Paper Plane Animation Studio's original series To Be Hero X begins streaming, set in a world where public trust is quantified and channeled into ordinary people's superpowers.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE72%77 episodes so farBroadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Koupen-chan begins broadcast, a one-minute-per-episode slice-of-life anime starring the plush, dumpling-shaped baby emperor penguin character of the same name.
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray begins broadcast, a CygamesPictures prequel to the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby franchise following the anthropomorphized racehorse Oguri Cap as she rises from a rural countryside stable to national stardom.
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEMyAnimeList's[1][2] news report dates the second-season announcement to the fan event held on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
A-1 Pictures' hit romantic comedy about a bystander who keeps consoling the girls who lost the love race, Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, was renewed for a second season at a fan event in April 2025.
Silvertown, London Borough of Newham, London, United KingdomTransport for London
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The Silvertown Tunnel will open on 7 April 2025, as confirmed by TfL[2]."
Transport for London opened the Silvertown Tunnel, a new road crossing under the Thames built to relieve the perennially congested Blackwall Tunnel a few hundred metres away.
5600, Avenida Encinas, Farr, Carlsbad Ranch, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, 92008, United StatesVuori
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCESports Illustrated reported on 8 April 2025 that Manning "announced" a new partnership with Vuori, quoting its statement naming him "the newest Vuori Athlete"; Vuori's post carries the same date.[1]
Vuori named Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning its newest Vuori Athlete, an NIL deal struck in its 10th-anniversary year as he prepared for his first season as the Longhorns' starter.
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEStated as firm by the NTSB[4] (ntsb.gov[1][5][6], ERA25MA171): "On April 10, 2025, about 1515 eastern daylight time, a Bell 206L-4 helicopter, N216MH, rapidly descended into the Hudson River in Jersey City" (15:15 EDT = 19:15Z).
A New York Helicopters Bell 206L-4 tour flight from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport broke apart and fell into the Hudson River off Jersey City, killing the pilot and a family of five from Spain.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEThe Invest Ontario[1] release is datelined 'BRANTFORD, Ontario, April 11, 2025' and announces the expansion that day.
Ferrero Canada will spend C$445 million expanding its Brantford plant, adding 500 jobs and the first lines anywhere for new Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares, plus Nutella Biscuits made outside Europe for the first time.
United States Courthouse, 350, West 1st Street, Civic Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90012, United StatesAlo Yoga
CONFIRMED91% CONFIDENCEThe Fashion Law[1][2] reports "the complaint that it filed on April 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California"; the complaint's header reads "Filed 04/11/25".
Alo sued a Colorado shell company named "ALO YOGA ALO, LLC" and two men it says forged documents, posed as its CEO and tried to take over its trademarks in China and at WIPO to sell counterfeits.
Two shoppers filed a class action in Chicago federal court claiming Alo Yoga paid Instagram influencers who promoted its clothes and Alo Moves without disclosing the deals, seeking more than $150 million.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEAntara: 'pada Minggu (13/4) malam, penyidik menetapkan tiga orang tersangka' - the three judges who issued the acquittal - announced at the AGO building early on 14 April.[1]
Prosecutors named the three judges who cleared Wilmar, Musim Mas and Permata Hijau as bribery suspects, alleging Rp 60 billion was arranged through lawyers and a court clerk to buy the verdict.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: dome restoration was "scheduled to commence on April 14, 2025"; no completion date has been set for the wider 50-year reinforcement plan.
Istanbul's 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia began restoring its dome to withstand a major earthquake, a phase of a 50-year plan to reinforce the building with no fixed finish date.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEUSGS[1] event ci40925991, "M 5.2 - 5 km S of Julian, CA", origin time 2025-04-14 17:08:28 UTC, which is 10:08 a.m. PDT on 14 April, the time KPBS[2] and Times of San Diego report.
A magnitude 5.2 quake 5 km south of Julian on the Elsinore fault zone was felt from Los Angeles to Ensenada, closing San Diego City Hall for inspections and knocking boulders onto State Route 76.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE'The Company has today, i.e. on April 16, 2025, acquired 80% of the issued and paid up equity share capital of the Target Company'; filed on NSE at 16:45 IST.[1]
AWL Agri Business takes 80% of G.D. Foods Manufacturing, owner of the Tops sauces and pickles brand, making it a subsidiary; the other 20% is due by fiscal 2028-29.
