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🇯🇵 Japan: PM Sanae Takaichi wins a landslide snap-election victory, securing a two-thirds supermajority and strengthening her mandate for economic stimulus and a tougher security posture.

🇺🇸 United States: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show ignites a cultural storm, exposing deep tensions over identity, immigration and what “America” truly means.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 US–Iran: Indirect talks resume in Oman in a cautious diplomatic thaw, as Washington presses for broader constraints and Tehran demands enrichment rights and sanctions relief.

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🇺🇸🇮🇳 US–India: Washington and New Delhi strike a major trade deal cutting tariffs and easing months of economic friction, boosting investor confidence and signalling a pragmatic reset in bilateral ties.

🇵🇰 Pakistan: A surge of coordinated BLA attacks in Balochistan kills dozens, prompting a sweeping security crackdown and exposing the deepening insurgency threat to Pakistan’s internal stability.

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🇮🇳🇪🇺 India–EU: Leaders seal a historic free-trade deal, slashing tariffs on nearly 96 percent of goods and deepening strategic, security, and research partnerships.

🇺🇸🇰🇷 US–South Korea: Trump announces a tariff hike over legislative delays, highlighting trade as a tool of diplomatic leverage and economic pressure.

🇦🇺 Australia: Katherine Bennell-Pegg becomes Australian of the Year, while Greg Moriarty is appointed ambassador to the US.

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🇺🇸🇬🇱 Greenland: Trump revives his push to acquire the Arctic island, triggering sovereignty pushback from Denmark, local protests, and fresh strains within NATO.

🇯🇵 Japan: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi calls a snap election, betting her leadership on economic stimulus, tax cuts and a tougher security posture.It All Begins Here