The Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula – the nation’s tallest and most energetic – has erupted, seen spouting lava and a thick column of ash into the evening sky in outstanding footage. ...

Self-driving vehicles could also be out there on the market between 2025 and 2030, Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess has predicted. His firm, the main world automaker by automobile gross sales, is presently boosting its funding within the expertise. ...

Researchers have compiled the world's most complete checklist of recognized plant species. It incorporates 1,315,562 names of vascular crops, thus extending the quantity by some 70,000 - equal to about 20%. The researchers have additionally succeeded in clarifying 181,000 hitherto unclear species names.

New analysis means that 4 billion individuals globally shall be obese in 2050. This pattern might be traced again to the ‘low-fat, high-carb’ tips first issued within the 70s, and may immediate a significant U-turn on dietary recommendation. ...

Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations together with China and Japan plan to signal the world’s largest free commerce deal this weekend. The FTA will lower tariffs, strengthen provide chains with widespread guidelines of origin, and codify new e-commerce guidelines. ...

Alibaba founder Jack Ma says the twin preliminary public providing (IPO) listings of his fintech firm Ant Group in Shanghai and Hong Kong will break the world document as the largest itemizing in historical past. ...

Russia's largest gold miner Polyus mentioned it's engaged on securing 100 p.c possession of the Sukhoi Log gold deposit in Siberia, which has estimated reserves of 540 million tons of ore, containing 40 million troy ounces of gold. ...

Russia’s latest nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Arktika, will begin working within the Arctic waters of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in December after the vessel’s acceptance and supply certificates was signed on Wednesday. ...

An experiment confirmed hearth spreading by an off-the-cuff settlement can destroy twenty shacks (casual homes) in 5 minutes.

Hurricane Laura, which stormed via the US Gulf of Mexico on the finish of August, pressured shut-ins of an estimated 14.four million barrels of crude oil in the course of the two weeks of shut-down rigs. ...