The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Sunday Times of Malta reports that minister Chris Cardona intervened in the outcome of a call for tenders for legal services, leading to the resignation of Emmanuel Ellul, head of the Privatisation Unit.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says foreign criminal money laundering through Malta is on the rise. It also quotes Carm Mifsud Bonici saying Malta was humiliated during the migration controversy.
MaltaToday says 60 per cent of people are against spring hunting and boathouses.
It-Torca focuses on the land reclamation project, saying there are no limits of numbers and size but it is the economic and environment criteria which matter.
Il-Mument says Joseph Muscat’s migration policy is isolating Malta.
KullHadd reports that the International Monetary Fund issued a positive report about Malta.
Illum says the solution to immigration lies with Australia’s southern border.
The overseas press
Reuters reports that a Florida jury has found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns. The panel of six women, which was sequestered, deliberated more than 16 hours over two days until nearly 4 am (Malta time this morning). Zimmerman, 29, said Martin, 17, attacked him on the night of February 26, 2012, in the central Florida town of Sanford. Prosecutors contend the neighbourhood watch coordinator in his gated community tracked down the teenager and shot him without justification.
China has moved 300,000 people to safety as Typhoon Soulik hit China's southeastern Fujian province with winds of nearly 120 kilometres an hour. The People’s Daily reports the government sent 5,500 soldiers across the southeastern coast to help with rescue efforts. Authorities also suspended 31 high-speed trains in coastal areas of the province as well as public transit in Ningde City and canceled 142 flights at Fuzhou's Changle International Airport since Friday night.
Meanwhile, Typhoon Soulik also disrupted transportation and commerce across Taiwan, where it hit 163 kilometres an hour. South China Morning Post says the storm has slowed since ripping off roofs in the capital, Taipei, killing a police officer and injuring 21 people when it struck the island overnight. Emergency crews are still struggling to restore power to 520,000 homes and remove hundreds of uprooted trees from streets and roads.
Moscow Times reports at least 18 people were killed and 25 others seriously injured when a lorry collided with a bus in a Moscow suburb on Saturday. Several other vehicles were caught up in the accident. Police believe the lorry, which was carrying gravel, failed to give way and turned onto the main road. They say it ploughed into the bus which is said to have had around 50 people on board. Officials say the truck driver had a history of causing accidents, being responsible for at least six.
Euronews says scuffles broke out as Bosnian Serb police tried to prevent a hundred of the so called “Mothers of Srebrenica” to lay flowers in one of the shrines of the July 1995 massacre. The police blocked the site claiming that it was now private property. But under the pressure of the crowd, the mother, for the first time, were allowed to enter the warehouse where 1,000 men and boys were locked inside and killed. In July 1995, Serb forces executed over 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war.
Cairo Radio announces Egypt's prosecutor general's office has said it had begun investigating complaints against ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood. In a statement, the prosecutor's office said the complaints include collaborating with foreign bodies to damage Egypt's national interests, inciting and killing peaceful protesters, attacking military barracks and damaging the economy. The complaints are a first step in the criminal process, which allow prosecutors to begin an investigation that can lead to charges.
Pravda says Russian immigration officials said they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the US National Security Agency leaker who wants to get asylum in Russia. Snowden went to Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport on June 23 from Hong Kong, apparently intending to board a flight to Cuba. But he did not get on that flight and is believed to have spent the last three weeks marooned in the airport's transit zone.
La Prensa reports Bolivian President Evo Morales has once again attacked the US espionage programme, saying he has proof that Washington managed violated his email account and that of top officials of his government. Because of this, Morales said, "I was advised to avoid using email and I followed that advice, closing my email account."
Bhutan Observer says the country's main opposition party has won a landslide majority in parliamentary elections. The official website of Bhutan's Election Commission says the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won 32 seats in the 47-member national assembly, with the ruling Peace and Prosperity Party (DPT) winning only 15 seats. Both parties emerged as the two leaders following a primary vote back in May that saw four other parties eliminated.
El Pais reports Placido Domingo has been discharged from the Madrid hospital where he was admitted several days ago for problems caused by a pulmonary thrombosis. The celebrated tenor tweeted, "I'm going home," attaching a photo of himself boarding a car upon leaving the hospital. Seventy-two-year-old Domingo is currently the general director of the Los Angeles Opera and was forced to cancel several appointments. He should be able to fully resume his activities in three to four weeks.
The Mercedes Benz W196R of 1953, with which Juan Manuel Fangio won the GP of Germany and that of Switzerland, has become the Formula One World most expensive car ever sold at an auction in the world - €22.7 million. It also broke the record held by a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testarossa in 2011 which had reached the price of €11,658,000. The car is an 8-cylinder in-line engine of 2.5 litres. Robert Brooks, president of the auction house Bonhams told Ansa that in his 50-year career he had handled “some of the most important and desirable cars in the world, but this legendary car from Grand Prix reached the top”.