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  "id": 13320468,
  "title": "Taiwan’s leader says increasing defence spending to ‘deter war’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/taiwans-leader-says-increasing-defence-spending-to-deter-war",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T03:23:30.000Z",
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  "summary": "Taiwan is working to strengthen its defences against a potential Chinese attack as Beijing steps up military pressure to assert its territorial claims.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Taiwan’s leader says increasing defence spending to ‘deter war’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/taiwans-leader-says-increasing-defence-spending-to-deter-war-13321162",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Taiwan’s leader says increasing defense spending to ‘deter war’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/taiwans-leader-says-increasing-defense-spending-to-deter-war",
        "published": "2026-10-10T04:29:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
        "title": "Taiwan’s leader says increasing defence spending to ‘deter war’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/taiwans-leader-says-increasing-defence-spending-to-deter-war-13329191",
        "published": "2026-10-10T05:01:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Taiwan president says defence spending boost aims to ‘deter war’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/taiwan-president-says-defence-spending-boost-aims-to-deter-war",
        "published": "2026-10-10T05:08:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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