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Today’s roundup blends diplomacy, markets and culture: leaders welcomed a “very significant” Indonesia security pact that strengthens regional cooperation while Canada dispatched senior officials to open a Greenland consulate, signaling Arctic engagement; diplomatic channels also moved with US–Iran talks in Oman and Cuba expressing readiness for dialogue with Washington, and the US clearing a path for humanitarian aid to North Korea to resume. On the economic front, the UK’s average house price crossed £300,000 for the first time, reflecting renewed market momentum, and in sport and culture France opened its Six Nations campaign emphatically (36–14 over Ireland) as Antoine Dupont made a triumphant return. Italy launched the Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics in a dispersed, cost‑ and carbon‑conscious format, and veteran photographer John Biever prepared to mark his 60th and final Super Bowl, capping a singular career — together these items sketch a day of constructive diplomacy, market movement and memorable sporting and cultural milestones.