Istanbul's reservoir water levels have increased to 20.11%, with Elmalı at 61.29% and Kazandere at 5.69%, according to ISKI data.

DEMONSTRATIONS in Hong Kong against an extradition bill have morphed and spread into increasingly violent protests about the encroaching authoritarianism of Beijing, notes the Wall Street Journal

Tax-exempt status for profitable firmsSan Francisco ChronicleSince 1862, an obscure company called American Bureau ofShippinghas been approving oceangoing vessels as seaworthy. The Houston firm reported $3.17 billion in revenue and just less than $600 million in profit fromshipinspections from 2004 to 2010...and more »

Tax-exempt status for profitable firmsSan Francisco ChronicleSince 1862, an obscure company called American Bureau ofShippinghas been approving oceangoing vessels as seaworthy. The Houston firm reported $3.17 billion in revenue and just less than $600 million in profit fromshipinspections from 2004 to 2010...and more »

To examine the contents of the National Maritime Agenda 2010-2020 and to promote India as a world's major shipbuilding and ship repair industry, the CII-Southern Region has organised Ships 2011, a two-day conference on strategies, human resource, infrastructure, processes and security in the Indian shipbuilding industry here.