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On 30 July 2026 Sanofi reported second-quarter sales up 17.8% at constant rates to EUR 11.6 billion and business EPS of EUR 2.09, and raised its 2026 outlook to about 10% sales growth.

Seasonal wine-country dishes accompany an extensive wine-on-tap program.

Swatch and Omega sold the MoonSwatch Mission to the Sun - Solar Eclipse, with a black pusher and a New Moon caseback, only in Spain and only on 12 August 2026, the day of the total solar eclipse, for EUR 280.

A third northwest Louisiana data center campus, at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport, lifts Amazon's planned investment from $12 billion to $18 billion and its expected jobs to up to 750 across three campuses.

SpaceX and Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry announced on 25 August 2026 that the company will spend $100 billion to build "Starbase Louisiana," a Starship launch and manufacturing complex on roughly 125,000 acres near Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, on land Exxon Mobil had returned to the state as part of a coastal-restoration settlement. The site is planned for five launch complexes (two pads each, ten pads total), a propellant plant to turn local natural gas into liquid methane, a power plant, a deep-water port, an airport and employee housing. SpaceX expects more than 3,000 direct jobs growing toward 10,000, construction starting in 2027 and a first launch no earlier than 2029; at full buildout the company says the site could support more than 30 Starship flights a day, making it SpaceX's fourth and largest launch facility after Starbase, Texas, Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.

Chef Fei began its soft opening on August 28, 2026 at Westfield UTC. The company announced September 5 as its formal grand-opening date.

Stüssy and eYe JUNYA WATANABE MAN release a Fall/Winter 2026 collection of prep classics with Stüssy graphics on the back, from $65 tees to a $3,380 belted leather jacket.

WMO expects the established El Niño to strengthen in the coming months and persist through February 2027, with increased risks of floods, drought and extreme heat. Its September–November outlook already anticipates rainfall and temperature patterns associated with strong El Niño.

The final of the 13th LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers took place September 4, 2026 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, where Belgian designer Julie Kegels won the top prize and a 400,000-euro endowment; Chinese designer Zane Li (Lii) won the Karl Lagerfeld Prize and Kenyan designer Anil Padia (Yoshita 1967) won the Savoir-Faire Prize.

Sixteen skippers left Les Sables-d'Olonne on 6 September 2026 on the fourth Golden Globe Race, a solo non-stop circumnavigation of about 30,000 nautical miles with sextants and paper charts, expected to take around eight months.

PISA 2025, released on 8 September 2026, tested about 760,000 students in science, reading and maths, with an OECD average of 482 in science and mathematics down 46 points since 2003.

A Fifth Circuit panel of Judges Richman, Higginson and Douglas heard Louisiana's bid to end telehealth prescribing of mifepristone and pressed the state hard on whether it has standing to sue.

The Louisiana identity-verification firm IDScan.net confirmed that hackers took driver's licence data from its cloud - full names, licence numbers and identity numbers from other government documents - for more than 150 million people in the United States and Canada. The data, including licence photos, was posted to a dark web site.

The EU's Cyber Resilience Act reaches its first live phase: manufacturers of any product with digital elements sold in the EU must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents to ENISA and their national CSIRT - an early warning within 24 hours, a full notification within 72, and a final report within 14 days.

Celine Dion played her first concert in six years before a sold-out crowd of 35,000 at Plenitude Arena outside Paris, opening a 26-night residency that runs into May 2027.

Amer Sports held its Investor Day at Salomon's headquarters in Annecy, reiterating a five-year plan of low-double-digit to mid-teens annual revenue growth and raising its third-quarter 2026 revenue growth guidance to 20-22%.

Chantiers de l'Atlantique floated out the 215,863-ton MSC World Atlantic on 26 September 2026; the fourth LNG-fuelled World Class ship stays in the yard for fitting out and delivery in 2027.

The 22nd Whisky Live Paris, run by La Maison du Whisky, opened to the public on 26 and 27 September 2026 with a trade day on 28 September.

The Federation de la Haute Couture et de la Mode's Spring/Summer 2027 womenswear calendar ran September 28 to October 6, 2026, closing Fashion Month after New York, London and Milan.

On 29 September 2026 the Navy awarded production agreements for medium unmanned surface vessels to three Louisiana yards in a deal reported at $1.2 billion, with Saronic's 180-foot Marauder, built in Franklin, passing 140 test scenarios without failure.

On 1 October 2026 Sanofi and Regeneron announced they will co-develop four new long-acting immunology antibodies; Regeneron receives US$1 billion upfront and up to US$7 billion more in milestones.

A sold-out women's 21.1 km night race from the Monumento a la Revolución along Paseo de la Reforma, run at 2,258 m above sea level.

