The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.

The Sunday Times of Malta says a Mintoff monument meant to be set up in Castille Square has been scrapped.

MaltaToday says Nationalist MP Francis Zammit Dimech could be among those facing charges over a worker's death at the Seabank Hotel as he was a  non-executive director of the hotel.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says Joe Sammut and a former Maltese consul ran a Libya visa scheme together

Il-Mument reports that a Malta government delegation is set to visit North Korea. It also says two are suspected to have murdered an elderly Danish tourist in Gozo.

It-Torca focuses on the income of PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami under the heading The Impossible Million.

KullHadd lists state guarantees given by the former Nationalist government.

Illum says Air Malta is not expected to make a profit until next year.

The overseas press

Asia Times reports the first high-level talks in nearly a year between South Korea and North Korea were adjourned after stretching into the early hours of today, as the rivals looked to defuse mounting tensions that have pushed them to the brink of a possible military confrontation. The delegates agreed to resume the meeting at 3 p.m. today South Korean time (8 a.m. Malta time).

The BBC quotes police saying more bodies may be found after a vintage jet crashed, killing seven people, while performing at an air show in West Sussex. Air crash investigators and emergency services will continue to search the crash scene today. The Hawker Hunter failed to complete a loop-the-loop at the Shoreham Air Show and descended into the A27 on Saturday. The pilot is said to be "fighting for his life". He was among 15people injured.

The Washington Times reports a federal judge in California has ordered the quick release of undocumented minors from US detention centres. Judge Dolly Gee said minors sent to detention centres must not remain there for more than 72 hours, unless they represent a flight risk or pose a serious danger to others or to themselves.

Utrinski Vesnik says thousands of rain-soaked migrants on Saturday rushed past Macedonian riot police who were attempting to block them from entering Macedonia from Greece. Police fired stun grenades and dozens of people were injured in the border clashes. By the end of the day, everyone got across. Thousands then boarded trains and buses that took them up north to the border with Serbia from where they will attempt to enter Hungary.

Hurriyet reports Turkish security forces have detained 435 migrants and refugees along with three suspected people smugglers, before they embarked on an attempt to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece. Of those detained, 345 are Syrians, 64 from Afghanistan, 19 from Myanmar andseven from Pakistan, the official Anatolia news agency said, adding that police were acting on a tip-off.

Meanwhile, Ansa says Italy’s coastguard was coordinating the rescue of up to 3,000 migrants from waters off Libya after receiving SOS calls from 18 crowded boats. At least seven vessels were involved in an operation to get the migrants off 14 rubber dinghies and four other vessels carrying between 2,000 and 3,000 people.

Berliner Zeitung reports the German government has condemned the violence that broke out ahead of the arrival of asylum seekers at a temporary shelter in the east of the country. Several people were injured in scuffles with police.

According to the Dallas Morning News, thousands of pro-lifers turned out in US cities nationwide yesterday for a massive show of opposition against Planned Parenthood, an event billed as the largest simultaneous protest ever aimed at the embattled abortion and health-care provider. At least 314 protests took place in almost every state and the District of Columbia, as well as a handful of international venues, including Dublin, Ireland. A series of undercover videos released since July 14 by the pro-life Centre for Medical Progress exposed Planned Parenthood‘s involvement in procuring feotal tissue and organs from abortions used for medical research.

Manila Times reports at least 10 people died and 5,000 more fled their homes after Typhoon Goni lashed the northern Philippines. Pounding rain and winds set off landslides and flooded low-lying villages.

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico’s La Esquina says hurricane Danny weakened into a tropical storm on Saturday as it approached the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where it was expected to bring little relief to residents of the drought-stricken region.

Palestine Liberation Organization spokesman official Saeb Erekat has denied reports that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was quitting the PLO Executive Committee. Earlier, media reports emerged that Abbas and several other high-ranking officials left PLO to pave the way for new officials being elected. The Jerusalem Post reported later, citing Erekat, that resignations of this kind were submitted to the PLO’s parliament, the Palestinian National Council, and not the executive.

Al Anwar says protesters in Lebanon have called on the Beirut government to step down over mishandling a dispute over rubbish collection. Garbage was left piled in the streets as authorities argued over where to dump it. Police fired tear gas and water cannon and shot into the air to break up a rally by thousands of protesters. At least sixteen people were injured.

Fox News reports the National Zoo in Washington says there’s one more panda in the world after its female giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub on Saturday. If the cub survives, it would be the 17-year-old panda’s third surviving offspring.

Two Canadian law firms have filed a €511.3 million lawsuit against the companies that run Ashley Madison after a hacker group’s data breach exposed some 39 million memberships of the adultery website. Toronto Star reports Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, both of Ontario, said they filed the class-action lawsuit on behalf of Canadians who subscribed to Ashley Madison and whose personal information was disclosed to the public.The website, with its slogan "Life is short. Have an affair" is marketed to facilitate extramarital affairs.

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