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12 killed, 150 injured in powerful gas explosion in central China

  A powerful gas line explosion ripped through a residential neighbourhood in central China’s Hubei Province on Sunday early morning, killing at least 12 people and injuring 150 others A powerful  gas line explosion  ripped through a residential neighbourhood in central China’s Hubei Province on Sunday early morning, killing at least 12 people and injuring 150 others, including 39 critically. The blast took place at about 6:30 am local time in the Zhangwan district of Shiyan city in Hubei province, killing 12 people and trapping a large number of people under the rubble of their homes Authorities have rescued nearly 150 people from the area, including 39 with serious injuries and rushed them to hospitals, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Chinese President  Xi Jinping  called for a thorough probe into the cause of the blast and ordered all-out efforts to rescue the injured In light of numerous accidents at companies and on campuses, all must work together t...

Facebook’s Instagram launches feature to tackle hate speech, abuse

  Facebook Inc’s Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s Instagram is rolling out a feature to prevent users from viewing possibly abusive messages by filtering offensive words, phrases and emojis on the photo-sharing app. The company said on Wednesday that along with the filter option for abusive direct messages, it will also make it harder for people blocked by users to circumvent and contact them through new accounts. Instagram has been pushing on its efforts to tackle hate speech and online abuse on its platform, which is more popular than Facebook’s main app among teens and young adults. The filter, which can be activated on  Instagram  in privacy settings, can be customized by users to include words, phrases and emojis that they wish to block or avoid receiving in their message requests. Users can use their discretio...