China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, called on Saturday for a redoubled rescue mission in northern China after a gas explosion in a mine there killed at least 82 people, the Chinese state news agency said,...

The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province has increased to at least 82 and nine people are missing, state media organisation Xinhua reports.

Rescue operations are continuing as authorities search for the missing workers following one of the deadliest mining accidents in recent months.