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.

Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

8:29 pm August 30, 2020

Washington: During its search for a new postmaster general, the US Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis DeJoy, who ultimately got the job. Instead, in what Democrats call a breach of protocol and blatant cronyism, DeJoy’s name was added as a contender by the board member […]

Global coronavirus cases top 25 million

2:04 pm August 30, 2020

Washington: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally has topped 25 million. That’s according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. The US leads the count with 5.9 million cases, followed by Brazil with 3.8 million and India with 3.5 million. The real number of people infected by the virus around the world is believed to be much […]

Obama, Biden and Harris recall Chadwick Boseman’s life

10:38 pm August 29, 2020

Washington: Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s top leaders, on Saturday condoled the death actor Bison Chadwick Boseman, saying his life made a difference and inspired generations. Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, died of cancer aged 43 in Los Angeles. “Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he […]

Laura cleanup begins; weeks without power or water ahead

10:28 pm August 29, 2020

Lake Charles: The destructive storm surge has receded, and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer. The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, […]

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

Trump still faces skepticism in suburbs following convention

10:16 pm August 29, 2020

Washington: Pat Newell backed Donald Trump in 2016. But after Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention this week included no mention of the police shooting of Jacob Blake that spurred demonstrations in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the white retired public relations specialist said the president still had work to do before she’ll commit to voting for him […]