The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times reports that a Somali man brought to Malta on Sunday was separated from his pregnant wife who was on the same dinghy. She was taken back to Libya.
The Malta Independent leads with the comments by the Church Environment Commission against the planned development at Hondoq ir-Rummien.
In-Nazzjon says the first companies to take residence at SmartCity will be known in October. It also says that a series of meetings with the workers are being held at ST. Workers are being addressed by management and union officials.
l-orizzont reports how the government relaunched the second attempt to privatise the superyachts facility, despite an ongoing police bribery investigation. It also reports that new directors-general have been appointed at the Ministry of Gozo, with high salaries.
The overseas press:
Deutsche Welle reports that France and Germany have called on European Council President Herman van Rompuy to enforce more fiscal discipline and tougher sanctions for EU countries that fail to comply with the bloc's regulations.
The Wall Street Journal says the head of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has warned that the US economic outlook was unusually uncertain. He told the Senate Banking Committee that record low interest rates would still be needed to support economic recovery. He was also prepared to step in with "further policy actions" to boost the economy. However, he downplayed fears that the US could re-enter recession.
Meanwhile, in the UK, The Independent quotes a senior economist warning of a deteriorating outlook for the UK economy. Sean O'Grady, one of the Bank of England's most senior policy makers, told the newspaper the British economy faced higher inflation, lower growth and rising unemployment.
The Washington Post reports that David Cameron has received a briefing on Afghanistan at the Pentagon. He now heads to New York for talks with business leaders and to meet UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon.
Meanwhile, The Scotsman says Scotland's First Minister has defended the release of the Lockerbie bomber. In a letter to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Alex Salmond made clear that the Scottish Government made the decision to free Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds, with "integrity" and following a "clear legal process".
With a boom in the West Bank economy and the easing of the Gaza blockade, Middle East envoy Tony Blair has told Sky News he was "optimistic" direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians would start within weeks.
Ansa reports Italy has got its second case of the human variant of mad cow disease. A 42-year-old woman from Livorno was reported to be in the final stages of her battle against the human form of the fatal brain-wasting illness (CJD). It was not known how the woman contracted the disease.
China Today says storms in southern China have killed over 700 people, left 347 missing and caused damage worth 13 billion euros. Officials said some 654,000 houses had been swept away by landslides or swamped by the disaster. Tropical storm Chanthu is expected to hit the southern island of Hainan and Guangdong province this weekend and the government has advised people to stay indoors.
Metro says almost half a billion, or eight per cent, of the world's population now use social networking site Facebook to connect with friends, family and colleagues,
Haaretz reports that an Arab man has been jailed on a rape charge after an Israeli court ruled he had duped a Jewish woman into consensual sex by lying about his ethnicity. The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Sabbar Kashur, 30, to 18 months behind bars, after finding that he had had sex with the woman by posing as a Jewish bachelor interested in a long-term relationship. When the woman found out he was not a Jew, she filed a police complaint that led to charges of rape and indecent assault. In a plea deal, Kashur later agreed to the charge of rape by deception.
Bild reports a cheating couple who fell from an apartment window during a secret sex session suffered broken bones and head wounds. The man and woman fell about five metres from the first floor apartment, in the German city of Lubeck. The woman, who is married to another man, insisted the pair were not having sex, despite reports from neighbours who spotted the couple in action before their tumble. In a bizarre twist, the clumsy lovers were taken to the same hospital where the woman's husband was recovering from his own fall - from a roof a few days earlier.