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winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > life > health > 04/01/2026 > sexual-harassment-lawyer-sues-over-rejected-airport-ad-now-has-a-massive-billboard

Sexual harassment lawyer sues over rejected airport ad, now has a massive billboard

12+ hour, 11+ min ago  (503+ words) Winnipeg -2" C, Partly cloudy A lawyer sued an upstate New York airport after it rejected a small ad for her sexual harassment law firm. Now she has a massive sign there. Megan Thomas signed a contract last summer for the…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > business > 03/31/2026 > a-hearing-on-extending-zimbabwe-presidents-term-erupts-in-chaos

A hearing on extending Zimbabwe president’s term erupts in chaos

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (373+ words) The situation at a sports complex in the capital, Harare, turned violent when prominent human rights lawyer Doug Coltart was attacked, leaving him bruised. His cellphone was taken and his glasses were broken. The unrest came amid a broader crackdown…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > sports > soccer > 03/30/2026 > sheinbaum-meets-fifas-infantino-to-review-mexicos-2026-world-cup-preparations

Sheinbaum meets FIFA’s Infantino to review Mexico’s 2026 World Cup preparations

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (324+ words) Sheinbaum said on her social media account that she had breakfast with Infantino at the National Palace "because we are evaluating everything for the upcoming World Cup," adding that "everything is going to be wonderful." The tournament kicks off on…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > business > 03/28/2026 > africa-is-hurting-again-from-a-global-crisis-it-had-no-part-in-starting

Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (846+ words) Like many people across the world, Isaac is one of millions across Africa who are reeling from the economic impacts of the faraway conflict in the Middle East, which began Feb. 28 with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. For many Africans,…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > life > sci-tech > 03/21/2026 > africas-solar-boom-faces-higher-costs-as-china-cuts-export-subsidies

Africa’s solar boom faces higher costs as China cuts export subsidies

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (591+ words) The changes, expected to take effect April 1 for solar panels and beginning next year for batteries, may complicate efforts to expand renewable energy to close vast electricity gaps across Africa, though experts say the impact likely will be manageable. "We…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > world > 03/21/2026 > what-to-know-about-diego-garcia-after-iran-targets-the-remote-islands-key-us-military-base

What to know about Diego Garcia after Iran targets the remote island's key US military base

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (701+ words) Britain condemned "Iran's reckless attacks" after the unsuccessful attempt to hit the base. It's unclear how close the missiles came to the island, which is about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran. Here is what to know about the remote but strategic…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > world > 03/21/2026 > secretive-deal-leaves-deportees-from-the-us-stuck-in-equatorial-guinea-with-no-more-hope

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1183+ words) Winnipeg 1" C, Light rain with wind But he was never freed, and instead was later handcuffed and put on a flight to Equatorial Guinea, an authoritarian petrostate in West Africa that signed a secretive deal with the Trump administration and…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > arts-and-life > entertainment > books > 03/21/2026 > filling-the-gap-2

We Inherit the Fire, a story of women in apartheid-era South Africa by Kagiso Lesego Molope, a welcome addition to the literary landscape

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (382+ words) Kagiso Lesego Molope's fifth novel We Inherit the Fire is set in South Africa during the dying days of apartheid in the late 1980s. Schools and neighbourhoods are being desegregated, and people are reckoning with the past and taking stock of…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > world > 03/16/2026 > planned-demolition-of-a-building-in-nairobi-goes-wrong-leaves-at-least-4-dead

Planned demolition of a building in Nairobi goes wrong, leaves at least 4 dead

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (190+ words) Winnipeg -11" C, Partly cloudy with wind Rescue workers from the army and other institutions were working to find any people trapped under the rubble, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Images showed victims being carried away from the rubble…...

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winnipegfreepress.com > world > 03/16/2026 > a-look-at-south-africas-extreme-move-to-deploy-the-army-to-fight-crime-by-the-numbers

A look at South Africa’s extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbers

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (449+ words) Winnipeg -12" C, Partly cloudy with wind The move has underlined how Africa's leading economy has struggled to reign in its high rates of violent crime. A look at the deployment by the numbers: South Africa's Constitution requires President Cyril Ramaphosa…...