【星島綜合報道】加拿大最後一批超低息年代按揭陸續進入續期階段，一項最新調查顯示，大部分業主雖然面對供款增加，但目前仍能夠應付。
Royal LePage報告指出，加拿大按揭拖欠率與其他發達國家相比仍然非常低，不過部分家庭已
Israel opens criminal probes over killings of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, aid workers
Israel’s military will open internal investigations over its troops’ killings in Gaza of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency and aid workers in March 2025, it has said, although rights groups warn such probes rarely lead to convictions.
The military said on Wednesday the investigation decisions followed probes by its Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism. It released decisions regarding five incidents involving the deaths of Palestinians. They included an examination of the killings of
I disabled Fast Startup because Windows never really shuts down, and that explains a lot of strange bugs
Windows Fast Startup sometimes breaks updates and hardware checks.
新皇崗口岸｜首次進行出入境實戰演練 入境處：積極推進各項準備工作
新皇崗口岸作為港深兩地首個採用「合作查驗、一次放行」通關模式的口岸，於今日（19日）於聯檢大樓首次進行出入境實戰演練。演練模擬正常通關流程及突發系統故障的處理程序，以進一步優化業務流程及合作查驗自助通
男子踩電動滑板車撞開門車門 重傷不治
【星島綜合報道】北約克一名男子踩電動滑板車期間，撞上一輛停泊路邊並打開車門的私家車，傷重不治。
意外於星期日（16日）凌晨約1時40分發生，地點為Driftwood Avenue近Jane Street。警方表示，一名60歲男子當時駕駛電動滑板車沿
海洋公園新展館「爬行探索基地」周五登場 每天三節「爬爬記者會」近距離觀察變色龍捕食過程
香港海洋公園全新主題展館「爬行探索基地」於今日（19日）舉行開幕典禮。這個以爬行類動物為主題的展館，展出近20種來自世界各地的爬蟲，當中不少來自漁農署執法充公的物種。園方期望透過互動展覽、實時動物餵食
厄瓜多爾總統訪華簽署多項協議 習近平支持拉美展現獨立性
法新社說，中國國家主席習近平周二在北京人大會堂與厄瓜多爾總統丹尼爾·諾沃亞舉行會談時，強調拉美國家有權維護自己的“獨立”，特別是在選擇合作夥伴方面。
Ukrainian man arrested in Croatia over Nord Stream pipeline blasts
A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Croatia on suspicion of taking part in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany.
The suspect is alleged by German authorities to have been one of the scuba divers who planted explosives on the pipelines in September 2022, following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin - one of the key European backers for Ukraine's war effort.
34% of kindergarten pupils spend at least an hour a day on social media, study shows
One in three Hong Kong kindergarten pupils spends at least an hour a day on social media, with more than 80 per cent of parent-child disputes linked to excessive screen time, a survey has found.
The Hong Kong Institute of Family Education released the findings on Wednesday showing recreational screen time rose sharply with age, with 60 per cent of junior form students and 66.6 per cent of high schoolers exceeding the international two-hour daily limit.
The survey also found that 34.7 per