Press digest
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press: The Sunday Times leads with the mourning in Noway following Friday’s massacre. It also says that an action group to improve law and order in Paceville has been set up by the father of...
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times leads with the mourning in Noway following Friday’s massacre. It also says that an action group to improve law and order in Paceville has been set up by the father of a young mugging victim.
The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that private tuition is to be regulated. It also says that fines imposed by wardens topped €10m in 18 months.
MaltaToday says Cyrus Engerer’s father was arrested because of half a joint. It also says that SMSs revealed how Vince Farrugia may have influenced a medical specialist about the assault he suffered.
Illum says PN candidate Georg Sapiano was paid €126,000 for services related to the taxis reform, but no call for tender was made.
KullHadd says the government was advised 21 years ago that persons under interrogation had to be assisted by a lawyer.
It-Torca claims that a mysterious explosion heard near Dingi some weeks ago was a missile which had been aimed at Malta.
Il-Mument reports that 12,000 families were helped to buy clean energy equipment.
The overseas press
The lawyer representing a 32-year-old Norwegian man charged with a shooting spree at a summer camp and an earlier bomb attack in Oslo, has told NRK television his client had admitted responsibility, describing his own actions as “gruesome but necessary”. Eighty-five people are known to have died when the man, Anders Behring Breivik, open fire at a summer camp for the youth wing of the ruling Labour Party on Utoya island. Several people remain missing, though to have drowned when they plunged into the sea to escape the hail of bullets. Seven people died in the car bombing in the capital. Breivik’s lawyer said the suspect was willing to explain himself in court on Monday. Police labeled the attacks as acts of terrorism punishable by up to 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, Norwegian police are focusing on the possibility of an accomplice.
The New York Times says the UN Security Council has “condemned in the strongest terms” the deadly twin terror attacks in Norway and offered condolences to the victims of what it called “these heinous acts”. The council members issued a presidential statement today in which they reaffirmed that terrorism “constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.
The Post Intelligencer reports that eight people were injured, some of them seriously, in a mass shooting at a car show in suburban Seattle. The newspaper said a number of gunshots were fired after a fight broke out at a low-rider show on Saturday afternoon. Several victims were rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. A nurse at the hospital told Reuters that doctors were treating several gunshot victims.
O Globo ays nearly 20,000 people have been driven from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in southern Brazil. The Civil Defence Department of the state of Rio Grande do Sul said heavy downpours over the past three days have forced people to seek shelter with relatives and friends or in public schools and gymnasiums. A 41-year-old man drowned when he fell into a small river he was trying to cross. Earlier, almost 27,000 people had to leave their homes in the north-eastern states of Pernambuco and Paraiba. Ten people died in the two states, most in mudslides.
At least 32 people have died and more than 100 have been injured after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in eastern China. The People’s Daily said two train coaches fell off a bridge after derailing close to Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Reports say that one of the trains came to a halt after being struck by lightning and was then hit by the second train.
Pravda reports that the Russian authorities have charged two people with criminal negligence in the aftermath of the nation's worst river accident in three decades. The two defendants will face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the accident that killed at least 114 people. Meanwhile, a recovery team is struggling to lift the boat from the Volga River.
Fox News says President Barack Obama has held an emergency meeting with congressional leaders in a last-ditch bid to avert an economically catastrophic debt default. He called the meeting after talks with Republican House Speaker John Boehner broke down on Friday. Congress must approve a plan to raise America's debt ceiling before the 2 August default deadline. If the US fails to meet the deadline to raise the $14.3 trillion limit on US borrowing, the Treasury could run out of money to pay all of its bills – which could lead to interest rate rises, threaten the US economic recovery and in turn the global recovery.
The Observer reports British singer Amy Winehouse, best known for songs like "Rehab", has been found dead at her London apartment. The singer had battled drink and drug problems throughout her career. The 27-year-old's death is being treated as "unexplained". As news broke of the singers death on social networking site Twitter, tributes immediately poured in from fellow celebrities including singer-actress Kelly Osbourne, television presenter Piers Morgan and Sarah Brown, wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
France Football says Former Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has been banned from football for life after being found guilty of attempted bribery. The governing body's ethics committee made the decision on Saturday after a two-day hearing. Bin Hammam was accused of attempting to buy votes ahead of last month's Fifa presidential election. The 62-year-old Qatari withdrew from the election, leaving Sepp Blatter to be re-elected unopposed. The decision makes Bin Hammam the most senior figure to be banned by Fifa in its 107-year history.
