Today in History for Jan. 11: In 1569, England's first state lottery was held to raise money for the construction of harbours. In 1693, an earthquake at Catania, Italy, killed 60,000.

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The English Civil War provides obstacles to Bellini’s lovers, but instead of amping up the drama, the additional history ...

Borrowing the opening lines of Marx and Engels' famous “Communist Manifesto,” we could say that the specter of rethinking the state is haunting the Arab region. The number of states whose unity is ...

Rosenior faces the perilous task of planting his feet at Chelsea after becoming the latest to make the jump from ‘feeder club ...

A nation divided. It was a time of great bitterness and hatred in England - a war that set father against son and brother ...

Alexandre is a lifelong Strasbourg fan appalled by Chelsea’s appointment of Liam Rosenior. Here he tells Sun Sport why ...

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral stands as Columbia’s oldest surviving church sanctuary, housing centuries of history within its ...