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More than 900,000 citizens flee homes in China, with approaching Typhoon Bavi toppling trees and cutting power across Taiwan and Japan.
Two landslides triggered by heavy rains driven by Bavi killed at least 15 people and left six others missing on the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao, authorities said.
Taiwan's weather forecaster warned on Thursday of "destructive" winds as the biggest typhoon in years swept towards the island after pounding US Pacific territories.
Taiwanese investigators have raided the Taiwan offices of US company Super Micro Computer and two other tech firms, as part of probe into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia AI chips to China.
Taiwan says its two delegates were detained by Kenya for 20 hours and passports and mobile phones confiscated.
Taiwan's main opposition leader said she hopes to "gain deeper trust" from the US, before departing for the country where she is expected to be grilled over her party's stance on China.
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