Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said that his administration is recognizing the independence of the so-called Dontesk and Luhansk People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine. What’s at stake with this recent development? And Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020. But the disease is now back with the detection of a case in a young child in Malawi. Plus, the 2022 Winter Olympics have come to a close in Beijing after 109 events in which nearly 3,000 athletes soared, skied and skated.