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Trump's signature on $100 bill to put him in small circle of sitting presidents

When US President Donald Trump's signature appears on $100 bills in June, it will end 165 years of the US Treasurer signing banknotes and place Trump among a small band of sitting global leaders, most heads of developing economies, whose autographs or images have ​graced their currencies. Banknotes around the world often show the signature of a central bank leader, finance minister, or other ‌official associated with the printing and issuing of money. Trump's signature would replace that of the US Treasurer, which has appeared on US currency since 1861. The Treasury secretary's signature was added about a century ago. It will remain there alongside Trump's. Euro notes bear the signature of the European Central Bank president ​and pounds sterling are signed by the chief cashier of the Bank of England. Soviet roubles, for a while, took ​the signature of a finance minister or central banker. The Treasury Department on Thursday announced the plan to have ⁠Trump's signat...
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More than 1,900 dead in Iran since start of US-Israel strikes: IFRC

More than 1,900 people have ​been killed and ‌at least 20,000 injured in Iran ​since the ​start of United States and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic, ​said Maria Martinez of ​the International Federation of Red Cross and ​Red Crescent ​Societies (IFRC) on Friday, citing figures ‌provided ⁠by the Iranian Red Crescent. Martinez said the Iranian ​Red ​Crescent ⁠continued to serve as the ​only nationwide ​humanitarian ⁠organisation operating across the country ⁠amidst ​the escalating ​conflict. Meanwhile, Iran said that 237 women and more than 200 children have been killed over the past 25 days in the US-Israeli attacks. Read: US, Iran could meet for direct talks in Pakistan ‘very soon’: German FM According to figures released by the government’s Information Centre, the head of Iran’s Emergency Organisation said the casualties included more than 200 people under the age of 18 and 237 women. Over 4,000 women and 1,600 minors were injured since the start of the war, he added. The official said six emergency personnel were also killed. He reported significant damage to emergency infrastructure, including one air ambulance helicopter and 35 ambulances, while 49 emergency centres were hit, including six that were completely destroyed. Read More: How many people have been killed in the US-Israeli war on Iran so far? The entire region has been on alert since the US and Israel launched a joint offensive on Iran on February 28, so far killing over 1,340 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Tehran has retaliated with waves of drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets, inflicting casualties and infrastructure damage while disrupting global markets and aviation.

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