Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

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.

The FY2026 NDAA (S. 1071) became Public Law 119-60, setting Pentagon policy and authorising funds for fiscal year 2026; it repealed the Caesar Act sanctions on Syria and the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorisations and made draft registration automatic.

Vietnam marked a ceremonial 'technical opening' of its US$4.6 billion first phase at Long Thanh International Airport near Ho Chi Minh City with the first landings, while most of Phase 1 was still under construction.

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.

A Baltimore City jury awarded Cherie Craft $59.84 million in compensatory and $1.5 billion in punitive damages, finding J&J's talc baby powder exposed her to the asbestos behind her peritoneal mesothelioma - the largest talc verdict for a single plaintiff. J&J said it would appeal.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Nike's lead independent director, bought 50,000 Nike Class B shares at a weighted average $58.97 on 22 December 2025, days after Nike's second-quarter report sent the shares down, taking his holding to 105,480 shares.

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.

The Undead Unluck anime confirmed a second season the same night its Winter Arc special aired, with a new illustration from creator Yoshifumi Tozuka.

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.

China's Eastern Theater Command sent ground, naval, air and rocket forces to encircle Taiwan in two days of blockade and live-fire drills, its eighth major exercise around the island since 2022, after a US arms sale worth over $11 billion.

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.

Saks Global failed to make a bond interest payment of more than $100 million that was due on 30 December 2025, entering a grace period while it negotiated with creditors, just under five months after its last debt restructuring.

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.

Jimmy Bannos Jr. and chef-partner Kevin Stack open a large, lively Greek restaurant in the Chicago suburb of Niles, with a wood-fire grill.

Jamestown's $500 million overhaul of the long-vacant One Times Square, home of the New Year's Eve ball drop, wrapped up with a new glass facade, museum and observation deck.

Former Tesco chief executive Sir Dave Lewis took over as Diageo's CEO on 1 January 2026 on a £1.5 million salary, ending Nik Jhangiani's six months as interim chief after Debra Crew's exit.

Tesla delivered 418,227 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2025, down 16%, bringing full-year deliveries to 1,636,129, an 8.6% fall and its second annual decline; storage deployments reached a record 14.2 GWh.