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 to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

3:48 pm January 19, 2021

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the country without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. The legislation puts Biden on track […]

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Mike Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

US Capitol briefly put under lockdown due to ‘external security treat’

11:52 pm January 18, 2021

Washington : The Capitol Hill, the complex comprising of US Congress and its buildings, was briefly put under lockdown on Monday due to ”an external security treat”, local police said after a fire was reported a few blocks away. ”All buildings within the Capitol Complex: External security threat, no entry or exit is permitted, stay away from exterior windows, doors. […]

Canada OKs return of Boeing 737 Max aircraft

11:31 pm January 18, 2021

Montreal: The Boeing 737 Max can return to Canadian airspace beginning Wednesday, officials said, concluding nearly two years of government review after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide. Transport Canada said Monday the planes will be permitted to fly as long as they meet conditions specified by Transport Canada in December, including allowing pilots […]

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris submits her resignation from Senate

11:25 pm January 18, 2021

Washington : Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday officially resigned from her Senate seat, ending her four-year innings in the upper chamber of the United States Congress. Her resignation from the Senate came two days before the 56-year-old would be sworn in on Wednesday along with President-elect Joe Biden, making history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian American vice president. Harris, a Democrat, has formally […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot

11:14 pm January 18, 2021

Washington: As the rioters stormed the US Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership. One cop ran from one side of the building to another, fighting hand-to-hand against rioters. Another decided to respond to any […]