Super typhoon threatens China; cyber charges target Russian officers

Here is what global agencies reported overnight from Thursday to Friday.

• Super Typhoon Yagi is approaching China. The powerful natural force moved through the Philippines earlier in the week and is now crossing the South China Sea. Yagi is carrying heavy rainfall and destructive winds, reaching 150 mph. On Hainan Island, where the super typhoon is expected to arrive, trains are not running, and planes are grounded. In many Chinese towns, classes have been suspended. Yagi also poses a threat to parts of Vietnam. Thousands of famous Ha Long Bay tourists have been advised to leave the local islands.

• An 18-year-old Austrian citizen was fatally shot by police near the Israeli Consulate General in Munich on Thursday morning. The individual was known as an Islamist, reported the Austrian Interior Ministry. German officials believe that the perpetrator intended to carry out a terrorist attack on the consulate.

• The federal prosecutor’s office in Baltimore announced charges on Thursday against five Russian military intelligence GRU officers. They are alleged to be responsible for a destructive cyberattack on Ukrainian state institutions just before the 2021 invasion, as well as on the transport and logistics supporting NATO countries. “They are marked people. We know who they are. There's a reward on their head, and we're going to pursue them relentlessly,” said Deputy Attorney General Matthew Olsen.

• The Kyiv Independent reported flames in warehouses following a Russian drone attack on Lviv. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi stated that falling drone parts caused a fire in warehouses in the village of Malechiv on the northern outskirts of Lviv.

• Former US President Donald Trump announced in a speech in New York on Thursday the creation of a special budget savings commission to be headed by billionaire Elon Musk. The SpaceX chief responded that he can't wait. "I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises," wrote the Tesla CEO on the platform X. He added, “No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”

• The Spanish capital's authorities announced that rental electric scooters will disappear from the streets starting in October. Three companies operating electric scooters have had their permission revoked, and they will be removed from the streets of Madrid in October. The decision was based on residents' safety.