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 US regulators have fined French banking giant BNP Paribas $246 million for the bad behaviour of its traders. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170718/us-hits-french-banking-giant-bnp-with-246-million-fine Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:45:17 +0200 us-hits-french-banking-giant-bnp-with-246-million-fine US President Donald Trump has stunned the world with his travel ban targeting Muslim countries but could he go further? He's suggested in the past that he might be in favour of suspending immigration from France because "it's been compromised by terrorism". https://www.thelocal.fr/20170130/donald-trump-muslim-ban-extend-travel-ban-to-include-french-citizens Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:40:36 +0100 donald-trump-muslim-ban-extend-travel-ban-to-include-french-citizens France’s ambassador to the US has come out fighting following Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s mocking of France and its “three day working week”. The envoy took to Twitter to spell out a few home truths. Here’s a selection. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151030/french-envoy-to-us-tweets-back-after-bush-bashing Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:56:13 +0100 french-envoy-to-us-tweets-back-after-bush-bashing Imagine a French customer putting an order in with a US firm to send one million croissants over the Atlantic. Well, the opposite happened this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150703/us-orders-a-million-donuts-from-france Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:26:31 +0200 us-orders-a-million-donuts-from-france More revelations emerged on Tuesday of US spying on French targets, with reports claiming the NSA systematically snooped on the country's biggest companies and all business deals valued over $200 million. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150630/us-spying-france-companies-nsa-snowden-wikileaks Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:24:02 +0200 us-spying-france-companies-nsa-snowden-wikileaks Here's a closer look at some of the key details revealed by the Wikileaks documents that showed the US had wiretapped three French presidents. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150624/french-presidents-spied-on-what-the-wikileaks Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:19:04 +0200 french-presidents-spied-on-what-the-wikileaks While Chinese investment in France is growing and the influx of Qatari money continues to turn heads it’s the Americans who remain top of foreign investors rankings in France and who create the most jobs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150205/us-top-foreign-job-creators-in-france Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:04:00 +0100 us-top-foreign-job-creators-in-france A renowned French pastry chef, who has made a name for himself across the Atlantic, has wowed Americans again with his new creation that combines cookies and milk. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140312/french-chef-creates-new-breton-burger-for-us Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:58:00 +0100 french-chef-creates-new-breton-burger-for-us French President François Hollande will tuck into Illinois caviar, Colorado rib eye beef and all-American cotton candy at a lavish White House state dinner Tuesday - but he'd better rug up for chilly weather. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140211/caviar-and-cotton-candy-await-hollande-at-state-dinner Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:53:00 +0100 caviar-and-cotton-candy-await-hollande-at-state-dinner The United States and France on Monday unveiled plans to collaborate on a new Mars mission, two years after NASA withdrew from a European partnership to send a probe and lander to the Red Planet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140211/mars-france-and-us-sign-deal-for-new-mission-to-red-planet Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:30:00 +0100 mars-france-and-us-sign-deal-for-new-mission-to-red-planet A US tycoon has reportedly made an offer to invest in a doomed French tyre factory, just months after he ridiculed the workers for being lazy and talking all day. The bid by Titan's Maurice Taylor would save 300 jobs, a French minister claimed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131021/extremist-us-ceo-offers-to-save-french-factory Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:18:00 +0200 extremist-us-ceo-offers-to-save-french-factory The Syria crisis looks likely to top the agenda at this week's G20 meeting in Russia. The White House announced on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama will hold crucial talks with President François Hollande during the summit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130904/obama-to-hold-talks-with-hollande-in-moscow Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:07:00 +0200 obama-to-hold-talks-with-hollande-in-moscow