The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Sunday Times of Malta refers to the New Year murders in Sliema and says Gera didn't plan to kill Duncan Zammit, according to the police.
The Malta Independent on Sunday reports how a consultant won a huge IT contract.
MaltaToday says gender equality on government boards are only lip service.
It-Torca focuses on the death of a boy as he awaited surgical intervention.
Il-Mument reports that the Labour Party met Henley and Partners before the general election. Henley administer the citizenship for sale scheme.
KullHadd says Malta has expressed disappointment that Ukraine did not sign the EU association agreement.
The overseas press
Kyiv Post reports Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has condemned the violent dispersal of pro-EU protesters by riot police. Officers in riot gear moved against several hundred protesters on Independence Square in central Kiev, beating some with truncheons. The president called for an investigation and for those responsible to be punished. Opposition parties have denounced Yanukovych’s refusal to sign an association agreement with the European Union and have called for early elections.
Bangkok Times says protests in the Thai capital have turned violent with at least a 21-year-old man killed and five wounded by gunshots in street fighting between government supporters and opponents. The anti-government demonstrators are seeking to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government, which they believe serves the interests of her brother, who was ousted by a 2006 military coup after being accused of corruption and abuse of power.
AFP says British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, and posted his first message ahead of a visit to Beijing. Cameron leaves for China today on a trip aimed at fostering good relations with the new leadership in Beijing and forging business links. He will be accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business leaders on the visit, his first to the Asian powerhouse since President Xi Jinping took office in March.
Fox News reports the White House has urged the release of US citizen Merrill Newman, detained in North Korea for more than a month. Yesterday, state media in North Korea said Newman, 85, had confessed to “indelible crimes” against the state during the 1950-53 Korean War. It published what it described as a “statement of apology” by Newman. The US also called on Pyongyang to release another American, Kenneth Bae, held since November 2012 and sentenced in May to 15 years' hard labour.
France 24 says there was severe disruption to traffic across France on Saturday as thousands of truck drivers blocked roads for the second time in a month in the latest protest against government plans to introduce an environmental tax on heavy goods vehicles. The French interior ministry estimated 2,200 trucks were involved in the protest. The organisers put the figure at 4,500.
Radio Mocambique reports a Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 33 people has crashed in Namibia, killing all on board. It landed in a national park near the border with Angola. It was carrying 27 passengers and six crew members.
The Sunday Times in Scotland says eight people died and fourteen others were seriously injured when a police helicopter crashed into the roof of a crowded pub in the centre of Glasgow. At least 10' others were feared missing in the wreckage but the police still held out hope that survivors could be found.
Al Ahram reports the panel amending Egypt's suspended constitution has began voting on some 250 changes – the first step toward democratic rule following the July military coup that ousted the country's president.
Le Parisien reports French lawmakers voted early yesterday to adopt a highly controversial provision in a Bill that criminalises clients of sex workers. Under the measure, buying sex will be punishable by a €1,500 euro fine. Repeat offenders risk a fine of €3,750.
The BBC reports a ceremony has taken place in London to mark the arrival of “sacred soil” from 70 World War 1 battlefields in Belgium. The soil is going to be laid at a memorial garden marking the 100th anniversary of WW1 in 2014.
A man wanted for an alleged £1.5m swindle in South Africa has been unmasked as a fugitive by a former pupil at a British school where he taught. Former insurance broker Mike Hale, 63, has been publicly named as an alleged fugitive fraudster hiding in open view as a supply teacher in Cornwall. South African police have reportedly been hunting him in connection with a 20 million rand fraud (£1.2m) since he disappeared from the country in 2009.