NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA COLUMN AT DEMOCRATIC ACCENT SIGNIFIES THE NEWS STORIES, ARTICLES AND OPINION FROM AMERICAN CONTINENT. IT MOSTLY COMPRISES THE LATEST GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND OTHER PROMINENT NATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.

Biden nominates first LGBT woman to federal circuit court

3:21 am September 15, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden is nominating a Vermont judge who played a critical role in paving the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage to become the first openly LGBT woman to serve on any federal circuit court. The White House announced Thursday that Biden has tapped Beth Robinson, an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 2011, to […]

Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden’s withdrawal deadline

2:10 pm August 14, 2021

Washington: The last-minute decision to send 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the US Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his August 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces. The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul on Friday and most of the rest of the […]

From Blackboards to Zoom Whiteboards: Experts explore changing paradigms of school education

8:19 pm August 9, 2021

Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: In view of changing dynamics of teaching and learning post Covid-19, experts from across the globe stressed the need for exploring ways and means to shift to technology driven education ecosystem. At the Eighth Oswaal Books Education Conclave, experts from education, technology, pedagogy and social sciences said that Covid has thrown […]

With virus surge, US to keep travel restrictions for now

11:46 pm July 26, 2021

Washington: he United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant, according to a White House official. President Joe Biden earlier this month said that his administration was “in the process” of considering how soon the U.S. could lift the ban on European travel […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

$1M in fines after nitrogen kills 6 at Georgia poultry plant

11:49 pm July 23, 2021

Atlanta: Federal workplace safety officials are proposing nearly $1 million in fines against four companies following a January liquid nitrogen leak that killed six workers at a northeast Georgia poultry processing plant. U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh announced the citations and fines by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday. Foundation Food Group, which owns the Gainesville plant, was cited for 26 […]