The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times leads with the mourning in Noway following Friday’s massacre. It also says that an action group to improve law and order in Paceville has been set up by the father of a young mugging victim.
The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that private tuition is to be regulated. It also says that fines imposed by wardens topped €10m in 18 months.
MaltaToday says Cyrus Engerer’s father was arrested because of half a joint. It also says that SMSs revealed how Vince Farrugia may have influenced a medical specialist about the assault he suffered.
Illum says PN candidate Georg Sapiano was paid €126,000 for services related to the taxis reform, but no call for tender was made.
KullHadd says the government was advised 21 years ago that persons under interrogation had to be assisted by a lawyer.
It-Torca claims that a mysterious explosion heard near Dingi some weeks ago was a missile which had been aimed at Malta.
Il-Mument reports that 12,000 families were helped to buy clean energy equipment.
The overseas press
The lawyer representing a 32-year-old Norwegian man charged with a shooting spree at a summer camp and an earlier bomb attack in Oslo, has told NRK television his client had admitted responsibility, describing his own actions as “gruesome but necessary”. Eighty-five people are known to have died when the man, Anders Behring Breivik, open fire at a summer camp for the youth wing of the ruling Labour Party on Utoya island. Several people remain missing, though to have drowned when they plunged into the sea to escape the hail of bullets. Seven people died in the car bombing in the capital. Breivik’s lawyer said the suspect was willing to explain himself in court on Monday. Police labeled the attacks as acts of terrorism punishable by up to 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, Norwegian police are focusing on the possibility of an accomplice.
The New York Times says the UN Security Council has “condemned in the strongest terms” the deadly twin terror attacks in Norway and offered condolences to the victims of what it called “these heinous acts”. The council members issued a presidential statement today in which they reaffirmed that terrorism “constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.
The Post Intelligencer reports that eight people were injured, some of them seriously, in a mass shooting at a car show in suburban Seattle. The newspaper said a number of gunshots were fired after a fight broke out at a low-rider show on Saturday afternoon. Several victims were rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. A nurse at the hospital told Reuters that doctors were treating several gunshot victims.
O Globo ays nearly 20,000 people have been driven from their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in southern Brazil. The Civil Defence Department of the state of Rio Grande do Sul said heavy downpours over the past three days have forced people to seek shelter with relatives and friends or in public schools and gymnasiums. A 41-year-old man drowned when he fell into a small river he was trying to cross. Earlier, almost 27,000 people had to leave their homes in the north-eastern states of Pernambuco and Paraiba. Ten people died in the two states, most in mudslides.
At least 32 people have died and more than 100 have been injured after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in eastern China. The People’s Daily said two train coaches fell off a bridge after derailing close to Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Reports say that one of the trains came to a halt after being struck by lightning and was then hit by the second train.
Pravda reports that the Russian authorities have charged two people with criminal negligence in the aftermath of the nation's worst river accident in three decades. The two defendants will face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the accident that killed at least 114 people. Meanwhile, a recovery team is struggling to lift the boat from the Volga River.
Fox News says President Barack Obama has held an emergency meeting with congressional leaders in a last-ditch bid to avert an economically catastrophic debt default. He called the meeting after talks with Republican House Speaker John Boehner broke down on Friday. Congress must approve a plan to raise America's debt ceiling before the 2 August default deadline. If the US fails to meet the deadline to raise the $14.3 trillion limit on US borrowing, the Treasury could run out of money to pay all of its bills – which could lead to interest rate rises, threaten the US economic recovery and in turn the global recovery.
The Observer reports British singer Amy Winehouse, best known for songs like "Rehab", has been found dead at her London apartment. The singer had battled drink and drug problems throughout her career. The 27-year-old's death is being treated as "unexplained". As news broke of the singers death on social networking site Twitter, tributes immediately poured in from fellow celebrities including singer-actress Kelly Osbourne, television presenter Piers Morgan and Sarah Brown, wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
France Football says Former Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has been banned from football for life after being found guilty of attempted bribery. The governing body's ethics committee made the decision on Saturday after a two-day hearing. Bin Hammam was accused of attempting to buy votes ahead of last month's Fifa presidential election. The 62-year-old Qatari withdrew from the election, leaving Sepp Blatter to be re-elected unopposed. The decision makes Bin Hammam the most senior figure to be banned by Fifa in its 107-year history.