April 2021

Fledgling Pilot Resolves to Soar

As a teenager, Precious Sibalo visited the airport in her Zimbabwe hometown of Bulawayo to watch planes flying in and out of the country’s second-largest city. She was entranced by the aircraft but dismayed by something else. “I saw male pilots and ne…

UN Calls on Countries to Take Action to Prevent Drowning

The U.N. General Assembly encouraged all countries Wednesday to take action to prevent drownings, which have caused over 2.5 million deaths in the past decade, over 90% of them in low-income and middle-income countries.The resolution, co-sponsored by B…