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Based on the information available so far, the NEA “understands that the cases reported in the United States pertain to Volkswagen diesel models that are not sold in Singapore”, it said in a statement late Tuesday.

The number of vehicles involved is more than the 10 million or so cars it sold in 2014.

Germany, which expects to admit 800,000 refugees this year, gave a nod to the Swiss model last week when Chancellor Merkel’s federal government agreed with German regional administrations on distributing refugees across the country and creating a network of centers to...

Over the weekend, Winterkorn said in a statement that, “I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public”.

European interior ministers return to the table in Brussels on Tuesday afternoon for another round of talks on the deeply divisive issue of migration quotas. After last week’s meeting, Luxembourg’s Jean Asselborn, who is minister for immigration and asylum as well as...

Volkswagen’s CEO Martin Winterkorn has been ousted.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday Europe’s biggest carmaker used software for diesel VW and Audi branded cars that deceived regulators measuring toxic emissions and could face penalties of up to $18 billion. “I personally am deeply sorry that...

However, during normal driving the cars give off between 10 and 40 times the legal pollution limit, according to the EPA.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest made the announcement at his daily press conference one day after Secretary of State John Kerry said that the country was committed to taking in more Syrian refugees to respond to the immigration crisis that was affecting Europe, reports Efe.

The summit was called with different purposes in mind, but by the time Balkan leaders reached Austria it was obvious that the refugee situation was more urgent than infrastructure deals. But critics will be disappointed that more decisive action was not taken, given the scale of...

PARIS (AP) – When Islamic State extremists lost control of a key crossroads town in northern Syria in June, some militants shed their jihadi garb and blended in with the flood of Syrians fleeing across the Turkish border.

Germany announced border controls on Sunday that slowed a rush of people over its border, relieving pressure on officials who have struggled to cope with the influx.

The decision came after the refugees and asylum seekers switched routes from Hungary to Croatia after the government in Budapest dramatically increased security at its borders. Stay in refugee centers in Serbia and Macedonia and Greece.

Manfred Schmidt was president of Germany’s Federal Office for Refugees and Migrants, or BAMF, an office of the federal government that has come under criticism for not processing applications for asylum quickly enough and for mishandling resettlement of refugees.

The head of Germany’s refugee office, which has been criticised for its handling of record numbers of asylum seekers, has resigned, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.