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.

Supreme Court formally rejects Trump election challenge cases

11:43 pm February 22, 2021

Washington: The Supreme Court on Monday formally rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the justices just before the election. The cases the justices rejected involved election challenges filed by former President Donald Trump and his allies in five states President Joe Biden won: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Other than the disputes from Pennsylvania, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Dominion Voting Systems sues ‘MyPillow Guy’ for USD 1.3 billion

11:39 pm February 22, 2021

Minneapolis : Dominion Voting Systems filed a USD 1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Mike Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Columbia alleges that Lindell ignored repeated warnings from Dominion, a voting technology company that has filed similar lawsuits against […]

Suspect in California drive-by accused in Bay Area slaying

7:47 pm February 22, 2021

Antioch: The suspect in a drive-by shooting that wounded a firefighter and a paramedic in California is also accused in the slaying of a man found shot to death in a home. Now authorities are searching for the suspect’s child and the child’s mother, who they say could be in danger. Darryon Williams, 26, was arrested in Richmond after a […]

Biden believes US will be approaching normalcy by end of this year

2:50 pm February 20, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden has said that he believes the US will be approaching normalcy by the end of this year as the country races to deliver coronavirus vaccines to millions of Americans. Biden on Friday toured a manufacturing facility of Pfizer in Kalamazoo, Michigan, seeking to highlight efforts to mass-produce a coronavirus vaccine as his administration looks for ways to […]

World’s biggest emitters like China, India, Russia, need to step up and lower emissions: Kerry

2:35 pm February 20, 2021

United Nations: The world’s big emitting countries, including China, India, Russia, and Japan need to “really step up” and begin to lower greenhouse gas emissions, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said as he called on all nations to raise their ambition to fight against climate change. Kerry on Friday joined UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a special virtual event to mark the United […]