Denmark leaned into the reality that Silicon Valley is a global superpower, assigning it an ambassador: Casper Klynge, 46, a career diplomat who has worked in some of the world’s most turbulent places.

Two years into the job, it’s not going all that well.

Here’s what else is happening

U.S. gun sales: In response to a recent mass shooting at its El Paso store, Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is dropping sales of some kinds of ammunition and will stop selling handguns in Alaska, the last state in which it does so. The company also said it was “respectfully requesting” that customers refrain from carrying guns openly into its stores in states where that is legal.

Deportations reconsidered: The Trump administration said it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening health crises to return to their home countries.

Iran bailout: A senior Iranian delegation is in Paris to work out the details of President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed plan to compensate Iran for oil sales lost to U.S. sanctions if the country agrees to return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear accord. If the talks fail, Iran has said it will escalate its nuclear activity starting Friday.

Afghanistan: After yet another devastating blast aimed at Green Village, a fortified Kabul enclave of foreigners, hundreds of enraged neighbors demanded that the outsiders leave. Some climbed the compound’s wall and burned rows of armored S.U.V.s in the parking area.

China school attack: The authorities in a city in Hubei Province withdrew most of its public account of an attack at an elementary school on Monday that left at least eight students dead.