US Energy Secretary Wright says the only way Russia can help the world is an energy ceasefire.

Foreign media report Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he had "somewhat gone off track" in political affairs, spending about four months at the White House—longer than the one-to-two months he said government involvement should have taken—and that he should have returned sooner to focus on AI.

GCL Group and China Jurong Group signed an LNG engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and tolling/contracted-processing agreement in Ethiopia on Oct. 16, following meetings with the newly appointed Ethiopian mines minister. The signatories—GCL Energy Investment Co.’s Ethiopia branch and Jurong Group (Holdings) Co.—said they will combine capabilities in oil and gas exploration, LNG capacity build, storage and transport to accelerate project delivery and to deepen cooperation on energy technology, equipment manufacturing, cross-border trade and low‑carbon initiatives.