Category: The Guardian

NATO Members Can ‘Individually’ Send Troops to Ukraine, Ex-Alliance Chief Says

Individual NATO members could send troops to Ukraine if the alliance fails to provide Kyiv with security guarantees at an upcoming summit in Vilnius, former NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen said this week. “If NATO cannot agree on a clear path forward for Ukraine, there is a clear possibility that some countries individually might take action,”…


Guardian Apologises to BBC Chairman and Jewish Community Over ‘Anti-Semitic’ Cartoon

The Guardian has apologised to the Jewish community and outgoing BBC Chairman Richard Sharp for a cartoon it published that has been described as “anti-Semitic.” The drawing, by cartoonist Martin Rowson, was published on Saturday after Sharp resigned following a review that found he had broken the rules by failing to disclose his role in…


The Guardian Newspaper Apologises for Slavery Links

The Guardian newspaper has apologised for its founder’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group, has pledged 10 million pounds (US$12.3 million) to communities linked to the activities of John Edward Taylor, the journalist who started the paper in 1821. “The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement report,…


Two Hundred Years of Errors and Misjudgments at The Guardian

Commentary The baneful leftist British newspaper, The Guardian, is celebrating its 200th anniversary, and as part of an extensive exercise in reflective self-adulation, it produced on May 7 an exposé of what it considered to be the worst editorial errors of judgment it had committed in these 200 years. The relevance of this to American…


World Leaders Decry Facebook’s ‘Anti-Democratic’ Censorship in Australia

World politicians have lambasted Facebook’s move to restrict Australians from sharing news on its platform, with some saying the tech giant has behaved in an “anti-democratic” way and more like a “dictator.” Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, David Cicilline (D-RI), wrote on Twitter that the move…


China Insider: China Spies on Americans through Caribbean Phone Networks

China is suspected to have used mobile phone networks in the Caribbean to monitor U.S. residents, according to a mobile security report.