Austria wants to say goodbay to the free movement of workers in the EU. Workers from Eastern Europe should no longer be able to work in Austria. “Unregulated, free markets lead to an approximation of wage and social conditions at the lowest level.” Source: Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten
The record influx of asylum seekers has overwhelmed border detention facilities and shelters, forcing U.S. immigration authorities to bus migrants to nearby cities and even fly them to California.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, has received over 6,000 migrants since April 12. Deming, population 14,183, gets 300 to 500 a day, according to City Administrator Aaron Sera. Source: Reuters
- India, the world’s second-largest arms importer and fifth-largest economy, has inked the majority of its weapons deals with Russia.
- Indian Ambassador Harsh Shringla says New Delhi wants to pivot its defense spending to the United States.
- Countries like India, that heavily pursue arms deals with the Kremlin are subject to U.S. sanctions, under President Donald Trump’s “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” or CAATSA.
The U.S. military said it sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, its latest transit through the sensitive waterway, angering China at a time of tense relations between the world’s two biggest economies. Source: Reuters
