French lawmakers in the National Assembly on Monday passed a bill to simplify the return of artworks and other prized artefacts looted during the country's colonial era to their countries of origin, France 24 reported. French lawmaker Jérémie Patrier-Leitus posted a video on Monday of his speech regarding the passing of the bill, referencing French writer Victor Hugo's letter in 1861 to Captain Butler about the sack of the Summer Palace in Beijing that "One day will come when France, ...