Quebecers elect all 127 members of the National Assembly on 5 October 2026. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's Parti Québécois leads every late poll at about 30% and has promised a referendum on sovereignty.

A lively counter and dining room serving market-led tapas close to La Rambla.

The global food trade show runs 17 to 21 October 2026, opening on a Saturday to ease transport, with about 8,000 exhibitors and 295,000 professionals expected.

Hermès' financial calendar sets 22 October 2026 for its next scheduled disclosure, third-quarter 2026 revenue, after a first half in which sales grew 6% at constant exchange rates.

The Paris chocolate and pastry show runs 28 October to 1 November 2026 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with live pastry demonstrations and a chocolate musical show.

The biennial naval defence and maritime security show runs 3-6 November 2026 in Hall 6 at Paris Nord Villepinte, with more than 450 exhibitors and 150 delegations.

Richemont's corporate calendar lists 13 November 2026 for its interim results covering the six months to 30 September 2026, the next scheduled test of the group's growth after a strong FY26 and Q1 FY27.

MSC Cruises takes delivery of its 24th ship, the LNG-powered MSC World Asia, on 25 November 2026, christens her in Le Havre on 28 November and starts seven-night Mediterranean cruises from Barcelona on 4 December.

The Motul Grand Prix of Valencia at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, runs 27-29 November 2026 as the 22nd and last round of a season that ends the 1000cc, Michelin-tyre era before the 850cc, Pirelli-shod bikes of 2027.

The first stage of Euclid Data Release 1 puts out all raw data and calibrated images, catalogues and spectra over about 1,900 square degrees of sky. The higher-level products for galaxy clustering and weak lensing follow in mid-2027.

ESA publishes the fourth Gaia data release, the mission's first principal release, covering the first 5.5 years of observations. It adds astrometric time series, an exoplanet list and the software to work with them.

The Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Marathon runs on Sunday 6 December 2026 from the City of Arts and Sciences on a flat, sea-level course, with all 36,000 places sold out.

Regent Seven Seas' 77,000-ton Seven Seas Prestige departs Barcelona on 13 December 2026 on a 14-night transatlantic crossing to Miami, opening a 13-cruise inaugural season.

The December Agriculture and Fisheries Council, chaired by Ireland's EU presidency, meets on 14-15 December 2026 in Brussels to fix the EU's 2027 catch limits and quotas for the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea.

The EU's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles is expected to vote on extending the Dutch approval of Tesla's FSD (Supervised) to all 27 member states; it needs 15 states with 65% of the EU's population.

Chery and its Spanish partner Ebro said they expect to begin producing Chery-brand Omoda and Jaecoo models at the former Nissan plant in Barcelona's Zona Franca at the end of 2026 or early 2027, after repeated delays from a 2024 start.

Herzog & de Meuron's 180-metre glass wedge holds 44 floors of offices, a hotel and a restaurant on the edge of the Parc des Expositions, and is the first high-rise built inside Paris in about 40 years. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield started work at the end of 2021 and is fitting out the EUR 700 million tower for its final handover.

Spain's International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR, runs 20-24 January 2027 at IFEMA Madrid, its 47th edition, with Puerto Rico as Partner Country and two more halls.

The Paris classic car show Rétromobile returns to Porte de Versailles from 3 to 7 February 2027, the first big collector-car date of the European calendar.

France's biggest games festival opens to the public on 26 February 2027 at the Palais des Festivals, with a Ticket to Ride - Cannes edition made for the anniversary.

Four trains an hour will run through to Mantes-la-Jolie over the 47 km of rebuilt track west of Nanterre-La Folie, where Eole's first new section opened in May 2024. The full six-trains-an-hour service is not due until the end of 2029 because of trouble installing the line's new digital signalling and switching system.

The Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux holds En Primeurs Week from 19 to 22 April 2027, when the Bordeaux châteaux show barrel samples of the 2026 vintage to the trade and press before it is sold as futures.

The world's largest seafood trade show returns to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue for three days after a record 2026 edition with more than 35,500 visitors.

The World Health Assembly opens in Geneva on 23 May 2027 with the Pandemic Agreement's pathogen access and benefit-sharing (PABS) annex due for consideration after member states extended the negotiations in 2026.

Celine Dion closes CELINE DION PARIS 2026-2027 at Plenitude Arena on the last of 10 May 2027 nights added for fans shut out of the sold-out 2026 shows, the 26th concert of her comeback run.

Employers in the EU with 150 or more workers must file their first gender pay gap reports, covering 2026, by 7 June 2027 under the Pay Transparency Directive; those with 250 or more workers must then report every year.