The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta says the government is silent on illegal livestock farms. It also reports that migrants are crossing the Mediterranean on anything that floats.
The Malta Independent reports how investigators recreated the circumstances which led to the prime minister's temporary blindness last month.
In-Nazzjon says the PN wants a change in the way politics are made.
l-orizzont leads with the government's denial that former Libyan prime minister Zeidan was living in Malta.
The overseas press
Heavily armed gunmen have attacked Karachi international airport in Pakistan, killing at least 23 people and wounding some 15 others. Dawn quotes police saying all 10 gunmen have also been killed.
Los Angeles Times says two people shouting “This is a revolution” have shot and killed two police officers in Las Vegas, before killing another person and then shooting themselves. The incident began in a pizza cafe, when a man and a woman shot at the two officers who were having lunch. They then entered a Wal-Mart shop nearby and shot one person dead, before committing suicide. There was no obvious motive.
L’Avvenire reports Pope Francis has urged Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, to show courage to seek peace in the Middle East. He was speaking after hosting joint prayers at the Vatican. Peres said making peace was a “holy mission” and Abbas spoke of a “comprehensive and just peace”. The three men, and the spiritual head of the Orthodox Christians, Patriarch Bartholomew, were driven together to the Vatican gardens.
Meanwhile, Haaretz says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the now-moribund Palestinian peace negotiations drew criticism from both sides of his own coalition on Sunday, and one partner said relations with the United States had plunged to an all-time low.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the European Union was not ready to open its doors to Ukraine. Fabius told private broadcaster Tele I on Sunday, “We believe that Ukraine has a place in Europe, but it has to maintain good ties both with EU and Russia.” He said his EU counterparts agreed with him that the union was not ready to integrate Ukraine.
Ansa says hundreds of migrants have arrived and continue to arrive at Pozzallo, in the province of Ragusa. Of the group of 205 migrants, three failed to survive the journey from Libya. Two other boats, carrying 422 migrants, had arrived earlier yesterday. The port is on maximum alert and relief efforts are ongoing.
A fresh round of talks on energy security, initiated by the European Commission, between European Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Ukrainian Energy Minister Yury Prodan, is to be held in Brussels this evening. Interfax reports Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Naftogaz CEO Andrei Kobolev, who held talks on disputable issues last week, will attend the meeting.
Koha Ditore says Kosovo’s ruling party of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci declared it had won a third term in an election marked by a low turnout of 43 per cent among Kosovars frustrated with widespread poverty and corruption.
O Globo reports metro workers in Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo, have voted to remain on strike for an indefinite period despite an earlier ruling by a labour court calling on them to return to work. With most metro stations closed since Thursday, Sao Paulo has experienced horrendous traffic jams. The dispute comes as the city prepares to host the opening match of the World Cup on Thursday
Gazeta Esportiva says 68 percent of Brazilians believe their country’s players would clinch the World Cup crown next month – their sixth – and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is the man to deliver it. A survey by polling firm Datafolha found only five percent were betting on Germany, while just three per cent liked arch-rivals Argentina and reigning champions Spain.