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.

US job postings rise to 6.6 million in July

11:45 pm September 9, 2020

Washington: US employers advertised more jobs but hired fewer workers in July, sending mixed signals about the job market in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Labour Department said Wednesday that the number of US job postings on the last day of July rose to 6.6 million from 6 million at the end of June. A […]

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

Trump and Biden run vastly different pandemic campaigns

9:24 pm September 9, 2020

Winston-Salem: North Carolina caps outdoor gatherings at 50 people to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but don’t tell that to President Donald Trump. He basked in a largely maskless crowd of several thousand supporters during a campaign rally in this critical state. “As far as the eye can see,” Trump said, reveling at […]

McBride, Wilkerson among nominees for Kirkus Prize

9:20 pm September 9, 2020

New York: Elena Ferrante, James McBride and Isabel Wilkerson are among the nominees for the Kirkus Prize, a USD 50,000 honour for the best fiction, nonfiction and children’s books. The nominees, six each in the three categories, were chosen by panels of writers, critics, booksellers and librarians. They were announced Wednesday by the trade publication Kirkus Reviews. In fiction, Ferrante […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

9:06 pm September 9, 2020

Oslo: Afar-right Norwegian lawmaker said Wednesday that he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said Trump should be considered because of his work “for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible […]

Kanye West makes presidential ballot in Mississippi

11:31 pm September 8, 2020

Jackson: Kanye West will appear as a presidential candidate on Mississippi’s ballot in November, after being approved as a qualified candidate by the State Board of Election Commissioners on Tuesday. The rapper has already qualified to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Utah. […]