ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Two children found in a sealed van in Abbotsford, British Columbia, were in good condition in Ministry of Children and Families custody, police said Saturday.

SYDNEY, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says Australia's pork supply is safe even though a production facility was closed after 200 pigs tested positive for flu.

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.

GUNNEDAH, Australia, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The government of Australia's New South Wales state granted the China Shenhua Energy Co. coal exploration rights.

SYDNEY, July 12 (UPI) -- In a few months, farmers in the Australian state of New South Wales could be growing industrial hemp, a close relative of the plant that produces marijuana.

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.