FC Basel and Polish stadium stop US rapper’s upcoming shows, after similar cancellations in France and UK over antisemitic comments Kanye West’s upcoming concerts in Poland and Switzerland have been cancelled, as a growing number of European countries have stopped or postponed the US rapper’s performances amid a furore over his past antisemitic comments. Swiss football club FC Basel, which is resp...
FC Basel and Polish stadium stop US rapper’s upcoming shows, after similar cancellations in France and UK over antisemitic comments Kanye West’s upcoming concerts in Poland and Switzerland have been cancelled, as a growing number of European countries have stopped or postponed the US rapper’s performances amid a furore over his past antisemitic comments. Swiss football club FC Basel, which is responsible for concerts and events that take place at its St Jakob-Park ground, told Reuters on Saturday that after reviewing a request for West to perform there in June, it decided against it. Continue reading...
Emerging-market currencies weakened as the dollar and oil prices rose after the re-escalation of US-Iran tensions and a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz. The South Korean won led the losses in early Monday trade, falling as much as 1.5% against the greenback, the most in over a month. Its regional peers Thai baht and Malaysian ringgit also slid. Demand for EM currencies waned after renewed tension...
Emerging-market currencies weakened as the dollar and oil prices rose after the re-escalation of US-Iran tensions and a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz. The South Korean won led the losses in early Monday trade, falling as much as 1.5% against the greenback, the most in over a month. Its regional peers Thai baht and Malaysian ringgit also slid. Demand for EM currencies waned after renewed tensions and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz risked bringing uncertainty into markets again. The dollar strengthened after weakening for the past three weeks on hopes for an end to the war, while Treasury yields also climbed. “This underscores the fluidity of geopolitical developments and continues to argue for two-way trades,” said Christopher Wong , a strategist at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. The won, which had benefited from the earlier positive developments, should see a bigger pullback, he added, while the Taiwan dollar, Indian rupee, baht and the Philippine peso should trade on a softer footing given their sensitivity to oil prices and risk sentiment. Brent crude jumped as much as 7.9% to $97.50 per barrel on Monday.