Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

From 30 June 2026 large listed companies across the EU are expected to have at least 40% of non-executive board seats, or 33% of all board seats, held by the underrepresented sex, the target date set in the Women on Boards Directive.

Sable launched and priced a stock sale at $3.08 a share and 6.5% convertible notes due 2031, which with a $675 million, 15% term loan paid off roughly $991 million it owed ExxonMobil for the Santa Ynez Unit. The shares lost about half their value on the day.

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic Sonnet, which comes close to Opus 4.8 on coding and computer use at $2 per million input tokens and becomes the default model for Free and Pro users.

Operational. Equinix lists SV18 among its opened facilities. The Great Oaks South development includes SV12, SV18 and SV19; this pin identifies SV18, not completion of the entire campus.

Changan-backed EV maker Avatr refiled its Hong Kong listing application on 30 June 2026 with financials updated to the end of 2025, after its November 2025 prospectus lapsed.

Cooke Inc. agreed to buy Mowi's Atlantic Canada salmon farms - hatcheries, sea sites and two processing plants in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, with 250 staff - for CAD 225 million.

Cody Gakpo's goal was cancelled out by Issa Diop's stoppage-time header, and Morocco won the shootout 3-2 in Monterrey to reach the last 16.

Antonio Nusa's curler and Erling Haaland's 86th-minute winner sent Norway through after Amad Diallo had equalised for Ivory Coast.

7-Eleven sued Nike in federal court in Dallas on 1 July 2026, claiming the orange, green and red stripes on an Air Max 95 Big Bubble due on 11 July, 7-Eleven Day, copy its Tri-Color Mark.

Nike signed a multi-year deal to become the exclusive sports sponsor and supplier of Chivas de Guadalajara, outfitting its men's and women's teams, academy and esports side from the Apertura 2026.

EU member states reached political agreement on 13 November 2025 to scrap the €150 customs-duty exemption for low-value parcels earlier than originally planned. The exemption ends and a flat customs duty on direct-to-consumer packages begins on 1 July 2026, targeting the flood of parcels shipped directly to EU shoppers by platforms such as Shein and Temu.

Universal Kids Resort opened on 1 July 2026 in Frisco, Texas, a standalone park for young children with lands based on Shrek, SpongeBob, Jurassic World, Minions, Trolls, Puss in Boots and Gabby's Dollhouse, plus two family coasters.

Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez scored in the first half as Mexico won their first World Cup knockout match since 1986; Ecuador's Piero Hincapie was sent off in stoppage time.

Harry Kane scored twice in the last 15 minutes to turn a 1-0 deficit into a win and send England to Mexico City for the Round of 16.

From 1 July 2026 Japan's international tourist departure tax rises from 1,000 to 3,000 yen per traveller, collected in air and sea ticket prices, to fund measures against overtourism.

China's mandatory battery safety standard GB 38031-2025 took effect on 1 July 2026, requiring traction batteries not to catch fire or explode after cell thermal runaway, alongside the vehicle standard GB 18384-2025.

Hana-Kimi Season 2 begins release, continuing the romantic comedy about Mizuki Ashiya, who disguises herself as a boy to attend an all-boys high school and room with the athlete she admires.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 2 July 2026 that employers added 57,000 jobs in June, with unemployment at 4.2% and April and May revised down by 74,000.

The comedy short Bungo Stray Dogs WAN! 2 begins broadcast, the second season of the chibi spin-off gag series set alongside the main Bungo Stray Dogs anime.

Six stations opened along a 5.2 km stretch between João Paulo I and Perdizes, among them Água Branca, which at 47.8 metres is the deepest metro station in South America. Trains run on weekdays from 10.00 to 15.00 and are free for now; the finished line is to run 15.3 km with 15 stations from Brasilândia to São Joaquim.

Asahi Production adapts Haruomi Tomotsuka's comedy about a fearsome serpent-like god of misfortune who is far more doting than frightening once two children stumble into her shrine.

Mikel Oyarzabal scored twice and Pedro Porro headed another as Spain dominated Austria, who failed to register a shot on target, to reach the last 16.

Folarin Balogun scored before halftime and was sent off in the 64th minute; Malik Tillman's 82nd-minute free kick sealed a 2-0 win and a last-16 tie with Belgium.

Ivan Perisic put Croatia ahead, Cristiano Ronaldo equalized from the spot and Goncalo Ramos headed in a 90+4 winner; a late Croatian equalizer was ruled out by VAR.

Kaiju Girl Caramelise begins broadcast, a Liden Films adaptation of Spica Aoki's manga about high schooler Kuroe Akaishi, who transforms into a giant kaiju whenever her emotions run too high, just as she starts falling for her crush.

Chainsmoker Cat is a slice-of-life comedy animated by Bibury Animation Studios about Yani, a catgirl whose life revolves around cigarettes she can't put down — her apartment ankle-deep in butts and ash despite repeated, short-lived attempts to quit. The humor leans on her self-aware but powerless slide into bad habits rather than any larger plot, adapted from the manga published in English by Seven Seas.