Xi Calls for All-Out Rescue After Coal Mine Explosion Kills Over 80 in China

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, called Saturday for a redoubled rescue mission in northern China after a gas explosion in a mine there killed more than 80 people and left others trapped underground, the Chinese state news agency said. Xi “stressed the need to make every effort to treat the injured, organize search and rescue operations scientifically and properly handle the aftermath,” the agency, Xinhua, reported.