All articles starting with K

Kasper Schmeichel

Kasper Schmeichel, Danish goalkeeper (born 1986), son of Peter Schmeichel; Leicester City legend with 479 appearances, 2016 Premier League and 2021 FA Cup winner; 120 Denmark caps; retired 2026.

Kasper Søndergaard (Kasper Søndergaard Sarup), Danish right back born 1981 in Grinderslev, Skive; Olympic handball gold 2016 with Denmark, European champion 2008 and 2012, 15 seasons at Skjern Håndbold, later head coach at Sønderjyske Håndbold.

Kasperi Kapanen

Kasperi Kapanen, Finnish NHL right wing (born 1996, Kuopio), son of Sami Kapanen; drafted 22nd overall by Pittsburgh in 2014, played for Toronto, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Edmonton; known for speed and overtime goals.

Oct 15, 2026

Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Kaspersky Anti-Virus is a consumer antivirus product by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow cybersecurity firm founded in 1997, now succeeded by Kaspersky Standard, Plus, and Premium plans.

Kaspersky Lab (Лаборатория Касперского)

Kaspersky Lab (Лаборатория Касперского) is a Russia-based cybersecurity and antivirus software company founded in Moscow in 1997 by Eugene Kaspersky, selling in nearly 200 countries and banned from U.S. sales in 2024.

Oct 22, 2026

Kaspi

Kaspi was a Russian-language daily newspaper published in Baku from 1881 to 1919. Under Alimardan bey Topchibashev, it became a leading tribune for the Azerbaijani intelligentsia.

Kaspi.kz

Kaspi.kz is a Kazakh financial technology company whose super app combines payments, e-commerce, and digital banking for about 14.7 million monthly users; it listed on Nasdaq in 2024 and expanded into Türkiye through Hepsiburada.

Kasrawad Mound

Kasrawad Mound (Itbardi), an ASI-protected excavated site in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, on the Narmada near Maheshwar: eleven 2nd-century B.C. brick stupas of a short-lived Buddhist monastery, excavated 1936-39.

Oct 22, 2026

Kassa Haile Darge

Kassa Haile Darge, also written Kassa Haylu (Amharic: ካሣ ኀይሉ ዳርጌ), was an Ethiopian prince and governor who commanded the northern front against Italy's 1936 invasion.

Sep 27, 2026

Kassahun Gofe

Kassahun Gofe is an Ethiopian politician serving as Minister of Trade and Regional Integration and Chief Trade Negotiator, leading Ethiopia's negotiations to join the World Trade Organization.

Kassala (city)

Kassala (كسلا), capital of Kassala State in eastern Sudan near the Eritrea border; founded 1840 by Egypt, bisected by the flood-prone seasonal Gash River, with embankments, spurs, and early-warning flood defenses.

Kassala (district)

Kassala (كسلا) district, capital locality of Kassala State in eastern Sudan on the Ethiopia and Eritrea borders; founded 1840, Gash-flood agriculture, major livestock economy, and host to over 500,000 people displaced since 2023.

Kassandra Ori-McKenney

Kassandra Ori-McKenney is an American cell biologist and associate professor at the University of California, Davis, who studies microtubules in neurons and received a 2025 PECASE award.

Oct 10, 2026

Kassapa-gotta

Kassapa-gotta (कस्सपगोत्त) was a third-century BCE Buddhist monk whom Pali chronicles name as Majjhima's companion on the mission to the Himalayan border country after the Third Council.

Kassel

Kassel is a district-free city in northern Hesse, Germany, first recorded as Chassalla in 913. Known as the documenta city and Brothers Grimm city, it has about 197,000 residents and ranked Germany's happiest large city in 2025.

Kassem G

Kassem G (Kassem Gharaibeh, قاسم الغرايبة, born 1983, Amman) is an American YouTube comedian and actor, co-founder of Maker Studios, known for California On, Going Deep, and hosting G4's Attack of the Show!.

Kassem Mosse

Kassem Mosse, the performing moniker of Gunnar Wendel, is a German DJ and producer based in Leipzig whose murky house and techno music is closely tied to the Workshop label.

Kassie DePaiva

Kassie DePaiva, also credited as Kassie Wesley, is an American actress and singer (born 1961, Morganfield, Kentucky) known for Blair Cramer on One Life to Live, Eve Donovan on Days of Our Lives, and Bobby Joe in Evil Dead II.

Oct 15, 2026

Kassite

Kassite is a rare calcium titanium oxide mineral named in 1965 for geologist Nikolai Kassin, first found at the Afrikanda complex on the Kola Peninsula, Russia.

Kassite dynasty

The Kassite dynasty, also known as the Babylonian Third Dynasty or Dynasty of Karduniaš, ruled Babylonia for over four centuries, from about 1595 to 1155 BC.

Kassite language

Kassite, also called Cassite or Cossaean, is the poorly attested language of the Kassites, who ruled Babylon from about 1595 to 1155 BCE; no connected text survives.

Kassite takeover of Babylonia

The Kassite takeover of Babylonia, or fall of the First Babylonian Dynasty, was the Kassite seizure of Babylon after the Hittite sack of about 1595 BC.

Kassites

Kassites (Akkadian Kaššû), a people probably from the Zagros Mountains who ruled Babylonia from the 16th to 12th centuries BCE, ruling 36 kings over 576 years before Elamite raids ended their dynasty in 1150 BCE.

Kassope

Kassope (Κασσώπη), ancient capital of the Kassopaians in Epirus, Greece, on Mount Zalongo near Preveza. Founded 4th century BC on a Hippodamian grid, walled, with two theatres; abandoned after Nicopolis' 31 BCE synoecism.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев)

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев), president of Kazakhstan since 2019, former diplomat, foreign minister, prime minister, Senate chairman and UN Geneva director-general; re-elected 2022 with 81.31%.

Kasta tomb

Kasta tomb (Amphipolis Tomb), large Macedonian-era burial monument under the Kasta Mound near Amphipolis, Greece; chambers announced 2014; sphinxes, caryatids, Persephone mosaic; 497 m marble enclosure; occupant unknown; public opening planned 2028.

Kastamonu

Kastamonu, capital of Kastamonu Province (plate 37), Turkey; a 775–780 m Black Sea-transition basin city, former Candarid beylik capital, War of Independence logistics hub, site of Atatürk's 1925 hat-reform speeches, known for etli ekmek, pastırma and forests.