The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta says the new power station will not stop electricity cuts since blackouts are being caused by distribution system problems, according to Enemalta's CEO. It also reports how a trailer driver is fighting for his life after a crash in Marsa.
The Malta Independent says more Maltese are buying homes in Gozo.
In-Nazzjon reports that the GRTU is calling for compensation to businesses after last Tuesday's power outage.
l-orizzont says Malta suffered nine nationwide blackouts in 14 years. It also says that a priest is being investigated for child abuse.
The overseas press
The New York Times reports UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed the Spanish diplomat Bernardino León new special envoy to Libya and the head of the Mission to Support the North African country (Unsmil), still in grave crisis three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
La Republica says Italian Coast Guard vessels rescued 432 migrants in two separate operations after receiving calls for help in the seas near Libya and Malta.
Meanwhile, Ansa quotes Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano saying 539 human traffickers have been arrested since May 1 last year.
Fox News says Barack Obama has praised what he said was a “flawless” humanitarian operation by American forces that broke the jihadist siege of Mount Sinjar in Iraq, freeing tens of thousands of minority refugees that had been slowly starving and dying of thirst there.
Ahead of emergency EU foreign ministers council this morning, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has urged EU foreign ministers to come up with “strong, coordinated action” on Iraq, Libya and Gaza. Il Tempo says Italy and France had called for the meeting in the face of a humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq, where jihadist Islamic State (IS) militias are driving hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Al Sumaria says embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced he was relinquishing his post to his nominated replacement, ending a political deadlock that has plunged the country into uncertainty as it fights the Sunni militant insurgency.
Kyiv Post says Ukrainian forces have surrounded the city of Lugansk, a pro-Russia separatist stronghold, and regained control of the road connecting it to the Russian border.
Börzen Zeitung reports the German economy, Europe’s biggest, stalled in the second quarter, hit by weak exports and falling investment. According to data released by the federal statistics office Destatis, Germany’s (GDP) shrank by 0.2 per cent between April and June, following growth of 0.7 percent in the preceding three months. Exports were also weak.
VOA says President Obama has appealed for “peace and calm” on the streets of a St Louis suburb besieged by violent clashes between police and crowds protesting the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. Obama said there was no excuse for excessive force by police in the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown and had asked the Justice Department and FBI to investigate the incident.
AFP reports Hollywood actor Robin Williams, found dead this week after an apparent suicide, was suffering from depression and the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, according to his wife.