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…
Quote of the day by Richard Simmons (Image: Wikipedia) Richard Simmons was known for turning fitness into something considerably more approachable, energetic and genuinely personal than the traditional gym environment ever really managed. In this playful, endlessly repeated line, he reduced his entire philosophy to three simple ideas, liking yourself, eating well, and staying genuinely…
When actor Clint Eastwood bought a 134-acre former artichoke farm near California’s Carmel River in 1995, the property came with development potential, water rights and a history rooted in agriculture. Two years later, Eastwood and his then-wife Maggie announced plans to transfer the ranch to the Big Sur Land Trust. Nearly three decades on, part…
Yanin (Proud) Tangkaravakoon. Image Credit: The Nation At just 17, Thai student Yanin ‘Proud’ Tangkaravakoon has turned a concern for endangered hornbills into a unique conservation project that gives discarded waste plastic a new purpose. Her initiative, ‘Homes for Hornbills’ creates artificial nests designed to provide breeding spaces for hornbills as natural tree cavities become…
A hybrid artificial reef structure (Representational photo from a 2023 study- University of Miami) In 1998, researchers put 12 artificial reefs off Miami Beach to see how different materials would affect marine life. Over the next three years, divers recorded 97,826 fish from 146 species around the reefs. The study was published in the journal…
New Zealand’s critically endangered kākāpō, the world’s heaviest parrot, has reached a remarkable conservation milestone after decades of intensive efforts to pull the species back from the brink of extinction. Its population has climbed to 325 birds after 90 chicks from the 2026 breeding season were officially added to the count, marking the highest population…
PC: Egypt State Information Service Archaeologists working at the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis have uncovered a residential complex and a collection of artefacts near the Temple of Sekhmet in Mit Rahina, Giza. An Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission discovered the site during excavations on August 30, according to Egypt’s State Information Service. Among the findings is…