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.

CNN: Trump Justice Department seized reporter phone records

10:59 am May 21, 2021

Washington: The Trump administration Justice Department secretly obtained the 2017 phone records of a CNN correspondent, the network said Thursday in revealing the existence of another apparent leak investigation aimed at identifying a journalist’s sources. The revelation comes two weeks after The Washington Post disclosed that the Justice Department had last year seized phone records belonging to three of its journalists who covered […]

US President Joe Biden signs bill to address hate crimes against Asian-Americans

10:55 am May 21, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed legislation to address the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “On Thursday, May 20, 2021, the President signed into law: S. 937, the ‘COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act,’ which requires the Justice Department to facilitate expedited review of hate crimes and authorizes grants to State, local, and tribal governments to […]

US President Joe Biden hails ceasefire; says both Palestinians and Israelis deserve to live safely, with security

10:49 am May 21, 2021

Washington: Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely, security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy, US President Joe Biden has said as Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire following a 11 day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip. “I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US, Russia at odds over military activity in the Arctic

10:46 am May 21, 2021

Reykjavik: The Biden administration is leading a campaign against Russian attempts to assert authority over Arctic shipping and reintroduce a military dimension to discussions over international activity in the area. As Russia assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Thursday, the US rallied other members to oppose Moscow’s plans to set maritime rules in the Northern Sea Route, which runs from Norway to Alaska, and its […]

Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Time to define Indo-US relations?

2:12 pm May 20, 2021

The second wave of the coronavirus has since grown into a tsunami; India is now the global coronavirus hotspot, setting records for the world’s highest number of daily cases. Mr Rajiv Bhatia，a distinguished Fellow, Gateway House and former ambassador to Canda published a paper on Indian Express website (7th MAY).It wrote: “after intensive inter-agency consultations […]