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Nearly 10000 people are stranded across the state owing to the worst floods in 50 years.
China’s backing comes amid the EU’s announcements of a new round of sectoral sanctions against Russia.
Australia and India have inked a civilian nuclear deal that could aid New Delhi's fight against energy poverty.
The Australian Prime Minister said European allies are considering “short-term non-lethal military assistance" to Ukraine.
Australia has 40 per cent of the world's known uranium reserves.
China and the US are locked in competition over trade and over military and diplomatic influence in the region.
UN figures say the violence in eastern Ukraine has killed over 2,600 people and rendered 340,000 homeless.
Obama could meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the UN General Assembly later this month.
The non manufacturing PMI tracks business activity in sectors including construction, software, aviation, railways and real estate.
Over the next two decades India and China are set to bring 35 nuclear reactors online.
