The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The media is dominated by yesterday's World Cup final.
In other stories, The Times says the GWU is aiming for a second vote at ST on austerity measures after talks are held with the management.
The Malta Independent quotes the prime minister saying the electorate should decide on divorce. It also reports that since January, 5,000 tons of algae have been collected from the beaches.
In-Nazzjon reports the Prime Minister saying the family should be the centre of discussion. It also reports that there was a heated argument at PL headquarters on the situation at labour-controlled Fgura council.
l-orizzont continues to report on how an illegal system was concocted in Gozo to defraud the MRA in its subsidy scheme on the sale of photovoltaic units.
The overseas press
The headline Campeones del mundo beams out of the front page of every Spanish newspaper this morning after Spain's historic World Cup victory over the Netherlands. Barcelona's Andres Iniesta scored the goal late in extra-time, after 90 minutes failed to produce a goal. TVE reports millions of revellers partied throughout the night and huge celebrations were being planned to greet the team on its arrival from Johannesburg.
Meanwhile, France Football announces that Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has won the FIFA Golden Ball for the best player at the World Cup. Spain's David Villa was second with Holland's Wesley Sneijder third.
The Globe & Mail pictures Nelson Mandela enjoying a thunderous greeting from thousands of fans at the World Cup closing ceremony as he was driven across the pitch in a golf cart with his wife. The crowd at the Soccer City stadium in Soweto welcomed the former South African president with a mixture of cheers, vuvuzela blasts and chants of "Madiba", the clan name by which he is affectionately known.
Panapress reports that least 50 people, including an American, have been killed in twin blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala. It was not known what caused the blasts, which police said went off at a rugby club and at a restaurant as football fans watched the World Cup final.
Az-Zaman quotes President Mahmoud Abbas saying direct talks with Israel would be futile under present circumstances. Speaking in Ramallah, Abbas said he would not return to the table unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu committed to a settlement freeze and agreed to pick up talks where they left off in 2008. Netanyahu has not agreed to either demand. He has curbed, but not frozen, settlement activity.
Baltic Times says President Obama has described the Srebrenica massacre as "a stain on our collective conscience" as hundreds of victims of the 1995 atrocity were buried. European leaders and the presidents of all former Yugoslav republics who had gathered for the ceremony heard Mr Obama admitting the international community's failure to protect the enclave. More than 7,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb troops.
France 24 reports that financial inspectors from the French finance ministry have cleared Labour Minister Eric Woerth of tax evasion, saying he "did not intervene" to help L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt evade taxes when he was budget minister. His name was mentioned in conversations secretly recorded and leaked by her butler, which sparked a widening scandal linked to the billionaire's fortunes. Woerth has also been accused of a conflict of interest because his wife worked for a company managing Bettencourt's estate while he was minister.
Asahi Shimbun forecasts Japan's ruling Democratic Party would suffer a heavy defeat in parliamentary elections following a voter backlash over the prospect of higher sales taxes. It says exit polls indicated the projected losses were worse than expected and meant that the ruling coalition lost its 122-seat majority in the upper house.
Le Jour says Guinea's run-off election to choose the country's next president has been postponed to August 1 because the country's supreme court said it needed more time to investigate fraud complaints. According to preliminary results from the June 27 first round, former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo garnered about nearly 40 per cent of votes cast, compared with just over 20 per cent for long-time opposition politician Alpha Conde.