Every cinephile and film industry observer knows that the Cannes Film Festival is a make-or-break event, where audiences ...

An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, ...

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After a car drove into a crowd at a Filipino festival in Vancouver last weekend, killing 11 people and injuring more than two dozen others, a San Diegan who happened to be selling merchandise at ...

In this battle, the chieftain (or Datu) of the Mactan island, Lapulapu, defeated Spanish forces under Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan died of the injuries sustained in this battle, and Lapulapu is ...

For information: Laura Podaima Director, Corporate Communications Magellan Aerospace Limited Ph. +1 204 228 3719 [email protected] Magellan Aerospace Corporation ("Magellan") announced ...

The festival, celebrated especially in the central Philippines, honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan in ...

The Lapu Lapu Festival is a Filipino block party that honors Lapu-Lapu, the chieftain who led native forces in the defeat of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan in 1521 ...

April 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives of the Philippine Islands during his attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the ...

Also on this date: In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines as he attempted to expand Spanish colonization in the region. In 1813, the ...