Among them: the departure of Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, who said over the weekend that she would delay a vote on the bill indefinitely, adding that she would “take on criticisms in the most sincere and humble way.”

Closer look: The retreat on the proposal suggests that there are still limits to the increasingly authoritarian grip of President Xi Jinping, especially outside mainland China.

The Daily: In today’s episode, a Times correspondent in Hong Kong discusses the rallies.

Related: Joshua Wong, one of the leaders of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong in 2014, was released from prison today after serving one month of a two-month term on charges related to those protests. He pledged to get involved in the new movement and called on Mrs. Lam to step down.

U.S. escalates attacks on Russia’s power grid

For years, U.S. security and intelligence agencies have said that Moscow has inserted malware that could sabotage American power plants, pipelines or water supplies.

Now, the U.S. is deploying computer code inside Russia’s electricity grid and other targets as a warning to President Vladimir Putin and a demonstration of expanded permissions to deploy cybertools.

How we know: In interviews over the past three months, current and former U.S. officials described the classified program. It’s unclear how deep into the Russian grid the efforts have bored.