SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Kazakhstan needs major expansions to handle the spike in oil exports expected once the offshore Kashagan field enters full production, Chevron says.

SYDNEY, July 5 (UPI) -- The Australian state of New South Wales is facing both a major drought and a locust invasion that could devastate food supplies, an official says.

ORANGE, Calif., May 3 (UPI) -- A suspicious material that led to a investigation at a California hospital, turned out to be Alfredo sauce mix and residue from vitamins, officials said.

ORANGE, Calif., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Southern California man fell to his death while trying to retrieve his neighbor's cat from a tree.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The state governments of Victoria and New South Wales in Australia have lifted a ban on farmers growing genetically modified canola.

SYDNEY, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Three more thoroughbreds in New South Wales, Australia, have been struck down by equine influenza virus.

SYDNEY, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Australians were warned Sunday they will soon be paying more for basic food because of a record drought.

SYDNEY, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Aerial shark patrols may be brought back to beaches around Sydney, Australia, after a 21-year-old woman was killed by sharks over the weekend. Ian Macdonald, primary industries minister for the state of New South Wales, said he was willing to consider the

LONDON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A second lawyer representing terror suspects held without charge in Britain's prisons has resigned.