The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times says the DCC board which approved the Bahrija development is not alien to polemics, having resigned in March after controversially issuing a permit for a supermarket in Safi.
The Malta Independent leads with the incident where a fireman was hurt in a fire in Marsaxlokk. It also reports how Malta Freeport is to commission four large new cranes.
In-Nazzjon highlights the positive reaction of the Ombudsman to Mepa reform. It also reports that a man was accused of attempted murder after a shooting incident on the Birkirkara Bypass on Monday.
l-orizzont continues its series on the granting of the contract for the power station extension. It also gives prominence to a tomato disease ravaging this year's crop.
The Press in Britain
The Daily Mail says the number of swine flu cases has doubled in a week to 100,000 - leaving England in the grip of an epidemic.
The Daily Telegraph quotes the Chief Medical Officer saying there are now 840 patients in hospital in England, 63 of them in intensive care.
The Times reports millions of patients overwhelmed a new telephone and online service to obtain swine flu treatment without seeing a doctor.
According to the Daily Express, children under 15 have become "super-spreaders" of the swine flu virus.
And, The Herald says pregnant Scottish woman critically ill with swine flu has been flown to Sweden for lifesaving treatment.
The Independent has a special report on the cocaine epidemic sweeping Britain. It says the number of users has increased by 25% in a year to almost one million.
The Guardian reports Britain will face spending cuts of more than 16% to key public services, such as law and order and higher education, if Labour and the Tories deliver on their goals to protect schools, hospitals and defence,.
The Mirror claims Michael Jackson was so desperate to sleep he begged for the sedative Propofol despite being warned it could kill him.
The Sun reports England soccer star Stephen Gerrard has apologised in court for punching a DJ.
Metro reports that scientists in Britain are looking for women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year - all in the name of medical science.
And elsewhere...
EU Observer reports that Iceland's Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson has formally presented the Nordic nation's application to join the European Union to his Swedish counterpart, Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the bloc's rotating presidency. Iceland is already a member of the European Economic Area and is also a part of the Schengen zone, which allows uninhibited travel across Europe. But there are still several stumbling points, including fishing and agriculture policy.
Börzen Zeitung leads with Volkswagen's announcement that it would pursue an eventual "merger" with rival Porsche under its leadership, but promised the luxury sports car maker would retain its independence.
Asia Observer says that in an unusually personal attack, North Korea has hit back at comments by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, describing her as not intelligent and a "funny lady".
The Dominion Post reports that a New Zealand biotech company began a trial of an experimental treatment for diabetes in which cells from newborn pigs will be implanted into humans.
The People's Daily says at least 53 people are missing after a landslide hit a county in Sichuan province in China's south-west. The landslide was triggered by heavy rain in Kangding county.
According to Sweden Globe, 15 people have been injured after two large passenger ferries collided outside a port south of Stockholm. Five people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
O Dia says a commuter bus rear-ended a fuel truck in southern Brazil and caught fire, killing nine people and injuring 17. Some children were among the victims. Police said the accident happened after the bus driver fell asleep.
O Globo reports that the Brazilian government would lodge a formal complaint with WTO over shipments of more than 1,000 tons of hazardous waste which arrived from Britain. Some 96 containers held domestic and hospital waste, including batteries, used syringes, condoms, old medicine and soiled nappies. The UK's environment agency said investigations on its part were still ongoing.
Trouw says the severed head of a Ghanaian chief, who was hanged and decapitated 171 years ago to avenge the murder of two Dutch emissaries, begins its journey home today after being officially returned to his family. Members of the king's tribe took part in a ceremony to honour his spirit by toasting with Dutch gin and then pouring the drink over the floor.
Wiener Zeitung quotes the International Mozarteum Foundation saying it had discovered two new works composed by Mozart. The Salzburg-based foundation said the previously unknown works are piano pieces.