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A US federal judge on Tuesday approved Volkswagen AG's record-setting $14.7 billion settlement with regulators and owners of 475,000 polluting diesel vehicles.

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller on Sunday apologized for cheating diesel car emissions tests on his first official US visit since the scandal broke in September.

German automaker Volkswagen AG assumes it will have to buy back about 115,000 cars in the United States as a result of the emissions scandal, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

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Volkswagen has told banks supplying a 20 billion euro credit line that it would sell assets if it finds no other way of repaying the one-year loan.

Volkswagen faced more pressure on Thursday from officials in Washington and California to buy back older diesel cars.

Volkswagen saw sales drop 3.0 percent in France last month, figures showed Monday, as it continued to deal with the impact of revelations that it cheated on emissions tests.

Several software engineers were blamed for installing the software that defeated emissions tests.

The average price of the affected cars has only dipped by .06 percent since the scandal broke.CarGurus reported.

Former VW executives interviewed describe a management style under Martin Winterkorn that fostered a climate of fear, an authoritarianism that went unchecked partly due to company structure.

Volkswagen has not found any evidence against three top engineers suspended as part of its internal investigation into the rigging of US emissions tests, a source said.

Volkswagen's supervisory board will hold an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday at which Hans Dieter Poetsch is expected to be appointed as new head of the 20-member controlling panel.

US lawmakers on Tuesday asked Volkswagen AG to turn over documents related to the company's diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen said on Tuesday it will repair up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its namesake brand following the scandal over its rigging of emissions tests.

Volkswagen has admitted cheating diesel emissions tests in the United States but Germany's transport minister says it also manipulated tests in Europe, where it has much bigger sales.

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Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

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This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.