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.

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Indian-American couple pleads guilty to laundering over USD 500K

10:54 pm October 7, 2020

Washington: An Indian-American couple has pleaded guilty to laundering over USD 500,000 on behalf of India-based phone scammers, the US Department of Justice has said. US Attorney Byung J “BJay” Pak said while posing as federal agents or tech support, the call centres instructed victims to mail packages of cash that Mehulkumar Manubhai Patel, 36, and Chaitali Dave, 36, of South […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Appeals court: Trump must turn over taxes to prosecutor

10:47 pm October 7, 2020

New York: President Donald Trump‘s accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a stay of a lower-court decision will remain in effect so Trump’s lawyers can appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court. […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

2016 presidential polls: Trump orders declassification of documents

9:29 am October 7, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered “total declassification” of all the documents related to the alleged interference of Russia in the 2016 presidential elections, which he described as a hoax. “I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the […]

Dangerous Hurricane Delta bears down on Mexico’s Yucatan

9:25 am October 7, 2020

Cancun: Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm with 145 mph (230 kph) winds Tuesday while following a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. The worst of the immediate impact was expected along the resort-studded northeastern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where […]

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

Biden against second debate if Trump still suffers from COVID-19

9:20 am October 7, 2020

Washington: Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday said he is against participating in his second debate with Donald Trump next week if the president still suffers from COVID-19. “I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden, a former US vice-president, told reporters on his return from Gettysburg. The first of the three presidential […]