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Brian Hernandez Jr. rode Mystik Dan to victory. Audra Melton for The New York Times

The Kentucky Derby: A long-shot named Mystik Dan won the horse race. See photos of the race, and the hats.
Panama: Voters cast ballots yesterday in the presidential election. But the most prominent player, the former president known as “El loco,” was not on the ballot.
Britain: Voters seem to want a change from 14 years of Conservative rule — the party suffered a stinging setback in local elections late last week.
U.S.: Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, who is under fire for killing her dog and boasting about it, suggested that Commander, President Biden’s bite-prone dog, should meet the same fate.
Taiwan: The U.S. pulled out of a treaty with Russia in 2019. That let it develop a covert weapon that could be used to stop a Chinese invasion force.
Liberia: The president moved to create a war crimes court, a culmination of a decades-long effort to bring justice to victims of its bloody civil wars.
China: Investors and consumers are buying gold at a record pace as their confidence in traditional investments like real estate and stocks has faltered.
Australia: The police in Perth fatally shot a 16-year-old on Saturday after he stabbed a man.
Haiti: Depleted police forces are “begging for help,” a U.N. expert said, as they try to hold ruthless gangs at bay.

Russia-Ukraine

Casualties: Families of some Ukrainian soldiers have spent months trying to get official death confirmations. The military, they say, is overloaded with bodies.
Soldiers: Russia’s military is trying to recruit more women, which clashes with Vladimir Putin’s conservative agenda.