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 French President Emmanuel Macron is to host another meeting on Ukraine after the talks between the new US administration and Russia, adding that Donald Trump, “can restart a useful dialogue” with Vladimir Putin. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250219/frances-macron-trump-could-restart-useful-dialogue-with-putin Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:30:28 +0100 frances-macron-trump-could-restart-useful-dialogue-with-putin French leader Emmanuel Macron is in Washington - with several of his ministers - on an official state visit, but some of his discussions with US president Joe Biden could be tricky - here's what the two will talk about. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221130/ukrain-and-evs-topics-up-for-discussion-when-mr-macron-goes-to-washington Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:58:53 +0100 ukrain-and-evs-topics-up-for-discussion-when-mr-macron-goes-to-washington The United States is "very optimistic" that France and Britain will participate in a residual force that US President Donald Trump wants to leave in Syria, his national security advisor said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190310/us-optimistic-france-britain-will-join-stay-behind-syria-force Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:25:33 +0100 us-optimistic-france-britain-will-join-stay-behind-syria-force A young French woman who was visiting her mother in western Canada spent two weeks in a US detention center after inadvertently crossing the border while jogging along the beach, a report said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180623/french-teen-held-in-detention-for-two-weeks-after-accidentally-jogging-across-us-canada-border Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:48:23 +0200 french-teen-held-in-detention-for-two-weeks-after-accidentally-jogging-across-us-canada-border Europe could end up rueing a potential new deal between China and the United States after the two sides stepped back from a trade war, France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180520/absurd-and-incomprehensible-us-china-trade-deal-could-cost-europe-french-minister Sun, 20 May 2018 17:00:51 +0200 absurd-and-incomprehensible-us-china-trade-deal-could-cost-europe-french-minister A senior North Korean official has lashed out at France after it warned Pyongyang's nuclear ambition could pose a threat to Europe, saying Paris must abandon its own atomic weapons first. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170909/north-korea-official-blasts-france-over-nuclear-criticism Sat, 09 Sep 2017 16:30:45 +0200 north-korea-official-blasts-france-over-nuclear-criticism French President Emmanuel Macron backed anti-racism activists in the United States on Thursday in a message that avoided criticizing US President Donald Trump over his reaction to violence in Charlottesville. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170817/french-president-macron-shares-support-for-us-anti-racism-activists Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:30:33 +0200 french-president-macron-shares-support-for-us-anti-racism-activists US prosecutors formally abandoned a four-year old case against two traders implicated in the "London Whale" scandal Friday, citing an inability to extradite the defendants to appear in an American court. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170722/us-drops-case-against-london-whale-defendant Sat, 22 Jul 2017 04:47:30 +0200 us-drops-case-against-london-whale-defendant US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed regret Sunday that Britain has chosen to leave the European Union and vowed Washington will maintain close ties with the bloc. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160626/us-urges-eu-and-uk-to-divorce-amicably Sun, 26 Jun 2016 18:24:02 +0200 us-urges-eu-and-uk-to-divorce-amicably The U.S. State Department describes the relationship between France and the U.S. as “active and friendly”, but that doesn’t stop the American government from handing out warnings to its citizens who plan to travel to the Hexagon. And vice versa! https://www.thelocal.fr/20160316/what-the-us-warns-its-citizens-about-visiting-france-and-vice-versa Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:30:22 +0100 what-the-us-warns-its-citizens-about-visiting-france-and-vice-versa A French minister on Wednesday said he had asked custom officers to tighten checks on Titan tyres a month after the US company's CEO mocked France's work ethics. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130320/french-minister-targets-extremist-ceos-us-firm Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:19:26 +0100 french-minister-targets-extremist-ceos-us-firm US Secretary of State John Kerry met French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Wednesday where the two agreed to examine ways to speed up political transition in Syria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130227/kerry-in-paris-for-key-talks-with-hollande Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:29:00 +0100 kerry-in-paris-for-key-talks-with-hollande