Good morning. China lifts a ban on Boeing deliveries. Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he’d like Donald Trump to be at a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin this week. And Samsung is launching an ultra-thin smartphone. Listen to the day’s top stories.
China removed a month-long ban on deliveries of Boeing planes, people familiar said, after the trade-talk breakthrough with the US. Officials this week told local carriers and government agencies the restrictions have been lifted.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he’d like Donald Trump to join a possible meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday. European leaders are said to be willing to wait for the outcome of that gathering before urging the US to announce new sanctions on Moscow.
UK pension fund managers agreed to invest at least 5% of their assets into British private markets by the end of the decade, Rachel Reeves said.
Deep Dive: Google Goes to Court
Google is facing at least €12 billion in damage claims from dozens of price comparison websites across the EU that allege it stole their customers, according to a Bloomberg News review.
The civil suits are linked to a 2017 decision by the European Commission to fine Google €2.4 billion for illegally leveraging its search dominance to give its own shopping service an edge—which also unleased a wave of “follow-on” cases.
For years, those later suits were delayed as Google appealed. Last year a tribunal confirmed that the company did violate antitrust laws—meaning EU-based plaintiffs no longer have to prove it in court.
Keir Starmer needs to own the changes he’s promised on immigration, Martin Ivens writes. Successive governments’ failure to control the UK’s borders have become symbols of “broken Britain” and turned voters against the political class.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge smartphones displayed during a media preview. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
Samsung is launching an ultra-thin smartphone. The Galaxy S25 Edge is 5.8mm thick, weighs 163 grams and will go on sale from May 30 for $1,099 in the US. Apple’s iPhone 17 is expected to have a similar thickness.
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