Canada, Mexico feel effects of US autoworkers’ strike

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President Joe Biden greets striking United Auto Workers on the picket line, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Van Buren Township, Michigan. 

On the 12th day of the United Autoworkers strike, President Joe Biden joined the picketers in Wayne County, Michigan. The UAW strike involves American autoworkers but Canada and Mexico play a critical role in the supply chain of the US auto industry. And, billionaire Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai has been languishing in prison for the past three years. He’s one of the most high-profile supporters of the island’s pro-democracy movement and a persistent thorn in China’s side. Also, break dancing started in the US in the 1970s, but it has since spread across the globe. It’s now set to make its Olympic debut in Paris next summer. Plus, Lego scraps its first attempt at a recycled plastic toy brick.


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