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

US focused on disrupting finances for Somalia’s al-Shabab

2:59 pm October 29, 2020

Washington: The United States strongly backed efforts to disrupt the illegal financing methods used by Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, which according to U.N. experts raised more than the USD 21 million it spent last year on fighters, weapons and intelligence. US Ambassador Kelly Craft told the Security Council on Wednesday the Trump administration is committed to partnering with other […]

60 charged in USD 300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

11:26 pm October 28, 2020

Minneapolis: Sixty people have been charged in a widespread magazine telemarketing scam that authorities say netted USD 300 million from more than 150,000 elderly and vulnerable people nationwide, the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota announced Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald called the scam the largest elder fraud scheme in the country. MacDonald said the 60 defendants face […]

Calmer California winds help firefighters beat back 2 blazes

11:19 pm October 28, 2020

Los Angeles: Calmer weather on Wednesday allowed firefighters to beat back twin blazes that drove nearly 100,000 Southern California residents from their homes amid fierce winds and extremely dry conditions. Authorities lifted some evacuation orders Tuesday as winds began subsiding and containment was increased for the massive wildfires in brushy hills above cities in Orange […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

President Trump’s campaign website briefly hacked, defaced

8:13 pm October 28, 2020

New York: US President Donald Trump‘s campaign website was briefly hacked on Tuesday, just a week before the presidential elections. The spokesman for the Trump campaign, Tim Murtaugh, said in a statement that the website was “defaced.” “We are working with law enforcement authorities to investigate the source of the attack. There was no exposure to […]

‘Once in a Blue Moon’ on October 31

5:38 pm October 28, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: THE ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ story will come to be true once again this Saturday when the world will witness the occurrence of the rare celestial wonder Blue Moon on October 31. Although this is a rare and good tiding for the excited and exalted sky-watchers, there is some […]