MANILA -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Sunday announced plans to expand its support to long-term food and nutrition security in Asia and the Pacific by 26 billion U.S. dollars, bringing its total funding for food security initiatives to 40 billion dollars over 2022-2030.
Through financing and policy support for governments and companies, the program aims to help Asia and the Pacific generate diverse and nutritious food, create jobs, reduce environmental impacts, and promote resilient agricultural supply chains. (ADB-Food Security)
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COLOMBO -- The Sri Lankan government will deploy around 65,000 police officers to maintain order during the upcoming local government elections, said a police spokesman on Sunday.
Buddhika Manatunga told reporters that military personnel will also be mobilized as needed for the elections, which are scheduled for May 6. (Sri Lanka-Local Elections-Police Deployment)
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SYDNEY -- Two people were killed and two others were fighting for their lives following a vehicle crash on Sunday in Australia's southeastern state of Victoria.
Emergency services were called to reports of the single-vehicle crash on a road near the small town of Briagolong, some 238 km east of Melbourne, about 3:45 p.m. local time, Victoria Police said in a statement. (Australia-Traffic Accident-Deaths)
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KABUL -- At least two people have been killed and three others injured after flash floods caused by heavy rains in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, a local official reported Sunday.
Heavy rainfall triggered flash floods on the outskirts of the province's Jorm district. Provincial director for the disaster management authority Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari has confirmed that two local residents have died and three others were injured following the floods. (Afghanistan-Disaster-Flash Flood) Enditem
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