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• Many expressed shock that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party was so close to power after the first round of a snap election.
• It was a big day for the far-right National Rally. Just how big will not be clear until a second round of voting is over.
• The departure of the United Nations’ top relief official added uncertainty to the struggling efforts to get food, fuel and other supplies into the territory.
• In the towns of Tulkarm and Jenin, armed militants are flocking to more hard-line factions, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, while the Israeli military tries to rein them in.
• A battle over the history of Britain’s prized country houses offers a window into the national mood before a pivotal election.
• A surprise decision by President Emmanuel Macron to hold a snap election appears to have backfired badly, giving the National Rally a decisive victory.
• He was compared to Orwell and Kafka, and walked a political tightrope with works of veiled criticism for his totalitarian state.
• Myanmar’s junta, facing a growing popular rebellion, has plunged the country into economic crisis, reversing gains from a decade of civilian leadership.
• In India, cricket has become immensely profitable and a destination for the world’s best players. But a tournament victory had eluded it for many years.
• A barrage on Vilniansk, a town in the south, killed seven, including three children, as attacks across Ukraine in the past few days have left dozens dead, according to local authorities.

• Beacon, a golden retriever, began working with U.S.A. Gymnastics last year as part of the organization’s efforts to transform the sport’s toxic culture. More dogs quickly followed.
• A military lab found distinctive damage from repeated blast exposure in every brain it tested, but Navy SEAL leaders were kept in the dark about the pattern.
• A measure seeking to protect abortion access in the State Constitution will appear on the ballot. It is one of nearly a dozen such initiatives that could shape other races this election.
• Doctors at the University of California, San Francisco, say that the workplace they once loved has been fractured by the Israel-Hamas war.
• The ad doesn’t show footage of the president’s halting debate showing, focusing instead on his energetic appearance at a rally the next day.
• An 81-year-old candidate and no Plan B. “How did we get here?” one leading Democrat asks. The answer is complicated.
• Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.
• President Biden is trying to figure out how to tamp down Democratic anxiety after last week’s disastrous debate performance.
• Critics of the approach say it risks making President Biden and his campaign seem woefully out of touch with the voters they need to win.
• Organizers of a plan to adorn some trains with googly eyes said that if the trains could not be reliable, they could at least make commuters smile.

• The commercial company Space Pioneer said the accident occurred because of a structural failure in the connection between the rocket and its testing platform.
• Myanmar’s junta, facing a growing popular rebellion, has plunged the country into economic crisis, reversing gains from a decade of civilian leadership.
• China’s leaders vowed to kick-start spending by offering subsidies for households to buy cars and appliances. But many consumers aren’t biting.
• Also, Iran’s election heads to a runoff and Japanese researchers help robots smile.
• Producers of “The Boyfriend” on Netflix hope it will encourage broader acceptance of the L.G.B.T.Q. community in Japan, which still has not legalized same-sex unions.
• In India, cricket has become immensely profitable and a destination for the world’s best players. But a tournament victory had eluded it for many years.
• A president’s vow to fight drugs unleashed violence and fostered a culture of impunity. But the crimes are finally getting a look, including from the International Criminal Court.
• Her warning of a big buildup of enemy troops poised to attack South Vietnam in 1968 was ignored, a major U.S. Army intelligence failure during the war.
• The case, involving a supplement intended to reduce cholesterol, has put attention on how companies are allowed to self-report claims about their products.
• Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington’s commitment to alliances.