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General Motors announced recalls of more than 8.4 million vehicles worldwide, most of those for faulty ignition switches.

That amounts to the company’s largest single day of recalls this year. In addition to the ignition-switch recalls, the automaker is recalling vehicles for faulty wiring and fasteners.

GM offered at least $1 million Monday to the families of those who died as a result of a defect in GM cars. The company has come under criticism for a decade-long delay in publicly revealing an ignition-switch flaw.