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Suspect identified in New Orleans vehicle attack; Taiwan to spend more on defence, and more
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Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, promised more military spending to strengthen the island’s defences, citing the danger that China, Russia and North Korea pose to the “international order”.
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