us-seeks-deal-with-sncf-over Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:29:55 +0200 us-seeks-deal-with-sncf-over France and the US are in talks over compensation to American Holocaust victims that were transported to their deaths by France's state-owned rail company, a lawyer involved in the negotiations has said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140222/france-in-us-talks-over-holocaust-compensation Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:17:00 +0100 france-in-us-talks-over-holocaust-compensation A court in eastern France on Wednesday ordered a pig farm to pay damages to a former employee, who judges found had gone deaf because of the constant squeals of the pigs he was in charge of. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130911/french-court-blames-deafness-on-squealing-pigs Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:26:00 +0200 french-court-blames-deafness-on-squealing-pigs The European Court of Human Rights ordered France on Thursday to pay €5,000 each in compensation to three drug traffickers for breaching their rights after they were caught shipping three tonnes of pure cocaine across the Atlantic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130627/france-must-compensate-convicted-drug-traffickers-court Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:37:00 +0200 france-must-compensate-convicted-drug-traffickers-court Workers at a doomed French factory have called upon the President of the United States to come to their aid in their hour of need. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130226/french-factory-workers-plea-to-obama-for-help Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:46:00 +0100 french-factory-workers-plea-to-obama-for-help