## [2015-05-12](/feed/2015/05/12/index.md)

##### Russia
### [Russia delays the return of three astronauts from the International Space Station due to a recent failure of a supply mission. ](/feed/2015/05/12/russia-delays-the-return-of-three-astronauts-from-the-international-space-station-due-to-a-recent-failure-of-a-supply-mi.md)
##### 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. ](/feed/2015/05/12/officer-matt-kenny-of-the-madison-police-department-will-not-face-charges-in-relation-to-the-shooting-of-tony-robinson-i.md)
##### Bangladesh
### [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. ](/feed/2015/05/12/bangladeshi-secular-blogger-ananta-bijoy-das-is-cut-to-pieces-by-a-masked-gang-wielding-machetes-in-the-city-of-sylhet.md)
##### Democrats
### [Democrats in the United States Senate block passage of a fast-track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership sought by President Barack Obama. ](/feed/2015/05/12/democrats-in-the-united-states-senate-block-passage-of-a-fast-track-for-the-trans-pacific-partnership-sought-by-presiden.md)
##### U.S. Secretary of State
### [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. ](/feed/2015/05/12/united-states-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-will-meet-president-of-russia-vladimir-putin-during-his-first-visit-to-russi.md)
##### 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. ](/feed/2015/05/12/an-amtrak-train-derails-in-the-port-richmond-neighborhood-of-the-american-city-of-philadelphia-causing-cars-to-roll-over.md)
##### Yesterday's earthquake
### [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. ](/feed/2015/05/12/a-united-states-marine-corps-bell-uh-1y-venom-helicopter-on-a-relief-mission-goes-missing-over-bhimeshwar-formerly-char.md)
### [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. ](/feed/2015/05/12/the-reported-death-toll-from-this-earthquake-is-at-least-66-people-including-17-in-neighboring-india-and-one-in-tibet.md)
### [A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the town of Namche Bazaar, Nepal, near the Tibetan border and the base camp for Mount Everest. ](/feed/2015/05/12/a-magnitude-73-earthquake-strikes-the-town-of-namche-bazaar-nepal-near-the-tibetan-border-and-the-base-camp-for-mount.md)
##### Typhoon Noul
### [Typhoon Noul arrives at the southern Japanese islands at Amami Oshima before moving through Kyushu and then Honshu. ](/feed/2015/05/12/typhoon-noul-arrives-at-the-southern-japanese-islands-at-amami-oshima-before-moving-through-kyushu-and-then-honshu.md)
##### India
### [An explosion on a train in the Indian city of Kolkata results in at least 17 people being injured. ](/feed/2015/05/12/an-explosion-on-a-train-in-the-indian-city-of-kolkata-results-in-at-least-17-people-being-injured.md)
### [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). ](/feed/2015/05/12/bus-drivers-in-the-indian-city-of-delhi-call-off-a-strike-to-protest-the-murder-of-a-driver-after-the-state-government-i.md)
##### Verizon Communications
### [Verizon Communications Inc. announces that it will buy AOL Inc. for US$4.4 billion. ](/feed/2015/05/12/verizon-communications-inc-announces-that-it-will-buy-aol-inc-for-us-44-billion.md)
##### Philippines
### [The Philippines establishes regulations for transportation network companies, such as Uber, making it the first country to do so. ](/feed/2015/05/12/the-philippines-establishes-regulations-for-transportation-network-companies-such-as-uber-making-it-the-first-country.md)
##### Christianity
### [Christianity in the United States falls to its lowest percentage levels while irreligion rises. ](/feed/2015/05/12/christianity-in-the-united-states-falls-to-its-lowest-percentage-levels-while-irreligion-rises.md)
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