Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said yesterday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man&s son.

Slightly less than a decade ago, Canada&s newly elected, prime minister seemed the conscious opposite of his soon-to-be counterpart on the rise in the United States. Justin Trudeau embraced refugees, celebrated multiculturalism, advocated climate action and styled himself a feminist. Donald Trump, meanwhile, bulldozed his way through the 2016 Republican primary while stoking anti-immigrant furore, demonising Muslims and mocking women.

The founder of the website that Frenchman Dominique Pelicot used to recruit men to rape his wife Gisele has been detained as part of an investigation into money laundering, pimping, child pornography and murder.

An increase in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections in China has received widespread media coverage, but leading scientists and public health experts say there isn&t yet a cause for alarm. Chinese health authorities last month reported a rise in children aged 14 and under testing positive for HMPV.