内容摘要：such as wheat, barley and maize and rice — it inflicts $1 billion in losses annually on U.S. wheat and barley crops, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

such as wheat, barley and maize and rice — it inflicts $1 billion in losses annually on U.S. wheat and barley crops, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Tiananmen Mothers, a group formed by relatives of the victims, made an annual online appeal to the government. Signed by 108 members, it called for an independent investigation into what happened on June 4, 1989, including a list of all who died. The group also demanded compensation for the families and a legal case against those responsible for the deaths.The British and German Embassies in Beijing posted videos commemorating the anniversary on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, but they were later taken down, presumably by censors. The Canadian and German Embassies displayed images of a single lit candle on large screens facing the main street.

Police officers stand guard in the Causeway Bay area on the 36th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)Police officers stand guard in the Causeway Bay area on the 36th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)In Hong Kong, a carnival showcasing Chinese food and products was held in Victoria Park, where tens of thousands of people used to gather for a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary.

Hong Kong authorities first shut down the vigil during the COVID-19 pandemic and arrested the organizers in 2021. The moves were part of aon dissent following monthslong anti-government protests in 2019 that turned violent and paralyzed parts of the city.

A former district council member, Chan Kim-kam, said customs officers questioned her at her shop on the eve of June 4 after she advertised small white candles for sale in an Instagram post titled “June, we don’t forget.”

“You know, Hong Kongers have become silent lambs after 2019,” said King Ng, who was at the park on Wednesday.. Critics say using that law caused a messy trial by roping in dozens of people with varying levels of alleged culpability. The anti-racketeering law allows prosecutors to present evidence that might otherwise not be allowed, which some defense attorneys say lets prosecutors present irrelevant material to the jury. It also often leads to people being held in jail longer for multiple reasons.

“It made everything so much more complicated and cumbersome,” said Max Schardt, defense attorney for defendant Shannon Stillwell.Stillwell was among five codefendants who stood trial alongside Young Thug

After Young Thug and the others entered guilty pleas, Stillwell and Kendrick were the only ones who took their chances with a jury. They wereof racketeering, murder and gang-related charges in December. Stillwell was found guilty only of gun possession. The verdict came nearly two years after jury selection began.