The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta reports that the government is planning a gas facility, 12km off Marsaxlokk. It also reports a firm's anger at how the bendy buses were disposed off despite a call for expressions of interest for their removal from Malta.
The Malta Independent says PBS has not given details on its contingent for Eurovision. It says however that taxpayers' money was not used for Malta's participation in the contest.
MaltaToday says Labour officials have been instructed to make migration their focus.
In-Nazzjon reports comments by Opposition leader Simon Busuttil that the PN's health policies respected the dignity of patients.
l-orizzont quotes Joseph Muscat saying the government has a plan to tackle precarious jobs.
The overseas press
Hurryiet quotes Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz saying over 200 miners had been confirmed dead an underground explosion and mine collapse at Soma, some 250 kilometers south of Istanbul.
The Italian news agency Adnkronos reports tension between Italy and the EU over immigration as Interior Minister Angelino Alfano described “between the provocative and the ridicule” the comment by the spokesman of the EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, that the EU had “put in place all the means at its disposal to support Italy” in the management of the flow of migrants in the Mediterranean.
According to Vanguard, Nigeria’s government has said the “window of negotiation” was open with Boko Haram, suggesting it might be willing to talk with the militant group that kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls last month.
Kyiv Post quotes Ukraine’s Defence Ministry saying an ambush by separatists had left seven soldiers killed and eight others wounded as their armoured column approached a bridge near the eastern town of Kramatorsk.
Deutsche Welle reports Ukraine's government has announced a first set of “round table for national unity” talks, but said that leaders from the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk would not be welcome.
The Moscow Times says Russia has announced it would no longer let the United States use Russian-manufactured rocket engines for military space launches. Russia’s deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced a series of punitive measures on Tuesday against the US in response to the latest round of sanctions imposed after Russia annexed Crimea.
The Times quotes Human Rights Watch saying evidence suggested the Syrian government was behind chlorine barrel bombs hitting three Syrian towns last month. According to doctors who treated the victims, the attacks killed at least 11 people.
Mail & Guardian says a judge is expected to rule today whether Oscar Pistorius would be committed to a month of psychiatric tests to establish if he had a general anxiety disorder.
The Jerusalem Post reports former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to six years in jail for his role in a corruption case. Ten individuals have been convicted in the process which involves bribery connected to the development of a controversial residential project in Jerusalem. Olmert pocketed €105,000 while mayor of the city. He is set to appeal.
The New York Times quotes Internet search engine giant Google saying it was “disappointed” over a ruling in Europe that people should have the right to request their data be deleted from search results. The landmark decision was made by the European Court of Justice would mean people could have some say over the results yielded when their own name is used as a search word.