Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

A 70,000 sq ft, $75 million chocolate processing plant on Ferrero's Bloomington, Illinois campus, the group's third chocolate factory worldwide and its first outside Europe, making chocolate for Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, Butterfinger and Crunch.

Microsoft reports site development began May 8, 2024. Site preparation is underway and building construction is forecast for late 2026; operation is unverified.

Hecate’s actual Coffey County proposal is Otter Creek Solar: 1 GW, potentially in two phases, about 8,500 leased acres west of Burlington and a published approximately $1B private investment plan. It is proposed, not confirmed under construction.

Wes Ball's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, set many generations after War, opened in US theaters on 10 May 2024. It grossed over US$397 million worldwide.

Zeekr, Geely Holding's premium EV brand, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ZK on 10 May 2024, pricing 21 million ADSs at US$21 to raise US$441 million at a valuation of about US$5.13 billion.

Gims & Dystinct achieved the #1 music ranking of 2024 on France's SNEP Top Singles (year-end). Gims and Dystinct's Spider topped SNEP's 2024 annual Top Singles, ahead of Petit génie and Imagine.

ufotable's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen): The Hashira, the Demon Slayer Corps' highest ranking swordsmen and members. The Hashira Training has begun in order to face the forthcoming battle against Muzan Kibutsuji. Each with their own thoughts and hopes held in their hearts, a new story for Tanjiro and the Hashira begins. (Source: Aniplex USA) Note: The first episode received an early premiere in cinemas as part of a special screening alongside the final episode of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen.

Sanofi announced more than €1 billion of additional bioproduction investment at Vitry-sur-Seine, Le Trait and Lyon Gerland. The new plan builds on €2.5 billion previously committed to major French projects.

aespa achieved the #1 music ranking of 2024 on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart (year-end). Supernova by aespa was the best-performing single of 2024 on the Circle Digital Chart, with 589,763,835 year-end points and 11 weeks at number one.

At Google I/O 2024 Google debuts Gemini 1.5 Flash, a lighter and faster model with the same 1 million token context window as 1.5 Pro, alongside a 2 million token private preview for Pro.

Google DeepMind unveils Veo at Google I/O 2024, a text-to-video model it says makes 1080p clips a minute or longer, shown with a Donald Glover film project and offered first to select creators ahead of a VideoFX beta.

Casual yakitori bar in Jeonpo serving binchotan-grilled chicken skewers by the course or à la carte, finishing with a clear chicken soup.

Reba McEntire hosted the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on 16 May 2024, where Lainey Wilson won Entertainer of the Year on her first nomination and Chris Stapleton took four awards, including a record eighth Album of the Year.

The third season of Fabulous Beasts (You Shou Yan) begins streaming, continuing FENZ's manga-based comedy about human and beast-folk life in a fantastical Chinese setting.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday 17 May 2024 at a record 40,003.59, its first close above 40,000 in 139 years. It had touched 40,000 intraday the day before but closed below it.

Lai Ching-te took office on 20 May 2024 in front of the Presidential Office Building, starting the first third consecutive presidential term for one party since direct elections began, and delivering a speech on peace and sovereignty.

Chanel's 2023 revenues reached $19.7 billion, up 16% on a comparable basis, with operating profit up 10.9% to $6.4 billion, as the brand expanded its retail network past 600 boutiques worldwide.

The PLA's Eastern Theater Command began the two-day Joint Sword-2024A exercise at 07:45 Beijing time on 23 May 2024, encircling Taiwan and the Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin island groups.

Los Ángeles Azules & Emilia achieved the #2 music ranking of 2024 on Mexico's Monitor Latino Mexico Top 100 (annual General). Perdonarte, ¿Para Qué? by Los Ángeles Azules & Emilia places second on Monitor Latino's 2024 annual General Top 100 for Mexico, ranked by estimated audience impressions.

Explore an adventure in the Paper Mario role-playing series.

The anime film Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era releases in Japan, following freestyle racer Jungle Pocket ("Pokke") as she trains under veteran coach Tanabe to take on the Triple Crown races.

Production +h's Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction begins streaming, adapting Inio Asano's manga about two Tokyo high schoolers navigating ordinary teenage life under the shadow of a mysterious alien mothership hovering over the city.

Yunnan cuisine at 日新西路福海阳光花园昊苑阳光会所一楼. The branch listing names Soy Sauce Braised Pork Ribs / 醬香排骨, Traditional Steam-Pot Chicken / 年輪古法汽鍋雞, Hand-Shredded Sesame Chicken / 招牌手撕芝麻雞. See the sample menu for published prices and source notes.

A proposed 138-unit affordable family development (nine stacked-flat buildings plus a community and daycare building) on a roughly 17-acre Reed Street site in Little Falls, New York, for households up to 60% of area median income, with developers Pennrose and Rock City and ICAN as service partner. The Herkimer County planning board gave 'No Recommendation' in June 2024; neighbours oppose it, and no financing, approval or groundbreaking has been found.

Verizon agreed to put $100 million into satellite-to-phone startup AST SpaceMobile: a $35 million convertible note plus $65 million of prepaid service payments, the second tied to regulatory approval and a definitive commercial agreement.

Lola Young achieved the #2 music ranking of 2025 on United Kingdom's Official Charts UK Singles. Lola Young's Messy is #2 on the Official Charts' biggest songs of 2025 and the biggest British single of the year; it reached Number 1 on 24 January 2025 and spent four weeks there.

Lola Young achieved the #2 music ranking of 2025 on Mexico's Monitor Latino Mexico Top 100 (annual General). Messy by Lola Young places second on Monitor Latino's 2025 annual General Top 100 for Mexico, ranked by estimated audience impressions.