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1. How the Saudis are being shielded from international heat over Khashoggi, Yemen

   

   A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: Saudia Arabia facing more criticism for activities on the world stage; Syrian refugees in Lebanon can't return home, but they're facing increasing pressure from officials who want them to leave.

2. Facebook's new digital coin Libra could be poised to dominate money: Don Pittis

   

   If you think Facebook is powerful now, you ain't seen nothing yet. The tech giant's latest move into the heart of commerce — cash — could make it truly titanic. But will central banks cede control?

3. Acute water shortages hit parts of India amid searing heat wave

   

   Hotels in India's southern city of Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million faces its worst shortage in years.

4. Dozens dead after attacks on Mali villages

   

   A pair of attacks on ethnic Dogon villages in central Mali has left at least 38 people dead and many wounded in the latest intercommunal violence to destabilize the troubled area near Burkina Faso, authorities said Wednesday.

5. Alaska biologists record singing by rare right whale

   

   Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. have recorded singing by a rare right whale for the first time.