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.

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

14 migrants drown after fleeing Venezuela for Trinidad

11:54 pm December 14, 2020

Caracas: The bodies of at least 14 migrants who were traveling by boat from Venezuela to the nearby Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago were found over the weekend, officials said Eleven bodies were found Saturday at sea and three others discovered Sunday on a nearby beach, according to a statement by Venezuela’s government. Officials […]

Canada administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

11:45 pm December 14, 2020

Toronto : Canada administered its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. Five front-line workers in Ontario were among the first Canadians to receive the vaccine at one of Toronto’s hospitals. Two nurses and three other workers at the Rekai Centre nursing home received the vaccine. Ontario received 6,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday […]

United Airlines starts Delhi-Chicago daily flights

4:28 pm December 12, 2020

New Delhi: United Airlines inaugurated on Saturday a daily non-stop flight between Delhi and Chicago, according to a company statement. The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and its hometown hub at the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. With the introduction of the service, United will operate […]

US wholesale prices up 0.1% in November; food and energy up

8:37 pm December 11, 2020

Washington: US wholesale prices edged up 0.1 per cent in November as the cost of both food and energy were up. The increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, followed bigger gains of 0.3 per cent in October and 0.4 per cent in September, the Labour Department […]

Justice Dept drops Yale admissions discrimination lawsuit

Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list

11:22 pm December 10, 2020

Washington: A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable. The justices continued a string of decisions friendly to religious interests in holding that the men could sue the agents […]