Global Nation: Fil-Am ex-chief of staff to NY assemblyman runs for Queens council seat; Fil-Canadian youngster needs a half-Vietnamese stem cell donor; New PH consul general in SF aiming for improved services

[Inquirer.Net]( Global Nation  USA & CANADA  [SolarWind and Microsoft executives face Senate grilling]( Top executives at Texas-based software company SolarWinds, digital giant Microsoft and cybersecurity firms FireEye and CrowdStrike are expected on Tuesday to defend their companies’ responses to a sprawling series of breaches blamed on Russian hackers when they face the U.S. Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence. The four are expected to argue for more – or... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bitcoin plummets as doubts grow over sky-high value]( Bitcoin plummeted as much as 17% on Tuesday as investors grew nervous at sky-high valuations, triggering the liquidation of leveraged bets and sparking a sell-off across cryptocurrency markets. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency was facing its biggest daily drop in a month, falling to as low as $45,000. In choppy trading, it was last down 15.6%.... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Remote working damages young women’s careers]( If remote working with six relatives isn’t hard enough, try doing it from a bedroom you share with your younger sister. The perks of remote working were short-lived for 21-year-old Emma Chau, whose entry to the world of work has been largely from her bedroom, after spending just one month in the office. “I want... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oil holds near year-long highs as COVID lockdowns seen easing]( Oil prices were steady on Tuesday, trading close to more than year-long highs on signs that global coronavirus restrictions were being eased, although concerns about the pace of a U.S. economic recovery kept gains in check. Brent crude was up 7 cents, or 0.1%, at $65.31 a barrel by 1505 GMT, still close to its... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump may soon have to answer rape allegations under oath]( During a December visit to New York City, writer E. Jean Carroll says she went shopping with a fashion consultant to find the “best outfit” for one of the most important days of her life – when she’ll sit face-to-face with the man she accuses of raping her decades ago, former President Donald Trump. The... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tesla rival Lucid Motors to go public in $24-billion mega deal]( On Monday, luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors agreed to go public by merging with blank-check firm Churchill Capital IV Corp in a deal that valued the combined company at a pro-forma equity value of $24 billion. Lucid, run by an ex-Tesla engineer, is the latest firm to tap the initial public offering market, with... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fil-Am ex-chief of staff to NY assemblyman runs for Queens council seat]( NEW YORK – Steven Raga, the former chief of staff for Assembly Member Brian Barnwell, is running for the seat currently occupied by Jimmy Van Bramer, who is term limited. Raga is the 19th candidate in the race looking to represent Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City and parts of Astoria, according to the Sunnyside Post. Raga... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why are Covid vaccines still in short supply?]( The U.S. government has invested billions of dollars in manufacturing, used a wartime act dozens of times to boost supplies and yet there’s still not enough covid vaccine on the way to meet demand — or even the government’s own goals for national immunization. President Joe Biden, in remarks at the National Institutes of Health... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fil-Canadian youngster needs a half-Vietnamese stem cell donor]( Three-year-old Xavier Pesito’s family received devastating news on Jan. 11. Their young son was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), a rare form of blood cancer that affects young children. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Michigan explains that one to two children out of a million each year are diagnosed with JMML, most often... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [New PH consul general in SF aiming for improved services]( SAN FRANCISCO – Four weeks into his tour of duty, new Consul General in San Francisco Neil Frank Ferrer reiterated his office’s readiness to address the needs of Philippine nationals while touting the latest tools and procedures in the home office that he aims to implement here as soon as possible. The pronouncement sounds redundant... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [America’s historic milestones—Covid deaths and anti-Asian hate]( We’ve surpassed  500,000. Dollars? No. Deaths. We’re not talking about your 401K. We’re talking about the nation under Covid. It’s been a year now since we all had a choice to follow or ignore science; to create a real plan to mitigate the virus or a plan to do next to nothing. And now, I... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reflections on the 1986 Snap Election and the People Power Revolution]( On February 6, 2021, the former U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz, died peacefully at age 100. For most Americans and Filipinos, his passing would be meaningless. To them, Secretary Shultz was just another American from the past. For me, Secretary Shultz deserves a coveted place in Philippine history. It is ironic that he died... 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