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May 12, 2015
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2015-05-12
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Arts and culture
Christianity
in the
United States
falls to its lowest percentage levels while
irreligion
rises.
(Pew Research)
Business and economy
The
Philippines
establishes regulations for
transportation network companies
, such as
Uber
, making it the first country to do so.
(
Wired
)
Verizon Communications Inc.
announces that it will buy
AOL Inc.
for US$4.4 billion.
(Fox Business)
Bus drivers in the
Indian
city of
Delhi
call off a strike to protest the murder of a driver after the state government invokes the
Essential Services Maintenance Act
(ESMA).
(NDTV)
Disasters and accidents
An explosion on a train in the
Indian
city of
Kolkata
results in at least 17 people being injured.
(
Hindustan Times
)
Typhoon Noul
arrives at the southern
Japanese
islands at
Amami Oshima
before moving through
Kyushu
and then
Honshu
.
(AP)
May 2015 Nepal earthquake
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the town of
Namche Bazaar
,
Nepal
, near the Tibetan border and the
base camp
for
Mount Everest
.
(MSN)
(BBC)
(ABC News Australia)
(Reuters via
Daily Mail
)
The reported death toll from this earthquake is at least 66 people, including 17 in neighboring
India
and one in
Tibet
. Many more have been injured.
(NBC News)
(Reuters)
A
United States Marine Corps
Bell UH-1Y Venom
helicopter on a relief mission goes missing over
Bhimeshwar (formerly Charikot)
,
Nepal
, with eight people on board.
(
The Guardian
)
(NBC News)
2015 Philadelphia train derailment
An
Amtrak
train derails in the
Port Richmond
neighborhood of the American city of
Philadelphia
causing
cars
to roll over. At least 5 people have been killed, 50 people are injured in the derailment.
(
USA Today
)
(
HuffPost
)
(CNN)
International relations
United States Secretary of State
John Kerry
will meet
President of Russia
Vladimir Putin
during his first visit to
Russia
since the
Ukraine crisis
began.
(BBC)
Democrats
in the
United States Senate
block passage of a fast-track for the
Trans-Pacific Partnership
sought by
President
Barack Obama
.
(
The Hill
)
Law and crime
Bangladeshi
secular
blogger
Ananta Bijoy Das
is cut to pieces by a masked gang wielding
machetes
in the city of
Sylhet
. He is the third secular blogger to be killed in Bangladesh this year.
(BBC)
Shooting of Tony Robinson
Officer Matt Kenny of the
Madison Police Department
will not face charges in relation to the shooting of Tony Robinson in March 2015 in the American city of
Madison, Wisconsin
.
(CNN)
Science
Russia
delays the return of three astronauts from the
International Space Station
due to a recent failure of a supply mission.
(ABC News)
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