Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 11

NAROK -- At least 17 people were killed and 46 others injured on Tuesday after a bus plunged into a river in southwest Kenya.

Narok County Commissioner George Natembeya said the bus was heading to Nairobi from Homa Bay County in western Kenya when its driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid an oncoming truck. (Kenya-Accident-Death)

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PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he would announce "in coming days" a decision on alleged use of chemical arm against civilians in rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta in Syria earlier this month.

"We will continue exchanges of technical and strategic information with our partners in particular Britain and America, and in the coming days we will announce our decision," Macron said. (France-Chemical-Syria)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a Russian-drafted resolution on an investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria. (Russia-OPCW-Syria)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday when inmates attempted to escape from a prison in northern Brazil, official sources said.

The event took place at 1 p.m. local time in the Santa Izabel Prison Complex, in the northern city of Belem, capital of the state of Para, when a group of armed men attacked the prison and sought to help some prisoners escape, according to public security officials. (Brazil-Inmate-Death) Enditem