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Yellen visits NC lithium plant to support Biden’s economic plan

TL/DR - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is promoting new clean energy investments enabled by U.S. tax incentives as President Joe Biden struggles to earn voter recognition for the benefits. Yellen is touring a facility in North Carolina that processes lithium hydroxide, used in electric vehicle batteries. She highlighted that $614 billion…

Study Reveals 2M Extra Deaths Post China’s COVID Restrictions Lift

TL/DR - China's decision to abandon its strict COVID-19 regimen may have resulted in nearly 2 million excess deaths in two months, according to a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Researchers say this number far exceeds the official Chinese government estimate of 60,000 COVID-19 deaths since the zero-COVID policy was…