Chinese authorities have issued a red alert as super typhoon Lekima heads towards the eastern coast.
According to the country's weather bureau, the typhoon is due to make landfall in Zhejiang province on Saturday.
With winds of more than 190km/h, Typhoon Lekima earlier wreaked havoc in Taiwan, disrupting air and rail traffic, and shutting down markets and businesses on the island.
Hamas says ready to release all remaining hostages for end to Gaza war
Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian group said, rejecting Israel's offer of an interim truce.
US strike on Yemen fuel port kills at least 38
U.S. strikes on the Ras Isa fuel port in western Yemen killed at least 38 people on Thursday, Houthi-run media said, one of the deadliest days since the United States began its attacks on the Iran-backed group.
US citizen killed after hijacking small plane in Belize
A U.S. citizen hijacked a small Tropic Air plane in Belize on Thursday at knifepoint, injuring three others before being shot and killed, police said.
Ex-Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts to plead guilty
A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling organs and other parts of cadavers donated to the school for medical research and education has agreed to plead guilty.
At least four dead in Italian cable car accident near Naples
Four people have died and one is seriously injured after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy on Thursday.
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