World
On Tuesday, delegations from both Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul, Turkey; for the first time, Russian delegates left with proposals that they intend to take to Russian President Vladimir Putin. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the only path to peace would involve a face-to-face meeting between himself and Putin, reports continue to flow from Ukraine that not only are Ukrainian troops holding off Russian military, but they have partially recovered some cities previously considered taken by Russian troops.
People
On Wednesday, Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State, passed away after battling cancer. She was 84 years old. Madeline Albright was born Marie Jana Korbelova, a Czechoslovakian refugee who immigrated to the United States with her family when she was a mere eleven years old.