Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale says it’s time to ‘hang up my rock n' roll platform shoes’ after 50 years





















Vincent Karremans called semiconductor supply chain crisis a ‘wake-up call for western leaders’
The Chinese government has expressed “extreme disappointment” with the Dutch minister at the heart of a row over chip supply to the car industry.
A spokesperson for the ministry of commerce was responding to an interview by Vincent Karremans on Thursday in which he described the standoff between China and the European Union as a “wake-up call” for western leaders.
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© Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

© Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters




















Ahead of a special Guardian Live event on 26 November, you can share your questions for Tim Dowling, Stuart Heritage and Meera Sodha
It has been a year of small pleasures and big opinions. Is Kim Kardashian’s legal drama All’s Fair really the worst TV show of all time? What are the best (and worst) vegan cheeses? And 20 years after they first hit the shelves, five-toed shoes are apparently having a big fashion moment. But what is it like to wear them in public?
As the year draws to a close, Guardian Live invites you to a special event with columnist Tim Dowling, film and TV writer Stuart Heritage, and cook and author Meera Sodha. They will join comedian, broadcaster, and occasional Guardian contributor Nish Kumar for an evening of sharp observations, seasonal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories from the Guardian.
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Chao Xu, 33, may be one of worst sex offenders in British criminal history, police fear
A businessman has been jailed for life for drugging women then subjecting them to sexual attacks which he recorded for his pleasure, as well as committing hundreds of other sexual offences.
The Metropolitan police fear Chao Xu, 33, may be one of the worst sex offenders in British criminal history. The judge said his offending was “calculated and planned” and he posed a high risk to women.
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Marine Mammal Center in Morro Bay and local harbor patrol teamed up for mission to reunite pup with its mother
It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in Morro Bay.
The center’s experts were able to determine that the calls – which sounded almost like a human baby screeching – were coming from a roughly two-week-old sea otter pup that had been separated from its mother.
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© Photograph: Brian Simuro/AP




