The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta says the bus drivers' issue has been settled as a strike yesterday took its toll. It also reports how the Fifa president is now under investigation.
The Malta Independent leads with yesterday's bus strike and how a court ordered resumption of 50% of the bus service.
In-Nazzjon also leads with yesterday's day-long bus strike.
l-orizzont reports how agreement has been reached between the GWU and the bus company on the drivers' break.
The overseas press
Fox News reports President Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have vowed to fight global warming and halt commercial cyber theft, but exchanged sharp words on human rights and territorial disputes. Obama criticized China's human rights record but Xi insisted reforms must follow the country’s own timetable. On climate change, China and the US pledge a total of over $5 billion to help developing countries reduce carbon emissions.
Pope Francis yesterday offered comfort to 9/11 victims' families at ground zero, warnings to world leaders at the UN and encouragement to schoolchildren in Harlem. CNN says in the early evening, he led a jubilant parade through Central Park past a crowd of about 80,000 and celebrated Mass at Madison Square Garden, during which he urged compassion for the less fortunate.
Meanwhile, AP quotes Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi saying that after a whirlwind day in New York City, Pope Francis was clearly tired and had some aches and pains, since he's been missing out on his physiotherapy while on the road. But Lombardi added: “He has still energy for the last two days” of his US-Cuba trip. The pope suffers from sciatica and has a bad knee and has physiotherapy twice a week.
World leaders at the UN have adopted a set of development goals to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. The New York Times says implementation of the goals is expected to cost between $3.5 trillion and $5 trillion every year until 2030.
The Daily Star reports the Shiite Hezbollah movement, allied to the Syrian regime, has confirmed a six-month truce deal with Sunni rebels in three Syrian towns. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Iran played a key role as a mediator during the UN-backed talks. The deal entails the transfer of thousands of civilians across the frontlines.
Panamericana TV announces prosecutors in Peru have opened a money laundering investigation against the wife of President Ollanta Humala, first lady Nadine Heredia. She is accused of having received some $215,000 in unexplained income in her bank account several years ago. The funds were allegedly used by her husband to finance his presidential campaign.
The New Yorker reports the UN, Chad, Niger and Cameroon have appealed for help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violence of Boko Haram and hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease. Nigeria was criticised for not having sent anyone to the United Nations event.
The Los Angeles Times says a Saudi prince has been detained by police for allegedly trying to force a worker at a Beverly Hills mansion to perform a sex act. Prince Majed Abdulaziz al-Saud, 28, was arrested after a neighbour reported seeing a bleeding woman trying to scale the walls of a Beverly Hills mansion.
According to Huffington Post, ITV’s “This Morning” presenters failed to hold back laughter when author Lynda LaPlante accidentally said “blow job – the English term to indicate oral sex – instead of “blow dry”. The author was telling the story of someone visiting a hairdresser and complained of a long time waiting to be called.
O Globo reports a Brazilian judge has accused 23-year-old international football star Neymar of tax evasion, and froze €42 million of his assets. The Sao Paulo-born star forward, now
with FC Barcelona in Spain, is suspected of evading taxes worth €14.3 million. He could face a fine of €54.5 million if found guilty.