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.

Cases over 'Jallikatttu' protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

TN CM hails Kamala Harris’ “astounding victory”

2:40 pm November 8, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday greeted US President-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris and particularly recalled her Tamil Nadu roots. Democrat Joe Biden on Saturday defeated incumbent Republican US President Donald Trump in the closely-fought US presidential elections. In a tweet, Palaniswami expressed joy over Harris becoming the first […]

President-elect Joe Biden pledges to unite America; calls it ‘a time to heal in America’

2:28 pm November 8, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to unite the country as he called it ‘a time to heal in America’, after his historic victory over Donald Trump in a bitter and closely-fought presidential election – billed as one of the most divisive in recent American history. Trump has so far refused to concede the […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris: The inspiring story of many firsts

11:58 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Known as the “female Obama”, first time Senator Kamala Devi Harris has scripted history by becoming first woman, Black and Indian-American vice president of the United States. Harris was picked by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate in August, months after she suspended her own presidential dreams, saying she lacked the financial resources to continue her campaign. A fierce critic-turned ally of her […]

Air bag fragments kill Volvo driver, touching off recall

11:54 pm November 7, 2020

Detroit: Metal fragments from an exploding airbag inflator killed the driver of an older Volvo, touching off a U.S. recall of up to 54,000 cars, regulators said Saturday. The inflator was made by auto parts supplier ZF/TRW, but U.S. government documents show the devices perform similarly to deadly inflators made by Takata. The U.S. National […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump rages at ‘bad things’ in counting rooms, claims he ‘won this election by a lot’

11:50 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Donald Trump on Saturday declared himself as the winner of the November 3 presidential election, even as major American media outlets projected his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, as next president of the United States. “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” tweeted Trump as major American media outlets declared that he has lost the […]