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 Anti-LGBTQ sentiment remains "anchored" in French society, activists have said, as a report showed an increase in gay and trans people reporting physical attacks in France https://www.thelocal.fr/20230516/french-lgbtq-group-reports-rise-in-homophobic-attacks Tue, 16 May 2023 11:59:04 +0200 french-lgbtq-group-reports-rise-in-homophobic-attacks The Cannes Film Festival was set for a stormy opening on Tuesday, with Johnny Depp making his comeback in the opening film, showing off his French skills as King Louis XV. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230516/cannes-opens-with-johnny-depps-french-comeback-drama Tue, 16 May 2023 10:59:35 +0200 cannes-opens-with-johnny-depps-french-comeback-drama France has paved the way towards paying reparations to more relatives of Algerians who sided with France in their country's independence war but were then interned in French camps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230516/france-to-compensate-relatives-of-algerian-harki-fighters Tue, 16 May 2023 10:29:30 +0200 france-to-compensate-relatives-of-algerian-harki-fighters France's border police this week busted an illegal immigration ring leasing out real French passports to migrants from sub-Saharan Africa so they could enter the country, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230512/france-busts-illegal-immigration-ring-using-real-passports Fri, 12 May 2023 12:58:20 +0200 france-busts-illegal-immigration-ring-using-real-passports French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has filed a suit with a court demanding the withdrawal of parts of a biography published this month, arguing they violate her private life, the publishing house said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230511/french-pm-demands-cuts-from-biography-over-privacy-issues Thu, 11 May 2023 11:03:06 +0200 french-pm-demands-cuts-from-biography-over-privacy-issues A migrant was hit by a truck and died near the French port of Calais, a major point of departure for migrants trying to cross the Channel, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230511/migrant-dies-after-hit-by-truck-in-french-port-city-calais Thu, 11 May 2023 10:38:31 +0200 migrant-dies-after-hit-by-truck-in-french-port-city-calais A former Rwandan military policeman was due to go on trial in France on Wednesday, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 slaughter in his home country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230510/ex-policeman-goes-on-trial-in-france-over-rwanda-genocide Wed, 10 May 2023 10:46:20 +0200 ex-policeman-goes-on-trial-in-france-over-rwanda-genocide The storied Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris said that it had dropped a long-running snake act under pressure from animal rights groups. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230510/pariss-moulin-rouge-cabaret-draws-curtain-on-snake-act Wed, 10 May 2023 10:23:38 +0200 pariss-moulin-rouge-cabaret-draws-curtain-on-snake-act Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join President Emmanuel Macron in Paris for France's Bastille Day military parade on July 14, the two countries said in a joint statement Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230505/indias-modi-to-join-macron-for-frances-july-14-celebrations Fri, 05 May 2023 15:34:55 +0200 indias-modi-to-join-macron-for-frances-july-14-celebrations Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has welcomed better-than-anticipated figures. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230428/french-economy-grows-0-2-in-first-quarter Fri, 28 Apr 2023 10:28:05 +0200 french-economy-grows-0-2-in-first-quarter A small concrete box marked with the word SHIZO (punishment cell in Russian) in giant red letters sits incongruously next to a 13th-century church just behind the Louvre museum in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230315/like-an-animal-replica-of-navalnys-cell-set-up-in-paris Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:14:49 +0100 like-an-animal-replica-of-navalnys-cell-set-up-in-paris A mother and her seven children aged two to 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