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Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, arrives at a court in Washington, DC, where a landmark case pitting the US government against Google over the dominance of the company's world-dominating search engine begins. IMAGES
The United States is suing Google for its dominance of the online advertising market, announces Attorney General Merrick Garland from the US Justice Department in Washington, DC. "We allege that Google has used anticompetitive, exclusionary, and unlawful conduct to eliminate or severely diminish any threat to its dominance over digital advertising technologies," he tells a press conference. SOUNDBITE
The EU says it has slapped a record 4.34-billion-euro ($5.04 billion) antitrust fine on Google for illegally using its Android operating system to strengthen the dominance of its search engine. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission says Alphabet's Google is abusing its dominant position and blocking advertisements from rivals. Fred Katayama reports.
European Union antitrust regulators have accused Google of abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system in deals with phone makers and mobile network operators. As Ivor Bennett reports, it's the latest in a string of EU actions to target U.S. tech firms.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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