Studio Comet adapts Metabo Hagure's revenge fantasy about a disgraced prime minister's daughter who answers a broken engagement by taking up grimoires and tearing down her own kingdom.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEAmy Coleman's memo, posted on the Official Microsoft[1] Blog on Jul 6, 2026, says "Today we are eliminating around 4,800 roles, about 2.1% of our global workforce", and Asha Sharma's memo the same day says "This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today".
Microsoft eliminated around 4,800 roles, about 2.1% of its workforce, mostly in Xbox and its commercial business; Xbox cut 1,600 that day on the way to about 3,200 through fiscal 2027 and let four studios go to new management.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE77%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kinema Citrus's Goodbye, Lara premieres, a TV anime in which a mermaid princess who traded her voice for a chance at human love wakes at Lake Biwa two centuries later for one final chance to break the witch's curse.
5600, Avenida Encinas, Farr, Carlsbad Ranch, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, 92008, United StatesVuori
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCEWWD[1] published the announcement at 12:01 a.m. ET on 6 July 2026 ("Vuori to Launch Breathe Collection Featuring NFL Star Colston Loveland"); FashionNetwork[4] and Just Jared[5] followed on 7 July.
Vuori unveiled Breathe, a perforated, lightweight line for high-intensity gym training led by the Kore Breathe Short, with Chicago Bears tight end Colston Loveland in its "Breathe Through It" campaign.
235 East 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York, USAMetroLoft
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: workers "discovered structural steel columns buckling" on the morning of July 7, 2026.
Structural steel columns buckled at 235 East 42nd Street, the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan being converted into roughly 1,600 apartments, forcing an evacuation and emergency stabilisation.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Zero-G and Saber Works begin broadcasting Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3, sending college diver Iori Kitahara and his boozy diving-club friends overseas to help run a new dive shop in Palau.
Paradise Dam, Burnett River, Queensland, AustraliaSunwater
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "I don't accept the nonsensical argument that was being put up, which is an inferior, smaller wall downstream".
Queensland abandoned its plan for a new downstream dam in July 2026 and committed instead to rebuilding Paradise Dam's existing wall back to its original height.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE76%13 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day begins airing, a dark fantasy TV anime adapting a Kodansha manga about Sheena, a girl raised in a wartime orphanage that trains its residents as killers, and her uneasy bond with Mimi, an immortal new arrival who cannot die.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE74%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games begins broadcast, a diomedéa adaptation about Aya Mitsuki, a student at the elite Kuromi Girls' Academy who discovers that her idol of refined poise is secretly a hardcore fighting-game player.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE82%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Saga of Tanya the Evil Season 2 continues the story of the ruthless military officer Tanya Degurechaff as her campaigns for the Empire, and her long defiance of the god-like Being X, escalate.
ENGI returns with the same staff and cast for the long-awaited second season of Yomu Mishima's isekai, as Leon's meddling in the otome game's plot drags him into a kingdom-shaking conspiracy.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE76%13 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Clevatess Season 2 begins airing, continuing the fantasy TV anime's manga adaptation as the postwar search for General Drel's hidden secrets draws in Klen and the students of Boelate's divine academy.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCELululemon's[1] story: 'On July 8, lululemon celebrated the opening of the new facility'; the City of Brampton's release of the same day says 'Today'. No hour is given.
Lululemon cut the ribbon on a distribution centre of more than a million square feet in Brampton, Ontario, whose AutoStore system runs 525 robots over 292,000 bins to fill e-commerce orders in eastern Canada and the US.
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE72%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The second season of From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman follows Beryl Gardenant settling into his new roles as a special instructor for the Royal Order of Knights and guardian to an orphaned child. That relative calm does not last: the season sends him back to the magic institute, his hometown, the kingdom’s border and a foreign land as new threats surface. Produced by Passione, it continues the light novel adaptation's blend of understated swordplay and fantasy world-building.
Newon's TV adaptation of Otsuji's manga flips the Cinderella setup: an illegitimate daughter braces for cruelty from her new family, only to find her stepmother and stepsisters dote on her.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: a "groundbreaking ceremony held for new 2 World Trade Center" took place on "July 9, 2026".
After 14 years of stalled foundations, construction officially restarted on 2 World Trade Center with a groundbreaking ceremony, anchored by American Express as its future headquarters tenant.
