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 reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military

11:59 pm January 25, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military. The new order, which Biden signed in the Oval Office during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, overturns a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office. It immediately prohibits any […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits

10:01 pm January 25, 2021

Washington: The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency. The justices threw out Trump’s challenge to lower court rulings that had allowed lawsuits to go forward alleging that he violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause by accepting payments from foreign and domestic officials who stay […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US passes 25 million confirmed cases of COVID-19

11:46 pm January 24, 2021

New York: The United States has surpassed 25 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. The new milestone, reported Sunday by Johns Hopkins University, is a grim reminder of the coronavirus’ wide reach in the U.S., which has seen far more confirmed cases and deaths than any other country in the world. The U.S. accounts for roughly […]

Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million

11:41 pm January 24, 2021

Washington: Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days actually means about 67 million Americans should be protected from COVID-19 during that time. Fauci, the government’s top infectious diseases expert, said the president’s goal refers to 100 million shots, not people. Current vaccines require two shots. […]

Immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients may evolve to fight coronavirus variants: Study

12:31 pm January 24, 2021

New York: People who recover from COVID-19 are protected against the novel coronavirus for at least six months, and likely much longer, according to a study which says the immune system evolves long after the infection and may block even mutant forms of the virus such as the South African variant. The research, published in the journal Nature, […]