DELAYED13 months late62% CONFIDENCEStated as firm in the Governor's release dated "April 16, 2025": "Today, Governor Josh Shapiro joined Michele Buck, President and CEO of The Hershey Company[2] ... to open the new state-of-the-art Reese Chocolate Processing (RCP) facility"; Food Business News[4] confirms the ribbon-cutting "on Hershey's campus on April 16".
Hershey's first new factory in its hometown in more than 30 years, a 250,000-square-foot plant that makes the chocolate for Reese's, Kit Kat, Symphony and Special Dark, opened with Governor Josh Shapiro. It is Hershey's first fully integrated digital plant and brings more than 125 jobs.
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per the B.A.A.'s race report datelined "BOSTON (21-April)" on the 129th Boston Marathon it describes as having played out, with the first start from the B.A.A.'s race-eve media notes: "9:06 a.m. ET – Wheelchair Division – Men" (13:06 UTC, EDT).[1]
Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the women's race in 2:17:22, breaking the 2014 course record of 2:19:59, and John Korir won the men's race in 2:04:45 after falling in the opening meters. Marcel Hug took his eighth wheelchair title on the 250th anniversary of Patriots' Day.
Wilmar HQ, 28 Biopolis Road, Biopolis, Queenstown, Singapore 138568Wilmar International
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe minutes say the AGM commenced at 10.00 am on 22 April 2025 and the chairman "declared the AGM closed at 11.20am" (Singapore time).[1]
Shareholders passed every resolution at Wilmar's Biopolis headquarters; in written answers before the meeting, the company told a shareholder urging Kuok Khoon Hong to quit as CEO that he would hand over to a good successor.
A bonus Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 episode, bundled with the season's fifth Blu-ray volume, adds a standalone story to spirit-sighted teenager Takashi Natsume's ongoing run-ins with the yokai around him.
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEPLDT's[1] release of 23 April 2025 says Marcos and Pangilinan 'today led the inauguration of VITRO Sta. Rosa'; PNA[3] dates the launch to Wednesday, 23 April 2025.
President Marcos and PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan inaugurated VITRO Sta. Rosa, a 50-megawatt hyperscale data centre in Laguna with NVIDIA-powered GPU servers for AI workloads.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEYogonet[1] (25 April 2025): 'The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Thursday unanimously approved an $8.5 million fine against MGM Resorts International'; the April 2025 disposition is dated April 24, 2025.
Nevada gaming regulators unanimously fined MGM Resorts $8.5 million for letting illegal bookmakers Wayne Nix and Mathew Bowyer gamble with illicit cash at MGM Grand and The Cosmopolitan, where the Grand alone took $4,079,830 of Nix's proceeds by 2020.
5600, Avenida Encinas, Farr, Carlsbad Ranch, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, 92008, United StatesVuori
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEVuori's "Introducing Colston Loveland" post is dated 25 April 2025 (its datePublished), the morning after the Bears drafted him on 24 April.[1]
Vuori welcomed Michigan tight end Colston Loveland, a 2023 national champion from Idaho, as a Vuori Athlete as the Chicago Bears took him 10th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Wells Enterprises, Le Mars, Iowa 51031, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEFDA's[2] enforcement records F-0779-2025 to F-0800-2025 give recall initiation date 2025-04-25 (voluntary, firm initiated).
Ferrero-owned Wells Enterprises recalled 17,866 three-gallon tubs of ice cream and frozen yogurt in 22 flavours, shipped to 103 distribution centres, because pieces of plastic might be inside.
Duke of York Square, Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, SW3 4LY, United KingdomVuori
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEDrapers (25 Apr 2025): Vuori "opened its third London store in Chelsea today (25 April), at 18-21 Duke of York Square on King's Road".[1]
Vuori opened a 3,412 sq ft, two-floor store at 18-21 Duke of York Square on Chelsea's King's Road on 25 April 2025, with a studio and events space on the lower floor.
CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the building did not receive a permanent Certificate of Occupancy until April 25, 2025."
The Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb Avenue, the borough's first supertall skyscraper, received its certificate of occupancy, issued as an extension of its temporary permit, years after residents began moving in.
