The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times and the other newspapers give prominence to the incident at Iklin where a truck smashed into a confectionery after the driver's cabin tipped forward. The driver was critically injured.
In other stories, The Times features the Bahrija development permit controversy and quotes PN president Victor Scerri saying he would not assume responsibility for the mistakes of others, saying it was other people who granted permits and he had done nothing wrong. The newspaper also reports that the government is investigating Freedom Square shops for illegal subletting of government properties.
The Malta Independent says the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU) is calling for a collective effort for agreement on the cost of living adjustment (COLA).
l-orizzont announces a series of articles on Secret Meetings - How to win a Delimara contract, with reference to the power station extension.
In-Nazzjon quotes Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said saying the local enforcement system needs to be refined.
The Press in Britain
The Guardian reports ministers were urged to review the policy of keeping schools open amid the swine flu pandemic after research showed a shutdown would curb spread.
According the Daily Express, Britons who have swine flu were told to ring a new phoneline - manned by staff with no medical training.
The Independent claims tax receipts have plunged by £22 billion in 12 months, dramatically increasing the likelihood of large-scale tax rises and spending cuts.
The Daily Mail says that as MPs prepared for their 82-day summer holiday, a blizzard of bad news was slipped out by the government, including a £32 billion tax black hole.
The Times says more voters trust the Tories than Labour on public spending, according to a poll that severely undermines Gordon Brown's election plans.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Conservative leader David Cameron is to offer an olive branch to his party's old guard by promoting several of them to senior jobs if the Tories win power.
The Daily Mirror reports that Michael Jackson's youngest son Blanket doesn't believe the singer is dead and asks whether he is on holiday.
The Daily Record reports children aged between eight and 10 have been accused of 19 rapes in Scotland in the past five years.
The Herald reveals women are injecting an unlicensed drug which promises to give an all over tan in the latest DIY beauty treatment.
The Daily Star says David Beckham is to quit America after a bust-up with his LA Galaxy fans made him fear for his family's safety.
And elsewhere...
The left-leaning Italian news magazine L'Espresso has said it has tape recordings of the night Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent with a prostitute in which the premier is heard asking her to wait for him in bed while he showers. A spokesman for Mr Berlusconi's party said the magazine was merely trying to revive an "already dead" scandal.
The Times of India says the sole surviving gunman from last year's Mumbai massacre has admitted his guilt in a detailed account of the November 26plot in which 166 people were killed
The Washington Times reports President Barack Obama has saluted the "heroism" of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins as he met the crew of Apollo 11 - 40 years after they first landed on the moon. It came a day after the trio made a rare appearance in Washington during which two of them urged mankind to a take another giant leap, this time to Mars.
Baltic Times reports two Bosnian Serb cousins have been sentenced by a UN war crimes tribunal to life and 30 years in prison respectively for the murder of Muslims during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia. of Muslims in houses and torching the buildings.
Iran Globe quotes the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning politicians to be careful in their stances on the country's post-election unrest. He said disturbing security is "the biggest vice".
Sambad says at least 36 people have been killed after monsoon floods struck eastern India. Officials are struggling to rescue hundreds of others after many of Orissa's rivers and streams flooded their banks following heavy rains last week.
Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos will attend trilateral talks with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Gibraltar's Chief Minister Peter Caruana - and will today become the first Spanish minister set foot on the Rock since British troops captured the colony in 1704. They are expected to announce agreements on greater financial, maritime and judicial co-operation.
Yonhap news agency says a South Korean court has ordered a hospital to pay a mother 70 million won (€40,000) in damages after it mistakenly gave her the wrong baby 16 years ago. The biological daughter has not yet been located.
USA Today reports that one of two toilets aboard the international space station has broken down, right in the middle of complicated robotic work being conducted by the two crews. The pump separator apparently flooded. Mission Control advised the astronauts to hang an "out of service" sign on the toilet until it could be fixed.
Bild reports that tens of would-be laptop buyers have allegedly been conned into handing over cash for bags of spuds. German police say they have arrested one of two British men suspected of running the scam. Authorities believe the pair tricked around 40 people in two German states.
Asia News says the world's most populous nations will gaze skywards today as the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st Century lays a carpet of darkness across India and China, from Mumbai to Shanghai.