The Great Fire of London in 1666 left thousands homeless.(Photo: @MrJamesCosgrove) On this day in 1666, the Great Fire of London began on Pudding Lane. It destroyed around 13,200 houses and left about 100,000 people homeless.The sudden loss of so many homes created a severe shortage across the city and pushed up rents in areas…

US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand on Wednesday after 286 days at sea. The authorities in nearby Pattaya stepped up patrols and raided suspected prostitution venues amid arrival of thousands of American military personnel.Police detained around 40 to 50 people during…

PC: Study- Of snakes and gods: early evidence for the cult of Sabazios in the Roman villa of Collet At the Roman villa of Collet, on a low cliff above Spain’s Bay of Palamós, archaeologists have uncovered fragments of a large ceramic vessel that appears to reveal one of the empire’s more secretive religious practices….

File photo: People in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of a person who died of Ebola, in eastern Congo More than 3,000 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, with confirmed cases crossing 6,100 as authorities struggle to contain the country’s worst-ever epidemic.Latest data from…