OpenAI begins rolling out GPT-5.6 Sol, its flagship reasoning model for complex work across coding, research, science, cybersecurity, computer use and design.
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE67%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Studio Eek's animated adaptation of the Korean hit Tomb Raider King premieres on Japanese TV, following a betrayed raider who returns to the past to loot every relic tomb first.
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per FIFA's[1] match report: "Quarter-final France v. Morocco 2-0 (0-0) #97 | 9 July 2026 | BOSTON / Boston Stadium / USA / Attendance: 63,811", with the 4:00 PM kickoff from Gillette Stadium's[5] event page (20:00 UTC, EDT).
Kylian Mbappé missed a penalty, then scored his eighth goal of the tournament and set up Ousmane Dembélé as France beat Morocco 2-0 before 63,811 in Foxborough. It was the last of the seven 2026 World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium, played as Boston Stadium.
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCESan Diego County DA release dated July 9, 2026: "Summer Stephan announced today that after one day of deliberation, a South Bay jury found Larry Millete, 44, guilty of first-degree murder".[1]
A South Bay jury found the Chula Vista father guilty after one day of deliberation, five years after May "Maya" Millete vanished; her body has never been found.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEFirm, already-passed wide release date per Rotten Tomatoes[1]' release-date panel: "Jul 10, 2026, Wide."
Disney's live-action reimagining of the animated adventure sends Moana (Catherine Laga'aia) beyond the reef with the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to restore prosperity to her island of Motunui.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEFIFA's[1] match centre gives Match 98, the quarter-final Spain v Belgium, kick-off 12:00 local on 10 July 2026 at Los Angeles Stadium, final score 2-1.
Substitute Mikel Merino's 88th-minute rebound sent Spain past Belgium and into the World Cup semifinals in the last match of the tournament in Los Angeles.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE83%12 episodes plannedBroadcast premiere date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Asahi Production's Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You begins airing, adapting the manga about overworked salaryman Sasaki's chance smoke-break encounters with the women working at his local supermarket.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per Sail Boston[1][3][4]: "Meet Boston[2] Parade of Sail Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM" (EDT, 13:00-20:00 UTC).
Some 60 tall ships from more than 20 countries, led by USS Constitution, paraded into Boston Harbor for America's 250th, opening five days of free ship tours and fireworks.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE77%11 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Doga Kobo begins broadcasting Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Suuguu Chouso Torikae Den, a light-novel adaptation in which rival noblewomen Keigetsu and Reirin swap bodies through forbidden magic and must survive the political fallout together.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE70%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Based on the manga of the same name and animated by LidenFilms, the series reimagines a defeated Demon King, Ryuūsei Narukami, living out a second life as a reclusive shut-in — until Meteor Hanaori, the hero who once struck him down, resurfaces reincarnated as an ordinary high schooler. Trying to turn his life around, Ryuūsei takes a teaching job that happens to land him at her school, and old rivalry curdles into an unlikely spark between former enemies.
1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEStated as done in the release datelined "AKRON, Ohio – July 13, 2026": B&W "today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $50 million".[1]
B&W's board authorised buying back up to $50 million of its common stock, starting after its second-quarter 10-Q, with no expiry date and subject to its lenders. The same day it called its last $61.4 million of 2026 notes for redemption.
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCELululemon's[1][2] story dated 13 Jul 2026 says 'lululemon today announced the launch of “Rest Day with Lewis Hamilton”'.
A Lululemon YouTube series in which seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton learns other sports from fellow ambassadors, opening with a round of golf with Min Woo Lee.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEAviation News[5] reported the aircraft (serial 34+02) 'departed from the company's Military Air Systems Centre in Manching on 14 July 2026' for its maiden flight.
The first Eurofighter Typhoon built for Germany's 20-jet Quadriga order, serial 34+02, flew for about an hour before returning safely to Airbus's Manching site.
Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, 1 Johnson and Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08933, United StatesJohnson & Johnson
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEConfirmed by J&J's release dated "New Brunswick, N.J. (July 15, 2026)", which says it "will conduct a conference call with investors to discuss this earnings release today at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Time" (12:30 UTC; the edited transcript is stamped "JULY 15, 2026 / 12:30PM GMT").[1]
Johnson & Johnson reported second-quarter sales of $25.3 billion, up 6.6%, and adjusted EPS of $2.90, and raised its 2026 outlook to about $101.1 billion in sales and $11.68 adjusted EPS at the midpoint.