Wilmar HQ, 28 Biopolis Road, Biopolis, Queenstown, Singapore 138568Wilmar International
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEThe executive summary is dated "29 April 2025" and Wilmar's SGX list stamps the filing at 17:22 Singapore time, after trading hours as the 7 April notice said.[1]
Food products and plantations lifted the quarter while tropical-oil refining stayed tough and sugar volume fell 41.5%; Wilmar warned US tariffs made the rest of the year uncertain.
5600, Avenida Encinas, Farr, Carlsbad Ranch, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, 92008, United StatesVuori
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEYahoo[1] Style (Hello!) reported the new partnership on 29 April 2025 at 13:01 UTC; Vuori's own "Meet Our New Vuori Partners" post is dated the same day.
Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their children Kaia and Presley became Vuori ambassadors and creative, strategic and financial partners, starring in and art-directing its Spring/Summer 2025 campaign.
Shenman Entertainment releases Shen Yin Wangzuo Movie: Yi Lai Ke Si Chuanqi, a spinoff film in the Throne of Seal donghua franchise retelling the legend of the Holy Necromancer God Yi Lai Ke Si and his war against the undead.
16, Elizabeth Street, Five Points, Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10013, United StatesYamada
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCEThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as April 2025, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]
Chef Isao Yamada opens a minimalist kaiseki counter on Elizabeth Street, serving the seasonal Japanese multi-course form without spectacle.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEStated as firm: the release is datelined "HERSHEY, Pa., May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/" and stamped 06:45 ET (10:45 UTC) on Hershey's newsroom feed; the 8-K was accepted at 10:47 UTC.[1]
Hershey's first-quarter net sales fell 13.8% to $2.81 billion and adjusted EPS 32% to $2.09 as it lapped last year's pre-ERP stock build and a later Easter; it held its 2025 outlook and put Q2 tariff costs at $15-20 million.
Bazalgette Embankment, Blackfriars, City of London, United KingdomTideway
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "King Charles III officially opened the Thames Tideway[3] Tunnel on May 7, 2025."
King Charles III officially opened the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a 25km deep sewer built to stop billions of litres of sewage overflowing into the Thames each year.
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEThe Prime Minister's Office dates the speech to the groundbreaking ceremony 14 May 2025, and PM Wong opens by marking the ground being broken on T5 that day.[1]
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong officiated the groundbreaking of Terminal 5 on the Changi East site, launching the airport's largest expansion. PM Wong said T5 will be as big in land area as all of Changi's current terminals combined and will expand the airport's capacity by more than 50 per cent, serving about 50 million more passengers a year.
Ferrero International S.A., 16 Route de Trèves, Senningerberg, Niederanven 2633, LuxembourgFerrero
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEFerrero's[1] release of 14 May 2025, 10:00 CEST: "Tic Tac has unveiled its boldest innovation yet: Tic Tac Two" and "Tic Tac Two will make its global debut".
Tic Tac's new sugar-free mint is twice the size of the original, with two layers of contrasting flavour, in Raspberry & Lemon, Strawberry & Lime and Fresh & Mild Spearmint.
Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California, USALTA Research
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCELTA Research's own update and IEEE Spectrum both date the first flight over San Francisco Bay to 15 May 2025: 'On 15 May, startup LTA Research flew its Pathfinder 1 airship outside Silicon Valley's Moffett Federal Airfield for the first time.'[1]
LTA Research's Pathfinder 1, the largest aircraft in the world, flew beyond its Moffett Field base in California and over San Francisco Bay for the first time on 15 May 2025 - the first rigid airship of its size to fly since the 1930s. Its larger successor, Pathfinder 3, is being built in the century-old Goodyear Akron Airdock.
Ramon Cojuangco Building, Makati Avenue, San Lorenzo, District I, Makati, Southern Manila District, Metro Manila, 1226, PhilippinesPLDT
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEPSE[1][5] EDGE lists the press release on PLDT's unaudited results for the three months ended 31 March 2025 (C03427-2025) at May 15, 2025 12:14 PM Manila time (04:14 UTC); the release is datelined 'MANILA, Philippines 15th May 2025'.
