Starbucks closes over 8,000 stores in U.S. for anti-bias training

A woman reads a notice at a closing Starbucks store in Washington, the United States, on May 29, 2018. U.S. top coffeehouse chain Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores across the country Tuesday afternoon to train around 175,000 employees about racial bias following an incident last month that sparked an outcry. (Xinhua/Yang Chenglin)