Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Scotch and other UK whisky entered the US tariff-free from 24 July 2026, ending the 10% duty imposed in April 2025 on a market worth about £1 billion a year to UK distillers.

On 24 July 2026 Sanofi announced it was discontinuing development of its OX40-ligand antibody amlitelimab in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis and would not file it with regulators.

The 38th Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on 24 July 2026, gave DC's Absolute Martian Manhunter Best Limited Series and Best Penciller/Inker, and Absolute Batman Best Continuing Series; DC took 10 wins.

Fiat opened UK orders for the 1.0-litre, 65 hp 500 Hybrid on 24 July 2026 at GBP 18,995 on the road for the Icon hatchback, with production at Mirafiori and first deliveries from late summer.

China's market regulator SAMR announced on 24 July 2026 that XPeng will recall 33,473 X9 MPVs built from August 2023 to August 2025 for front air springs that can slowly leak, with the recall starting 28 August.

Maruti Suzuki launched the updated Brezza on 24 July 2026 with a new 110 hp 1.0-litre Boosterjet turbo-petrol from Rs 7.40 lakh ex-showroom, a 6-speed manual and ventilated front seats.

LVMH's first-half 2026 revenue was €38.6 billion, down 3% on a reported basis, as organic revenue rose 2% and growth accelerated to 3% organically in the second quarter, with net profit steady at €5.7 billion.

Shenman Entertainment’s Yi Zhan Cangqiong begins streaming, a Chinese donghua following Gu An, a crippled young man who seizes the power of an ancient god at his lowest moment and turns it against the enemies who wronged him. The 26-episode ONA leans into a familiar but reliably popular power-fantasy setup — a written-off protagonist ascending to godlike strength to settle old scores.

Zeekr put the five-seat 9X plug-in hybrid SUV on sale in China on 28 July 2026 at RMB 471,900-585,900 with a limited-time RMB 451,900 start, below the six-seater, skipping the usual launch event.

Kering posts first-half 2026 group revenue of €7.22 billion, up 1% on a comparable basis, as Gucci's decline eases to 5% and recurring operating margin improves to 12.8%, its first comparable growth since Gucci's slump began.

A WTO panel ruled on 28 July 2026 that Turkey's additional 40% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles and its discriminatory import permit rules breach trade rules, in a case China brought in October 2024.

FAW's Hongqi brand and CNET said on 28 July 2026 that their in-house ultra-fast-charging battery went from 10% to 70% in 3 minutes 41 seconds and to 97% in 8 minutes 3 seconds at 25 C, with no production date.

BYD launched the Racco, its first kei car, in Japan on 28 July 2026 from 2.145 million yen, the first kei EV there above 300 km of range and the first kei from an overseas automaker.

Atmosphere Data Centers plans a five-building, 360 MW data center campus (300 MW in earlier reporting) on 110 acres of the retired Dickerson coal plant site in Montgomery County, Maryland, a project reported at 1.4B USD; the County Council's unanimous 28 July 2026 vote for an 18-month data-center moratorium put it on hold.