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCEReuters, datelined July 16: "Verizon said on Thursday it will sell 274 company-owned retail locations and cut about 500 corporate jobs".[1]
Verizon said it will hand 274 company-owned stores to franchise operators and cut about 500 corporate jobs, moves affecting about 3,000 employees, effective 16 August 2026.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEThe release, datelined "ABBOTT[5] PARK, Ill., July 16, 2026", says "Abbott will live-webcast its second-quarter earnings conference call ... at 8 a.m. Central time today", so the pin is 8 a.m. CDT (13:00 UTC) on 16 July 2026.
Abbott posted second-quarter sales of $12.59 billion, up 13.0% reported and 4.8% comparable, and adjusted EPS of $1.31, and raised its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $5.45 to $5.60.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCETSMC's[1][2] release, datelined "HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Jul. 16, 2026", says TSMC "today announced" its second-quarter results, and the call transcript TSMC posts gives "EVENT DATE/TIME: JULY 16, 2026 / 6:00AM GMT" (2 p.m. Taiwan time, as the FTNN report of TSMC's schedule says: "16日下午2時").
TSMC reported second-quarter revenue of US$40.20 billion, up 33.7% from a year earlier, a 67.7% gross margin and record net income of NT$706.56 billion, guided Q3 revenue to US$44.6-45.8 billion and raised its 2026 capital budget to US$60-64 billion.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE95%Firm, already-passed release date confirmed by Deadline[2] and Wikipedia: "was released on July 17, 2026."
Christopher Nolan's IMAX-shot adaptation of Homer's epic follows Odysseus (Matt Damon) on his perilous voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, facing the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and Circe along the way.
Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, 8, Korte Voorhout, Museumkwartier, Centrum, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, 2511 EK, NederlandOracle
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEECLI:NL:HR:2026:1198, Hoge Raad, 17-07-2026: the judgment was 'in het openbaar uitgesproken ... op 17 juli 2026'; Oracle's 10-Q: 'on July 17, 2026, the Supreme Court found that the Court of Appeal had applied the wrong standard'.[1]
The Hoge Raad quashed the Amsterdam appeal court's admission of The Privacy Collective's GDPR mass claim over Oracle's and Salesforce's ad-tech and sent it to the Hague Court of Appeal.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE76%12 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The Elusive Samurai returns for a second season, continuing CloverWorks' TV adaptation of Yusuke Suzuki's manga about the young shogun's heir Hojo Tokiyuki, who survives the fall of the Kamakura shogunate by mastering the art of running away.
Estadio Akron, 2800, Circuito JVC, San Juan de Ocotán, Zapopan, Región Centro, Jalisco, 45019, MéxicoNike
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEEl Informador's[1][2] live page gives 'sábado 18 de julio de 2026, Horario: 19:07 horas (tiempo del centro de México), Estadio: Akron', and its report records Chivas' 2-0 home defeat to Toluca.
The Apertura 2026 opener that Nike named as the on-pitch debut of its Chivas de Guadalajara kit ended in a 2-0 home defeat to Toluca at Estadio Akron.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per fifa[5].com[1][3][4]: the final was "played at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday 19 July at 15:00 (local time)", which is 19:00 UTC in summer time.
Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute as Spain beat defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time before 80,663 at MetLife Stadium, winning their second World Cup.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEAldi Nord's[1] press list dates the release "20.07.2026 – ALDI setzt auf den besten Preis für alle und verzichtet deshalb auf App-Rabatte".
Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd said they will not offer app-only coupons or loyalty prices, launching ad campaigns that pitch the same shelf price for every shopper against rivals' bonus apps.
Kellogg's, 9601 F Street, Millard, Omaha, Nebraska 68127, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEWK Kellogg's[4] WARN letter of May 22, 2026 sets about 100 job losses in the period to August 3 from July 20 and about 350 'on or after August 4th through August 18th', with the plant to 'permanently cease operations in August 2026'.
