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Simply the best: Alcaraz and Rybakina win the 2023 Indian Wells Masters

Carlos Alcaraz, 19, has recovered from injury and dominated the field at the newly completed Indian Wells Masters tournament where he easily defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-2 in the final

Fitness & Sport Tennis
What’s next for the natural gas of the Eastern Mediterranean?

Israel has over the past three/four years provided a paradigm shift when it comes to energy security and stability.

Business International
Richard Strauss, Stefan Zweig, and World War II

In the third part of our wide-ranging interview with Professor Raymond Holden AM, we discuss Richard Strauss’ (1864–1949) relationship with Nazi-Germany, his collaboration with the distinguished Austrian playwright and biographer, Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), and his Jewish family members.

Arts & Music Culture The Scholar
Organizing a tennis tournament for amateurs

Maryland-based attorney Andrew Stein organized a tennis tournament for his friends and associates as pandemic era restrictions had been lifted during the summer of 2022.

Fitness & Sport Tennis
NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg is the right man for the job

Jens Stoltenberg’s strength – coupled with his competence and conviction to preserve Europe’s hard-earned freedoms – have enabled him to maintain an alliance that is becoming increasingly divided over culture.

Editorials
‘Classical music journalism is mostly shallow and ignorant’: Pienaar

For pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar, Curzon Lecturer in Performance Studies at the Royal Academy of Music and Professor of the University of London, it’s all about keeping in mind that we are now all “tourists” when it comes to classical music.

Artist in the Spotlight Culture
Who can win an ATP ‘Grand Slam’ tournament?

Casper Ruud of Norway, 24, enjoyed a phenomenal season last year when he made it to two grand slam finals, the French Open and the US Open.

Fitness & Sport Tennis
Air India takes ‘Western Alliance’ to new heights

The rise of India will inevitably impact strategic competition between the United States and China, which is why Air India’s recent announcement that it will buy 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing is of utmost geopolitical significance.

Editorials
Richard Strauss, Salome, and his historical legacy

In the second part of our wide-ranging interview with Professor Raymond Holden AM, we discuss Richard Strauss’s historical legacy as the last preeminent composer-conductor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Arts & Music Culture The Scholar
What does it take to organize a tennis tournament?

Have you ever wondered what it takes to organize a professional tennis tournament? “To succeed, it has to be organized like any other business,” explains Ray Benton, CEO of the Junior Tennis Champions Center at College Park, Maryland.

Fitness & Sport Tennis
Will India outmaneuver China strategically?

India is likely to be a factor in determining whether a new world order will be multipolar or bipolar and dominated by the United States and China, argues James M. Dorsey.

Asia International
The Operettas of Emmerich Kálmán

Emmerich Kálmán’s music is inspired by Hungarian folklore, history, and literature.

Arts & Music Culture
A holistic approach to teaching children tennis

“We care about the player as a person. It is more than just teaching forehand and backhand; we’re mentors,” Junior Tennis Champions Center President Vesa Ponkka explains in a wide-ranging interview.

Fitness & Sport Tennis
Why California wines are special

What makes California wines so unique, wine connoisseur Andy Hyman explains, is that much of it has to do with the soil, climate and temperature.

Wine Culture
Starring in an operetta

The Ohio Light Opera has built an international reputation as purveyor of the acknowledged masterworks and neglected gems of the operetta and musical theater repertoire

Arts & Music Culture
Djokovic wins Australian Open, but the spotlight is on US tennis

Even though Novak Djokovic continues to dominate the world of tennis, President of the Junior Tennis Champions Center Vesa Ponkka says that he “wouldn’t be surprised if the U.S. Open is won this year by an American.”

Fitness & Sport Tennis
Nikki Haley’s sunshine conservatism

Nikki Haley’s most important asset is that she brings a can-do attitude in her quest to fix problems at home wrapped in the type of sunshine conservatism that speaks to America’s better angles.

Editorials
Iran: Quo vadis?

Amid a stringent internet blackout rolled out by the Iranian government, international audiences have been seeking to identify authentic voices inside Iran as well as honest narrators abroad who portrayed the uprising and its different ramifications persuasively.

International Middle East
How to choose a wine gift

How to choose a wine gift? Create a book and bottle set which makes the gift more special. Choose a wine education guide along with a bottle of wine.

Wine Culture
Why you should pay the Ohio Light Opera a visit this summer

When Steven Daigle became artistic director of the Ohio Light Opera in 1999, the company added traditional mid-century American musicals to its repertoire.

Arts & Music Culture
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