The Middle Corridor Emerges As A Strategic Lifeline For Global Trade

Cigna To Exit Obamacare In 2027 Amid Rising Costs Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, The Cigna Group, one of the country’s largest health services and insurance firms, is joining others, including Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, in divesting its individual health exchange business. By the end of 2026, Cigna Group will no longer offer insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare,” the company said during its April 30 earnings call. According to its first-quarter earnings report, as of March 31, the company’s individual exchange business had 369,000 members...

Israeli Air Force Technicians Charged With Spying For Iran Amid 'Espionage Epidemic' Via The Cradle Two Israeli air force technicians who were operating at the Tel Nof Air Base near the city of Ashdod are set to be charged with espionage for Iran in the US-Israeli war launched against the Islamic Republic in late February, Israeli media reported Wednesday. This marks the latest case in what has been referred to as an "espionage epidemic" in Israel. According to a report by Israel’s Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), the technicians worked on Israel's F15 jets. The two...

US Senators Unveil 'Mined In America Act' To Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced legislation Monday aimed at reshaping the U.S. digital asset mining sector, tightening supply chains, and embedding bitcoin into federal reserve strategy. The proposal, titled the “Mined in America Act,” would establish a federal certification program for domestic crypto mining operations while phasing out reliance on foreign-manufactured hardware. It also seeks to codify Donald Trump’s executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, placing the policy on statutory footing, according...