Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 16

WASHINGTON -- Seven inmates were killed and at least 17 others sustained serious injuries in a prison riot in the southeastern U.S. state of South Carolina, authorities said.

Clashes among inmates at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville took place at about 7:15 p.m. local time (2315 GMT) on Sunday and order was completely restored at about 3 a.m. Monday (0700 GMT Monday), the state's Corrections Department said in a statement on its Facebook page. (US-Prison Riot)

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KIEV -- Eleven people were injured on Monday when a minibus collided with a truck in Ukraine's southern Black Sea resort of Odessa, according to local police.

Alla Marchenko, spokesperson for Odessa patrol police, told local media that the accident occurred at 6:30 a.m. local time (0330 GMT) in the city center, causing an overturn of both vehicles. (Ukraine-Traffic Accident)

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WASHINGTON -- Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey said U.S. President Donald Trump is "morally unfit" to dominate the White House, in a televised interview with ABC broadcast late Sunday.

Trump "talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat" and "lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it," the former official said in his first interview since being fired in May 2017. (US-Trump-James Comey) Enditem