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October 21: Supreme Court Keeps Block on Inmate Policy; Putin Orders Hubbard Released
In oil and gas
The British government says the Jackdaw gas field could begin producing gas by the end of this month. Environmental campaigners oppose the project, while Badenoch is urging the prime minister to end the ban on new oil and gas licenses.
Indian Oil Corporation plans to slightly reduce its Middle East crude purchases under annual contracts for the 2027–2028 fiscal year, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters. India’s largest state-owned refiner had planned to obtain 47 percent of its crude from the region.
Meanwhile, Ecuador’s Petroecuador will resume crude sales to Peru’s Petroperú under two contracts covering 16.2 million barrels, worth a combined $1.65 billion.
In AI research
OpenAI, PerturbAI and Scripps Research say thousands of AI agents analyzed a vast atlas of mouse-brain gene experiments in 32 minutes. Their creators estimate that work would take human researchers months to a year. The team released its findings in a bioRxiv preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed.
In the Russell Brand trial
A woman told a court that Russell Brand raped her at his London townhouse despite her repeated pleas to stop. She testified that she was left bleeding for days and in pain. Brand faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault involving six women.
At the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to lift a lower court’s block on a Trump administration policy that would halt hormone treatments and certain surgeries for transgender inmates. The Bureau of Prisons policy would taper treatments for inmates already receiving them. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.
In India
A court ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party movement leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. They spent a week in Delhi’s Tihar jail after police arrested them for defying restrictions on protests in the capital. The order comes amid a mounting government crackdown on youth-led protests.
In Russia
Vladimir Putin ordered the release of Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old American former teacher, while meeting Trump envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg on Wednesday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump had previously asked Putin to free Hubbard, who had spent more than four years in Russian jails on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.
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