PLDT's first-quarter 2025 telco core income fell 6% to ₱8.8 billion, but overall core income held at ₱8.9 billion as digital bank Maya contributed ₱127 million in its first profitable quarter.
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per portofsandiego.org[1]: "The Port, City, RIDA and other South Bay leaders and partners celebrated with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, May 15, 2025"; KPBS[3] and NBC 7 add that the first guests checked in on Friday, 16 May.
The $1.3 billion, 1,600-room Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center opened as the centerpiece of the Port of San Diego and Chula Vista bayfront redevelopment, with a 4.25-acre water park on San Diego Bay. It became the largest hotel in California.
Salesforce Tower, 415, Mission Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 94105, United StatesSalesforce
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEThe release is datelined "SAN FRANCISCO – May 15, 2025" and says "Flex Credits are available to purchase today for all Agentforce customers".[1]
Agentforce moved from $2 per conversation to consumption pricing: each agent action costs 20 Flex Credits, or $0.10, sold in $500 packs of 100,000 credits.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEThe FCC[1] release is datelined "WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025" and says "Today, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau approved Verizon's $20 billion acquisition of Frontier".
The FCC approved Verizon's $20 billion Frontier purchase after Verizon committed to ending its DEI practices, with Chairman Brendan Carr citing fiber builds of 1 million or more homes a year and commitments to tower crews.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCEMetro's[1] release dated May 17, 2025 says it "hosted a 'rolling dedication' and community fair this morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Rail to Rail Active Transportation Corridor".
A 5.5-mile walking and biking path on an abandoned freight line along Slauson Avenue, from near the K Line's Fairview Heights station to the A Line's Slauson station, built for $166 million.
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEStated as firm by the NTSB (ntsb.gov[1], DCA25MM039): "On May 17, 2025, at 2024 eastern daylight time, the ARM Cuauhtémoc BE 01 ... struck the Brooklyn Bridge"; "Starting at 2024:42, the upper sections of all three masts ... contacted the underside" (20:24 EDT = 00:24Z on 18 May).
Backing out from Pier 17 with 277 people aboard, the Mexican Navy training ship drifted astern into the Brooklyn Bridge, breaking the tops of all three masts; two cadets were killed and at least 19 people injured.
CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCEAP, datelined Paris 19 May 2025: 'a Senate inquiry commission said Monday'; Public Sénat: the senators 'ont rendu leurs conclusions ce lundi 19 mai'. The Senate's notice gives the filing: 'Rapport n° 628 (2024-2025), tome I, déposé le 14 mai 2025'.[1]
After six months and 73 hearings, a Senate commission said the French state hid Nestlé Waters' use of banned treatments on Perrier, Vittel, Contrex and Hépar, a fraud France's fraud-control agency puts at over 3 billion euros.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCECNBC[1], 21 May 2025: "A Nike spokesperson said on Wednesday that the company is investing in its marketplace ... including Amazon in the U.S."
Six years after pulling out in 2019, Nike confirmed it will again sell its products directly to Amazon for the US store, part of Elliott Hill's push back into wholesale and marketplace partners.
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCENTSB[1] preliminary report WPR25FA161: "On May 22, 2025, at 0347 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna Citation S550, N666DS, was destroyed" - 10:47 UTC.
A Cessna Citation flying a night instrument approach to Montgomery-Gibbs in dense fog hit power lines and came down on a military housing street, igniting a house and 20 vehicles.
CONFIRMED92% CONFIDENCE76%12 episodesRelease start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1]/AniList listing.
Ling Long 2, a Chinese ONA continuing the original series, begins release, following former Wilderness Hunter Commander Marc as he confronts a lighthouse-destroying apocalypse guided by the mysterious Bai Yuekui.
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCEStated as firm, per NBC Boston[1][3][4][5] on 23 May 2025: "This year's Boston Calling music festival is kicking off Friday ... headlined by Luke Combs (Friday, May 23), Fall Out Boy (Saturday, May 24), and Dave Matthews Band (Sunday, May 25). ... It runs Friday through Sunday at the Harvard Athletic Complex."
New England's largest music festival returned to the Harvard Athletic Complex for Memorial Day weekend with one fewer stage and cheaper tickets after 2024's overcrowding complaints. Luke Combs, Fall Out Boy and Dave Matthews Band headlined a wet, muddy weekend.
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