The following are the top stories in the national and international press today.
The Sunday Times of Malta speaks to a sexual health expert who says that prostitution should be legalised and made as safe as possible with compulsory regular health checks, like the German model.
It-Torca says the government has nominated Maltese and Maltese feasts to be considered tangible as world heritage by Unesco. It also activated the process to add Mdina and Cittadello to the list of World Heritage Sites.
Kullhadd rebuts claims that a car had been donated to the Labour Party made in the Public Accounts Committee by pardoned oil trader George Farrugia saying the car had been paid for.
Illum says that e-mails sent to former ambassador Tony Debono, who was in constant contact with the previous administration, had been BCCed to Mr Farrugia. The newspaper also says that Nationalist Gharb mayor David Apap Agius is expected to be charged with usury in court next February.
MaltaToday says Frank Sammut, the former chairman of MOBC, had devised a way of paying Mr Farrugia a consultancy commission that was paid back to him. The newspaper also says that Mr Farruiga’s wife was a colleague of former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi when he worked at the Mizzi Group.
Il-Mument says Parliamentary Secretary Franco Mercieca has retained his private practice in breach of a promise he made earlier this year.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says document, maps and eye-witness accounts seem to indicated the Maltese government took the riskiest and least logical of six choices available on October 11 when the country was charged with coordinating the rescue of hundreds of Syrian migrants off Lampedusa.
International news
Channel Africa reports the funeral of former South African leader Nelson Mandela is taking place today. He is to be buried in his ancestral home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape, ending a week of commemorations for South Africa's first black leader.
Mail & Guardian says members of Nelson Mandela’s family have held an overnight vigil in the South African village of Qunu on the eve of his funeral.
Kyiv Post reports tension remains high in the Ukrainian capital following a day of rival demonstrations by supporters and opponents of President Viktor Yanukovych.
According to the German tabloid Bild, Russia has secretly deployed 20 or so short-range Iskander SS-26 missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave on the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania.
RAI TV reports protesters have clashed with police at anti-austerity demonstrations in Rome, Turin and Venice, as part of a wave of social action led by Italy's Forconi (Pitchforks) movement of farmers and truck drivers.
Xinhua says the Jade Rabbit Rover has driven off its landing module to begin exploring the lunar surface –hours after China became the third country to land a spacecraft on the moon. It will spend three month gathering scientific data and scouting for valuable minerals China could one day exploit.
Iran says it has sent a monkey into space for the second time, representing the nation's latest step toward sending humans into space. IRNA reported the monkey's name is Fargam, a combination of two Farsi words “auspicious” and “luck”.
Al Bawaba says about 40,000 people in the Gaza Strip are being moved to safety to escape rising floods.
Fox News reports the United States has warned North Korea against any “provocative acts” following the shock execution of leader Kim Jong-Un's uncle, as the reclusive state campaigned to rally support behind the young supremo.
O Globo says a construction worker in Brazil has died after falling some 35 metres from the roof of the Arena da Amazonia stadium which will host England’s first game in the World Cup in the Brazilian jungle city of Manaus. Hours later another worker died of a heart attack at a nearby world cup building site.