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.

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

Whitmer plot a new twist in fight for battleground Michigan

9:32 pm October 10, 2020

Lansing: Gretchen Whitmer knew she’d have the spotlight Thursday. And she decided not to waste it. Hours after the FBI revealed a group of anti-government vigilantes had plotted to kidnap her, the Democratic governor of Michigan addressed her state — and the nation — with a message that didn’t mince words about whom she blamed for the threat: President […]

Florida GOP fights to animate Trump’s base without president

12:20 pm October 10, 2020

Panama City: Nearly 300 Republicans packed shoulder-to-shoulder maskless and sweating inside a Holiday Inn conference room this week in the heart of the Florida Panhandle to see their party’s biggest political stars not named President Donald Trump. With Trump grounded in Washington, they chanted and cheered as the governor, the self-described “Trumpiest” Florida congressman and the president’s eldest son […]

Ex-Philadelphia cop charged in fatal shooting of Black man

12:15 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: A white former Philadelphia police officer was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man after a high-speed car chase nearly three years ago. Former Officer Eric Ruch Jr. shot and killed Dennis Plowden Jr., 25, only seconds after Plowden crashed his car at 77 mph (125 kph), stumbled […]

Supreme Court pick Barrett signed second anti-abortion ad

12:05 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed on to a second “right to life” advertisement against the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision, according to supplemental material filed late Friday with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Barrett said her name was included while she was on the faculty at Notre Dame Law School and member of the “University Faculty for Life” […]

China has deployed 60K soldiers on India’s northern border: Pompeo

12:01 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: China has amassed 60,000 troops on India’s northern border, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said as he hit out at Beijing for its “bad behaviour” and the threats it poses to the Quad countries. The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group – the US, Japan, India and Australia – met in Tokyo on […]