Ferrero's WK Kellogg Co shut its 1942 cereal plant at 9601 F Street in Omaha, laying off 451 union and non-union workers in two waves from 20 July to 18 August 2026.
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "co-owners of the tower voted to scrap the ambitious transformation" at a 21 July 2026 general assembly.
Ten years after Paris approved Nouvelle AOM's full glass-facade transformation of the Tour Montparnasse, the tower's co-owners voted to abandon that plan in favour of a smaller, cheaper intervention.
San José Iturbide, Guanajuato 37984, MexicoFerrero
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEThe Guanajuato government bulletin is datelined 'San José Iturbide, Gto. 21 de julio de 2026' and reports the governor leading 'la ceremonia del anuncio' of the $86 million investment.[1]
Ferrero announced an $86 million expansion of its San José Iturbide plant in Guanajuato, strengthening Nutella and chocolate production, storage and a new high-voltage power supply to lift exports to North America.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCENvidia[2] confirmed on July 21, 2026 that 'systems are now shipping to customers'.
Nvidia said its Vera Rubin NVL72 rack systems are now shipping to cloud providers and system makers, with 288 GB of HBM4 per GPU and about five times Blackwell's inference performance.
ESTIMATED77% CONFIDENCENo source states a release day. FiiO's[2][3] own news post announcing the Snowsky Nature as 'Now Officially Available' carries no date, and Notebookcheck's[5] arrival article, published July 22, 2026 (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fiio-Snowsky-Nature-heaphones-arrive-with-carbon-black-diaphragms-and-faux-wood-grain.1348848.0.html), reports them as already on sale through FiiO's AliExpress[1] store. Dated to that day, July 22, 2026, as the earliest day they are documented as on sale; this is an estimate, not a stated release date.
Budget over-ear wired headphones with 50mm dynamic drivers and a nature-inspired design.
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCEmonday.com's Form 6-K says "On July 22, 2026, monday.com Ltd. (the "Company") initiated a restructuring plan" that "includes a reduction of approximately 20% of the Company's current workforce"; Ctech's report of the staff letter is dated 22.07.26.[1]
Monday.com is cutting about 20% of its global workforce, around 620 jobs with some 350 at its Tel Aviv headquarters, as it reorganises around its AI Work Platform.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE46 episodes plannedBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Yi Nian Yongheng 4 begins streaming, B.CMAY PICTURES' fourth and final season of its A Will Eternal (Yi Nian Yong Heng) donghua adaptation, continuing Bai Xiaochun's long climb through the cultivation world.
Drève Olympique - Olympische dreef 15, Anderlecht, 1070, BelgiumAldi Nord
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEAldi Belgium's release dated 22/07/2026: 'vandaag opent de eerste ALDI-winkel op één van de voormalige Shopping Cora[2]-sites'.
Aldi Belgium opened a 1,200 m2 store at the former Shopping Cora centre on Drève Olympique in Anderlecht, the first of three Aldi stores in ex-Cora malls and a rare move by the discounter into Belgian shopping centres.
Lee Street, Haymarket, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaAtlassian
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe report says a "topping out ceremony" was held at the Atlassian Central skyscraper in Sydney on Wednesday, 22 July 2026.[1]
The 39-storey, 180-metre tower beside Central Station reached its full height at a topping-out ceremony, making it the world's tallest hybrid timber and steel building. Co-owned by Atlassian and the property group Dexus, it anchors Sydney's Tech Central precinct and is expected to be completed in 2027.
Meta Connect 2026 Keynote Unveils VR Glasses and Camera-Free Ray-Bans5 views ElectronicsMenlo Park
Tesla Semi Rollout Event Opens the Nevada Semi Factory4 views Automotive
OpenAI Retires 6 Sora 2 Video Generation Models and Videos API4 views AISan Francisco
LA Votes on Charter Reform and an LAFD Sales Tax3 views ElectionsLos Angeles
VMware Explore on Tour Mumbai 20263 views ConferenceMumbai
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Claudia Sheinbaum Is Sworn In as Mexico's First Woman President ElectionsMexico City
Japan's Diet Elects Sanae Takaichi as Its First Woman Prime Minister ElectionsTokyo
The 2026 WTA Finals Are Played at Indian Wells SportsIndian Wells
India Beat South Africa to Win Their First Women's Cricket World Cup SportsThane
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