The following are the top stories in the national and international press today.
All newspapers in Malta report on the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Times of Malta says that convicted drug trafficker Mario Camilleri and his 21-year-old son, who were found dead in a Qajjenza field last Wednesday, were asked to go there to dig up “packets of money” that were hidden under a pile of stones, according to Mr Camilleri’s pregnant wife. In another story , the newspaper says that the power cut in Mosta that lasted 24 hours last weekend cost four companies more than €25,000 in spoilt stock.
The Malta Independent says the police are not excluding that Mr Camilleri Snr died of a heart attack while he watched his son being tortured by their assailant. In another story it says that the eurozone’s government debt levels hit an all time high reaching 92.2 per cent of the GDP at the end of this year’s first quarter
L-Orizzont says that another two men are expected to be arraigned in court today charged with last Wednesday’s double murder. In another story it says government departments and entities are subcontracting clerical work leading to people receiving different pay for the same job at the same department.
In-Nazzjon says that the government will be changing the colleges system moving schools from one college to another. In another story it says that political transfers are being given at the Gozo General Hospital.
International news
The Associated Press reports frenzied crowds of Roman Catholics mobbed the car carrying Pope Francis when he returned to his home continent for the first time as pontiff, embarking on a seven-day visit meant to fan the fervour of the faithful around the globe.
Fox News says that the pope looked calm. He rolled down the window on the back passenger-side of the car where he was sitting, waving to the crowd and touching those who reached inside. At one point, a woman handed the pontiff a dark-haired baby, whom he kissed before handing it back.
Sky News says messages of congratulation from around the world have been sent to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their first child. Prince William says he and his wife Catherine “could not be happier” to welcome their first child, after the duchess gave birth to a boy – the third in line to the throne after Prince Charles and Prince William.
Lebanon's Al-Manar TV has reacted sternly to the EU's decision to blacklist Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organisation and accused the EU of yielding to pressure from Israel.
Euronews reports the total amount of eurozone sovereign debt seen against gross domestic product rose to 92.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 90.6 per cent in the first three months of last year.
The BBC quotes a Unicef reports which has found that more than 125 million girls and women alive today had undergone female genital mutilation in African, Middle Eastern and Asian communities in the belief it protects a woman's virginity.
Dagbladet reports the European woman who was jailed for having sex outside marriage after she complained to police in Dubai that she had been raped has been pardoned and is free to leave. Norwegian Marte Deborah Dalelv’s sentencing to 16 months last week caused widespread outrage in the West. S
CNN says an Ohio man has been charged with murdering three women whose bodies were found wrapped in rubbish bags in a suburb of Cleveland. Michael Madison, 35, a registered sex offender, was arraigned in East Cleveland Municipal Court on three counts of kidnapping and three counts of aggravated murder.
Skipping breakfast may increase the risk of a heart attack. USA Today says a study of older men by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found those who regularly skipped breakfast had a 27 per cent higher risk of a heart attack than those who ate a morning meal.