These are some of the main news featuring on the various news outlets in the world.
The latest from Malaga: “Trucks brought drilling equipment and giant pipes on Friday evening for rescue workers to dig a tunnel towards a two-year-old boy trapped in a deep well in southern Spain since Sunday.
The whole nation is holding its breath for the outcome, not least because Julen’s parents lived another family tragedy in 2017.
“It’s as if Julen were everyone’s son,” Angel Vidal, an engineer involved in the rescue effort, told reporters
Other stories:
The German parliament’s lower house approved on Friday a contentious law to limit asylum applications from Georgia and three Maghreb countries Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
People sceptical of getting vaccinated against disease are among the top ten threats to global health in 2019, warned the WHO in a list released this week.
At least 20 people have died and more than 70 others were injured after a leaking pipeline triggered a massive fire in central Mexico.
Details of 18 near misses between the devices and aircraft in Britain’s skies have emerged following major disruption at Heathrow and Gatwick in recent weeks.
These are the front page stories featuring on Malta’s newspapers today.
The Times reports that Mater Dei hospital is reaching its capacity limit as it is dealing with an outbreak of swine flu on top of seasonal influenza. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said that all beds at the hospital are being used.
The Malta Independent says that the government is preparing to adopt a position on the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, with a pronouncement expect in the coming days. The scenario is looking more likely after the Commons rejected the withdrawal plan negotiated by the British government.
The Times says that several people have reported mysterious symbols marked on their homes which the police suspect to form part of a code used by robbers. An investigation some years back discovered a gang of professional thieves targeting homes using similar markings.
The Malta Independent reveals that the Planning Authority Board will, on Thursday, discuss the next phase of the Smart City development. The paper says that an application for a new building block has been submitted.
L-Orizzont quotes Finance Minister Edward Scicluna who said Malta’s economy is ‘on track’ for another surplus year. NSO figures show that in the third quarter of 2018, Malta registered a surplus of €128 million.
In-Nazzjon reports on the PN Leader’s a=participation in TV programme Xarabank on Friday. Adrian Delia said that investigations need to be launched to establish where taxpayers’ money is going, making particular reference to the latest revelations in the VGH saga.
L-Orizzont covers an address by General Workers Union Secretary General Josef Bugeja who described representatives of the union as ‘interlocutors of change’, after successfully completing a course offered by the same union.
In-Nazzjon says that PN Leader Adrian Delia withdrew the case against LovinMalta after the website retracted its ‘defamatory allegations’ that the party leader was walking around with €500 bills in his wallet.
