Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Fast Retailing, the owner of Uniqlo, reported record first-half fiscal 2026 results, with consolidated revenue up 14.8% to ¥2.06 trillion and business profit up 28.3% to ¥386.9 billion, driven by flagship store openings across Japan and abroad.

Aligned’s April 9, 2026 groundbreaking announcement explicitly names LBB-01 as the first facility on its proposed 540 MW, 313-acre, six-facility Caprock campus, targeting Q1 2027 service. Its current LBB-01 address is 1498 County Road 315, Abernathy, rather than Plainview.

Drop 1 opened global sales for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, after a locals-only presale put hundreds of thousands of $28 tickets in LA and Oklahoma City residents' hands; fans bought more than 4 million tickets that month.

A three-judge Second Circuit panel heard Sean Combs's appeal arguing that his 50-month sentence improperly relied on conduct the jury acquitted him of, and reserved decision after a two-hour argument.

Ariel launched the Atom 4RR on 9 April 2026: a hand-built 525 bhp, 2.0-litre turbo Honda-based Atom that reaches 62 mph in 2.4 seconds, priced from £208,000 plus taxes.

The Fed's main inflation gauge rose 0.4% in February and 2.8% from a year earlier, while core PCE, excluding food and energy, rose 0.4% and 3.0%.

DC Water lowered the tunnel boring machine Mary into a 100-foot-deep shaft in West Potomac Park and started her north towards Georgetown University, the first 2.4 miles of a 5.5-mile combined sewer overflow tunnel. The $819 million tunnel is part of the Clean Rivers Project and will cut Potomac overflow events from 74 a year to four; a second Herrenknecht machine, Emily, bores south towards Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

Zeekr launched the updated 007 sedan and 007 GT shooting brake in China on 10 April 2026, both on a 900-volt architecture with 6C charging, from a limited-time RMB 193,900, alongside a 001 fifth-anniversary edition.

The 25th Coachella filled the Empire Polo Club in Indio over two April weekends, headlined by Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, the first Latina artist to top the bill, and Anyma.

Metal detectorists Vegard Sørlie and Rune Sætre found 19 silver coins near Rena on 10 April 2026; the excavation by the Museum of Cultural History ended with 4,772 coins buried around 1046-47.

Aramco's new subsidiary to run the 47,000-seat Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar launched with Fahad Al Dhubaib as chairman and Matthew Kittle as chief executive, months before the venue is due to open for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.

European Commission officials made unannounced antitrust inspections at a chocolate maker's premises in two EU countries over possible restrictions on cross-border trade, and Ferrero confirmed it was the company.