Nine killed in mine accident

At least nine people were killed and 11 more are trapped after an accident on Tuesday in a China coal mine, state media reported, the latest disaster in the country’s notoriously dangerous mines.

A gas explosion ripped through the colliery in the northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China Central Television reported. —

AP Female bear Xhina in new environment after being rescued from captivity, in Mramor, near Pristina, Kosovo. —