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KUALA LUMPUR: AS an agency set up to provide social security protection to workers, the Social Security Organisation (Socso) Malaysia is widely regarded as a “safety net” for the workforce.

SHAH ALAM: Water supply is expected to be fully restored to nearly two million consumer accounts in the Klang Valley following the diesel pollution incident in Sungai Selangor by Saturday.

SHAH ALAM: The Sungai Selangor phases 1, 2 and 3 and the Rantau Panjang water treatment plants, which were shut down yesterday due to diesel pollution, have resumed operations at about 3.30am today.

KOTA KINABALU: Fish bombing — using homemade explosives — or other destructive methods, such as cyanide fishing, prevail in Sabah as they provide quick profits at the expense of ocean resources and people’s lives.

SHAH ALAM: Datuk Seri Azmin Ali said he may be walking against the wind alone amid the controversies facing him, but warned that his loyalty has its limits as he faces the person “that he once knew.”

WASHINGTON: The United States was sweating through a weekend of dangerously hot weather, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington experiencing temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).

PEKAN: Uncertainty in oil palm prices in 1984 saw settler Ismail Sabri growing durian on his land in Felda Chini 3, near here.

NEW YORK: Boeing announced Thursday some US$6.6 billion (US$1.00 = RM4.11) in additional costs because of the 737 MAX crisis, further pressuring profitability as the global grounding of the plane following two deadly crashes drags on.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Yesterday, a pair of killer whales made a huge splash all over the news when they appeared near the oil rigs in Dulang, off the Terengganu coast, and today, villagers in Kampung Besul in Dungun were shocked when a pair of usually nocturnal tigers roamed along a road in the village in broad daylight.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Logging activities in Hulu Terengganu forest reserve near Kemat have turned the once pristine Sungai Lasir into a muddy river that houseboat operators in Tasik Kenyir no longer recommended as an attraction.