Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

A Siemens-led consortium signed a $4.5 billion contract to build Egypt's first electrified high-speed rail line, aiming to replace one of the world's deadliest rail networks.

Ponant's hybrid-electric icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021, the first French vessel and the first LNG-propelled ship ever to do so.

The $11BN Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline finished construction across the Baltic Sea, though it never entered commercial service and was later damaged by underwater explosions.

It's a two-seater, with side-by-side seating, as opposed to the tandem format of the Twizy. And unlike the Twizy, GEM, or a golf cart, it's fully enclosed, which means it's vastly more attractive to people living in places where it rains or snows. It uses a 4kW (5.3hp) electric motor powered by a 6kWh lithium-ion battery, which gives the Zero a range of 55 miles (89km), with a recharging time of 4.5 hours at 110V. A version with a bigger battery, the Zero+, will have a range of 85 miles (137km) thanks to a larger 8.3kWh pack—though this increases charging time to a still-reasonable six hours.

86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2 continues the mecha war drama, following the Eighty-Six survivors of the Spearhead Squadron as they're given an uneasy second chance at life in the Republic of Giad before duty calls them back to war.

Studio Bind's second cour of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation begins airing, following Rudeus Greyrat and Eris as they team with warrior Ruijerd on the Demon Continent while Rudeus grapples with a strange new power granted by the Demon World's Great Emperor.

China's housing ministry tightened its skyscraper rules nationwide, barring any new building over 150m in cities under 3 million people and capping larger cities at 250m.

Violet Evergarden: Recollections streams, a Kyoto Animation recap special revisiting Violet Evergarden's journey as an Auto Memory Doll ahead of the franchise's continuing theatrical run.

Dou Po Cangqiong: San Nian Zhi Yue begins streaming, a Chinese donghua continuing young martial artist Xiao Yan's training during the three years he spends studying under the mysterious old man Yao Chen.

Original Force's Fanren Xiu Xian Zhuan: Modao Zhengfeng begins streaming, continuing the long-running donghua adaptation of Wang Yu's xianxia novel A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.

President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, directing $1.2 trillion toward roads, bridges, rail, water systems and broadband nationwide.

Lerche's Given: On the Other Hand OVA is released, a bonus episode bundled with the manga that fills in a quiet moment for the band members of the boys'-love series Given.

david production's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 1 releases, the opening batch of episodes adapting Hirohiko Araki's manga as Jolyne Kuujou is framed and imprisoned at Green Dolphin Street Jail.

Ufotable's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc begins airing, sending Tanjiro Kamado and the Sound and Love Hashira into Tokyo's Yoshiwara red-light district to hunt a powerful Upper Rank demon.

MAPPA's JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 releases in Japanese theaters, a prequel film following Yuta Okkotsu as he enrolls at Tokyo Jujutsu High under teacher Satoru Gojo to control the curse formed from his dead childhood friend, Rika.

Sparkly Key Animation's Tunshi Xingkong 2nd Season begins streaming, continuing the donghua adaptation of Chen Dong's Swallowed Star web novel as Luo Feng advances deeper into the story's war-torn galaxy.

Sydney's decades-old rule capping buildings at 235m, tied to the height of Sydney Tower, gave way as the state government approved a planning framework allowing towers up to 310m.

The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc, a bonus original-video special revisiting the siblings' backstory, releases in Japan.

Watame Did Borderline Nothing Wrong begins airing, a run of comedic shorts starring Hololive VTuber Tsunomaki Watame, released weekly on her own YouTube channel.

MAPPA's Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 begins broadcast, centering the war for Paradis around Shiganshina as the Jaegerists seize control and Marley strikes back.

Gilmour Space Technologies test-fired the largest and most powerful rocket engine ever developed in Australia, a 75-second, 110-kilonewton hybrid-engine burn ahead of its Eris orbital rocket program.

An unaired bonus episode of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S releases on the season's Blu-ray, following Kobayashi and her household of dragons through a lighthearted look at Japanese hospitality customs.

All Saints Street 3 premieres, HMCH's third-season continuation of the Chinese ONA about a struggling fortune-telling shop on a street where monsters live quietly among humans.