Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Aldi Nord's rebuilt store in Wolfsburg-Wendschott, a timber-frame building with 1,300 square metres of sales floor, is the first in Germany built to a building specification Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd now share.

San Diego FC's record-setting expansion season ended at a sold-out Snapdragon Stadium, where Vancouver Whitecaps FC won the Western Conference Final 3-1 in front of 32,502 fans.

The Middle East's largest liquids-rich shale gas play came on stream with a first phase of about 450 million cubic feet a day, the start of a ramp to 2 billion cubic feet a day of sales gas by 2030.

Mayor Daniel Lurie swore in City College trustee Alan Wong as District 4 supervisor at Abraham Lincoln High School, the Sunset's third supervisor since October after his first pick, Beya Alcaraz, resigned a week into the job.

City Attorney David Chiu filed the first government lawsuit against ultra-processed food makers, accusing Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé USA and six others of engineering addictive products they knew made people sick.

Elliott Hill named supply-chain chief Venkatesh Alagirisamy EVP and chief operating officer over technology and operations, eliminated the chief commercial and chief technology officer roles, and put Nike's four geography leaders on the senior leadership team.

The Jakarta anti-corruption court sentenced judges Djuyamto, Agam Syarief Baharuddin and Ali Muhtarom to 11 years each for taking bribes to acquit Wilmar, Musim Mas and Permata Hijau; former court chief Muhammad Arif Nuryanta got 12.5 years.

Salesforce's third fiscal quarter brought $10.3 billion of revenue, up 9%, a backlog of $59.5 billion and Agentforce ARR above $500 million, and it lifted its full-year outlook after closing Informatica.

Salmonella was found in a batch of All Seasons 8 Kräuter frozen herbs sold in Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd stores in all 16 German states and online, and the producer called it back.

The nearly 8-mile extension runs south from Angle Lake along I-5 and adds Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown stations. Sound Transit moved the $2.5 billion project's opening up from an earlier target of March 2026.

Babcock & Wilcox received a limited notice to proceed on engineering and long-lead purchasing for a SolveBright CO2-capture system at an unnamed existing US power plant, sized to capture more than 550,000 tons a year. The full contract, expected by March 2026, is worth an estimated $80 million; the plant is not named, so the pin sits at B&W's Akron headquarters.

OpenAI hired Slack chief executive Denise Dresser, a Salesforce executive for more than 14 years, as chief revenue officer; Slack product chief Rob Seaman stepped in as interim CEO.

Routine checks after new equipment went into a line at Nestlé's Dutch infant-formula plant found traces of the toxin cereulide, so Nestlé recalled every batch made since - 25 batches, including NAN formula, in 16 European countries.

Oracle's backlog rose $68 billion to $523 billion on new commitments from Meta and NVIDIA, but revenue came in below forecasts and the shares fell 11% after hours; a $2.7 billion gain on selling its Ampere stake lifted earnings.

Alice Waters and Chez Panisse open a neighbourhood wine bar right beside the Berkeley restaurant, with chef Amelia Telč cooking a short, simple menu.

After seven years, Calvin McDonald will leave as CEO on 31 January 2026; CFO Meghan Frank and president André Maestrini become interim co-CEOs and chair Marti Morfitt becomes executive chair while the board searches for a successor.

Mayor Daniel Lurie signed the Family Zoning Plan, which allows taller, denser housing along transit and commercial corridors, mostly in the north and west of the city, to plan for about 36,000 more homes ahead of a 31 January 2026 state deadline.

Chubby Group brought its all-you-can-eat wagyu shabu-shabu chain to San Diego's Convoy District, taking over the former Shancheng Lameizi Hot Pot space. Four tiers run about $45 to $98 a head across 90-minute seatings.

The two sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission committed Mexico to a new Tijuana treatment plant by December 2028 and a Smuggler’s Gulch sediment basin before the 2026-27 rains, on top of the Minute 328 projects.

