82 killed in China’s worst coal mine accident for more than a decade

At least 82 people have been killed in a blast at a coal mine in the central Chinese province of Shanxi, with reports earlier saying the death toll was higher. State news agency Xinhua reported that the gas explosion happened at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Qinyuan county, about 520km (320 miles) southwest of Beijing, at around 7.30pm on Friday after the mine issued a carbon monoxide alert. There were 247 workers underground at the time of the blast. As of Saturday afternoon, 128 survivors were...