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Australia removes Queen Elizabeth from new $5 banknote

  Bisola David The late Queen Elizabeth II’s image on Australia’s $5 note will be removed off its currency, the country’s central bank announced on Thursday, and will be replaced with a design honoring Indigenous culture. According to The Punch, no monarch would be present on Australia’s paper money if King Charles III, her heir, […]

Queen's funeral to affect UK economy after rebound
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Queen’s funeral to affect UK economy after rebound

The UK’s recession-threatened economy rebounded in July, data showed Monday, but is set to receive a further hit from a public holiday marking next week’s funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. British gross domestic product expanded 0.2 percent after a drop of 0.6 percent in June, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. June’s […]