TI began production at SM1, the first 300mm wafer fab on its site off US-75 at Shepherd Road in Sherman, three and a half years after breaking ground. The site is laid out for up to four connected fabs and is meant to support as many as 3,000 direct jobs; TI is spending more than $60 billion across seven fabs in Texas and Utah.

A 6-1 vote shuts the Lee Academy Pilot School, Another Course to College and the Community Academy of Science and Health after 2026-27, affecting about 800 students.

The prefect authorised Nestlé Waters Supply Sud to bottle 'Source Perrier' natural mineral water at Vergèze from only the Romaine VI and VII boreholes, with three others disconnected and 24 months of reinforced health checks.

ByteDance and TikTok signed binding agreements to form TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX holding 15% each and ByteDance keeping 19.9%, due to close on 22 January 2026.

B&W will supply low-pressure wet gas scrubbing, ExxonMobil technology it licenses, to cut sulfur dioxide from a major Canadian petroleum refinery's catalytic cracker and coker units. The $40 million contract adds $30 million to a $10 million first order from September.

Alo's first store in Italy, a two-level sanctuary on Via del Babuino near the Spanish Steps with original brick walls and friezes.

The Kaiju No. 8 anime will adapt the manga's ending in a Final Chapter, announced with a teaser promo on the franchise's Jump Festa 2026 stage.

MAPPA's follow-up to the Reze Arc film was unveiled at Jump Festa '26, confirming that Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man would continue on screen with an adaptation of the manga's Assassins arc.

Bones Film's adaptation of Kei Urana's grimy fantasy Gachiakuta was renewed for a second season the moment its first season's finale finished airing.

Monster's Egg's bite-sized web anime brings the mofusand cat illustrations to life, following Shark Meow, a clumsy tabby in a shark costume, and friends through cozy seasonal moments.

The FDA approved Abbott's Volt pulsed field ablation system, a balloon-in-basket catheter that maps, paces and ablates, to treat paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation. The approval rested on the 392-patient VOLT-AF IDE study at 40 centers.

The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an emergency special permit for segments 324 and 325 of the interstate Santa Ynez Pipeline System, approving Sable Offshore's enhanced integrity management practices and setting operational conditions. It is a step toward restarting the onshore transportation that has kept Sable's restarted Santa Ynez Unit oil in storage rather than on sale.

Alo removes the paywall from its Alo Wellness Club app, formerly the $12-a-month Alo Moves, opening its full library of classes and programmes free to members of its Alo Access loyalty programme.

Built on flattened hills and stabilised mangrove swamp across the harbour from central Mumbai, Adani Group's Navi Mumbai International Airport began commercial flights on Christmas Day 2025.

Cloud Art streams Sword of Coming 2nd Season, continuing the donghua about an ordinary boy who splits the sky with a single sword and becomes a legendary swordsman after felling a peerless rival.

Pure Arts' Beyond Time's Gaze begins release, a Chinese donghua following Xu Qing, the sole survivor of the ruined Nanhuang Continent, as a mysterious purple crystal starts him on a cultivation journey and into the Thunder Squad's ranks.

Founder Chip Wilson nominates three directors - ex-On co-CEO Marc Maurer, ex-ESPN marketing chief Laura Gentile and ex-Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg - for the 2026 annual meeting and proposes declassifying Lululemon's board.

The integrated transport hub at the Beijing City Sub-centre, under Tongyun Subdistrict in Tongzhou District, took its first passengers on the Beijing-Tangshan and Beijing-Binhai intercity railways, with an interchange to Subway Line 6 at Beiyunhedong. Construction of the hub started on 30 November 2019.

Right after the Stairway to Adulthood TV special aired, the Kaguya-sama: Love Is War anime announced a theatrical finale built on a new original story by creator Aka Akasaka.

A-1 Pictures' Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Stairway to Adulthood- premieres as a TV special, revisiting Kaguya Shinomiya's memories of her Shuchiin Academy student council days with Miyuki Shirogane.