|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tiananmen | | Chinese authorities ban any public commemoration and have never released a full death toll. Estimates from human rights groups and witnesses range from several hundred to several thousand. Democratic Taiwan tends to use the Tiananmen Square anniversary to criticize China and call for it to face up to its actions. Financial information provider Refinitiv, under pressure from China’s government, has removed from its Eikon terminal Reuters news stories related to the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.
| | | | | Business |  | | | | The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters, setting up what could be an unprecedented, wide-ranging probe of some of the world’s largest companies. The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, which enforce antitrust laws in the United States, have divided oversight over the four companies, two sources said, with Amazon and Facebook under the watch of the FTC, and Apple and Google under the Justice Department.
| | | | The sudden deterioration in trade talks between the United States and China last month has ratcheted up concerns among U.S. firms that the dispute could go beyond tariffs and affect business in the long-term. China also warned its companies operating in the United States they could face harassment from U.S. law enforcement agencies, as it also rebuffed U.S. criticism of a trade white paper as “singing the same old tune”. | | | | Walmart expands education program for workers ahead of controversial shareholders meeting. The company said it is seeking to attract high school students by offering them a low-cost path to a college degree and will expand an education program it started a year ago - in a new bid to draw workers in a tight labor market. The announcement comes a day before its annual shareholders meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas, which will be attended by Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. | | | | | | | | | | | | | United States | | The fate of Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be at stake when a St. Louis judge hears arguments in Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit aimed at forcing state health officials to renew the facility’s license to perform the procedure. 3 min read | | | | Congress approved legislation providing $19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. 3 Min Read | | | | Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said he does not believe the fact that he is gay and married to another man will hurt him with America’s voters. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend Indiana who married his husband Chasten Buttigieg in 2018, said he won a landslide re-election in South Bend in 2015 - with over 80 percent of the vote - despite coming out as gay several months earlier. 2 min read | | | | California Governor Gavin Newsom reversed a parole board recommendation that the youngest of Charles Manson’s murderous “family” of followers be released early from prison. 3 min read | | | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
