The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press
The Sunday Times of Malta says Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca has been tipped to be the next President.
The Malta Independent reports that a new health centre in Kirkop will benefit the residents of the south of Malta. It also says that a local consortium may not bid for the bus service tender as banks have not given their support.
MaltaToday says the figure of 1,000 tampered meters is pure speculation and the number could be far bigger.
It-Torca focuses on how the storage of natural gas for the power station will be less dangerous that the storage of fuel oil.
Il-Mument's lead is about funding for politicians abroad by Henley and Partners.
KullHadd says Malta's prison has one of the highest numbers of people held on drug charges.
Illum quotes Eddie Fenech Adami saying in his autobiography that he would have confronted rebels in the PN.
The overseas press
Kyiv Post reports Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, freed by Parliament after more than two years in prison has addressed thousands of opposition demonstrators in Independence Square in Kiev. Sitting in a wheelchair, she received a rapturous welcome from her supporters chanting “Free Yulia!” as she arrived on Ukraine's Independence Square, hours after being released from years of imprisonment.
Obozrevatel says President Viktor Yanukovych has left Kiev and is thought to be in the east of the country. He has remained defiant despite an earlier vote by parliament to remove him from office and set new elections for May 25.
Ansa says Matteo Renzi was sworn in as prime minister yesterday. Confidence votes are expected to back his administration by Tuesday night.
Avvenire reports Pope Francis has appointed 18 new cardinals at a ceremony in the Vatican, topping up the elite group that will be tasked with leading a Church he is trying to change and electing his successor as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. Handing them their red caps, signifying their willingness to die for the Catholic Church, Francis told the new cardinals “the Church needs your courage”
Journal du Dimanche says protesters opposed to plans to build a new airport for the French city of Nantes smashed shop windows and hurled paving stones at police, who answered with tear gas and rubber bullets. Tens of thousands of protesters against building the airport on protected swampland swarmed the western city's Petite Hollande square, the latest in a string of demonstrations against the pet project of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
El Tiempo reports that the reign of the world's most notorious drug trafficker came to an abrupt end yesterday when Mexican marines swooped on Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. After 13 years on the run, Guzman was captured in a hotel in Mazatlan, a resort city located on the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, apparently without a shot fired. The United States had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Guzman, who is accused of being behind much of the drug violence that has plagued Mexico for years.
Sierra Leone has discovered a diamond worth $6.2 million, declaring it one of the most precious finds of the past decade. The Globe says the stone measured at 153 carats, making it significantly bigger than the largest find of 2013, a 125-carat diamond unearthed in the same area, the state-run National Minerals Agency said.
Sochi's $50 billion Olympics, plagued by a chorus of fears over terrorism and civil rights in the build-up, close today with Russia hailing a Games wrapped up in the image of President Vladimir Putin. RIA Novosti reports just three more gold medals are left to be decided on the final day with Canada's bid to defend their men's ice hockey title the highlight of the programme. The closing ceremony is due to start at 5 p.m. (Malta time).