William and Kate visit Canadian town damaged by wildfire
SLAVE LAKE, Alberta (AP) — Prince William and Kate saw burned-out cars, blackened trees and the remains of what had been family homes as they made a detour from their official itinerary on Wednesday to visit a Canadian village heavily damaged by a wildfire.
The stop in the northern Alberta town of Slave Lake, caught in an inferno in May, was an apparent effort to bring much-needed cheer to residents who face the daunting task of rebuilding.
Egypt denies local fenugreek seeds caused E. coli outbreak in Europe
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian fenugreek seeds suspected by European food inspectors to have caused a deadly E. coli outbreak were not contaminated, the Egyptian agriculture minister said, citing lab tests.
The European Food Safety Authority said one lot of fenugreek seeds from Egypt was probably the source of the poisoning outbreaks in Germany and France. The EU banned imports of Egyptian fenugreek seeds until Oct. 31 and directed its members destroy seeds from “one Egyptian