NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, (R) celebrates winning against Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, in the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, celebrates winning against Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, in the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, celebrates winning against Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, in the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, celebrates winning against Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, in the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, (picture) against Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, during the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, (picture) against Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, during the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025.Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, (picture) against Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, during the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

NORDEA OPEN 2025

NORDEA OPEN 2025

BÅSTAD, SWEDEN 20250712Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, (picture) against Katarzyna Kawa, Poland, during the women's singles final at the Nordea Open tennis tournament in Båstad, Sweden July 12, 2025. PPhoto: Björn Larsson Rosvall / TT / Code 9200

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

TENNIS - Eventi nazionali - W75 Chiasso

Katarzyna Kawa during W75 Chiasso , Italian event in Chiasso, Italy, April 25 2025

IRAQ-ERBIL-KAWA MAHMOUD-INTERVIEW

IRAQ-ERBIL-KAWA MAHMOUD-INTERVIEW

(240713) -- BAGHDAD, July 13, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Kawa Mahmoud, secretary of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Erbil, Iraq, June 22, 2024. TO GO WITH "Interview: Iraqi party leader marvels at remarkable development in China's Xinjiang" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Jun)

Chinese modernization creates new form of human advancement: political party leaders

STORY: Chinese modernization creates new form of human advancement: political party leaders DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman of the Patriotic Party of Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ASIF LUQMAN QAZI, Director of foreign affairs, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ADEM FARAH, Vice President and General Secretary of Prosperity Party, Ethiopia 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party in Iraq STORYLINE: China's path to modernization is one of peace and development, win-win cooperation, and harmony between humanity and nature. Many political party leaders say Chinese modernization creates a new form of human advancement. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman of the Patriotic Party of Türkiye "The modernization of the People's Republic of China is not individualistic but collective. The model l

Bakery produces hamburger using prickled plum sauce

Bakery produces hamburger using prickled plum sauce

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A worker at a Kawa bakery chain shop in Yuasa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, shows off on Nov. 23, 2014, a hamburger using sauce made from prickled plums of the premier "Kishu Ume" brand, a local specialty. The hamburger won the first prize at the Tottori Burger Festa 2014 competition of hamburgers using local foodstuffs held in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on Nov. 8-9.

Man Utd MF Kagawa in action at Int'l Champions Cup

Man Utd MF Kagawa in action at Int'l Champions Cup

WASHINGTON D.C., United States - Japanese midfielder Shinji Kawa (R) of Manchester Untied is challenged by an Inter Milan defender as he dribbles the ball during an international Champions Cup game in Washington, D.C. on July 29, 2014. Manchester won 5-3 in a penalty shootout.

Prizewinning Japanese illustrator savors life in Britain

Prizewinning Japanese illustrator savors life in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese illustrator Cosei Kawa is at work in his home in Falmouth, about 400 kilometers southwest of London.

U.S. is human rights saboteur in Middle East: experts

STORY: U.S. is human rights saboteur in Middle East: experts DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of the U.S. Capitolvarious of soldiersSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM HOSSAM, Egyptian political expert, Deputy chairman of Ra Center for Strategic StudiesSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party in Iraqvarious of people in the Middle East STORYLINE: Experts say the United States is a human rights saboteur in the Middle East despite having long touted itself as a global human rights defender. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM HOSSAM, Egyptian political expert, Deputy chairman of Ra Center for Strategic Studies "The experiences of Iraq, Afghanistan and others, and trying to change regimes with armed forces and thinking it is possible to dismantle the institutional and moral structures of some peoples and rebuilding them from scratch based on the Western democratic model, have proved its (U.S.) failure. Over

U.S. violates human rights willfully, acting with arrogance and hegemony: Iraqi politician

STORY: U.S. violates human rights willfully, acting with arrogance and hegemony: Iraqi politician DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Dr. KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party 2. various of Iraq and Afghanistan STORYLINE: An Iraqi politician has said that the U.S. uses economic sanctions on other countries to achieve its political goals, and exercises arrogance and hegemony and violates human rights by any standard. Kawa Mahmoud, secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party, said that no one should be exempted from the consequences of human rights violations. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Dr. KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party "It (The U.S.) carried out a lot of military interventions away from the resolutions of the United Nations, and this is what happened in Afghanistan and in Iraq. It appeared that weapons of mass destruction did not exist in Iraq,

U.S. violation of human rights in Middle East denounced by experts

STORY: U.S. violation of human rights in Middle East denounced by experts DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HASSAN ASLAM SHAD, International lawfare specialist and legal director, CMS Pakistan 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMINA MASOOD JANJUA, Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights and Public Service in Pakistan 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party in Iraq 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): HASSAN ASLAM SHAD, International lawfare specialist and legal director, CMS Pakistan STORYLINE: A report released Tuesday by a Chinese NGO revealed a series of crimes committed by the U.S. in the Middle East and surrounding areas. The report by the China Society for Human Rights Studies focused on Washington's systematic violations of human rights, including launching wars, massacring civilians, unilateral sanctions, and abusing prisoners and torture. Observers in various countries have also

Washington uses human rights, democracy as political tools: Iraqi politician

STORY: Washington uses human rights, democracy as political tools: Iraqi politician DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:38 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of buildings in the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party in Iraq STORYLINE: An Iraqi politician has said the United States uses human rights and democracy as tools to achieve its political goals. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): KAWA MAHMOUD, Secretary of Central Committee of Kurdistan Communist Party in Iraq "All indications show that there is a decline (in various aspects in the United States) and that there are major problems and significant social class problems, so the United States wants to stop this decline, by creating: firstly, hotbeds of tension; secondly, pressure on global trade. The so-called 'Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act' is part of the efforts of the United States in this field, so it is necessary to view this law and other laws as part of the U.S.'s s

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

(220621) -- BAGHLAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows a worker at a coal mine in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

(220621) -- BAGHLAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows a worker at a coal mine in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

(220621) -- BAGHLAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows a worker at a coal mine in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COAL MINE

(220621) -- BAGHLAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 20, 2022 shows a worker at a coal mine in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220526) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows victims of a blast at a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least 14 people were killed and 32 others wounded in four explosions that rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, authorities said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220526) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows a victim of a blast at a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least 14 people were killed and 32 others wounded in four explosions that rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, authorities said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220526) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows a victim of a blast at a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least 14 people were killed and 32 others wounded in four explosions that rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, authorities said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-DISCOVERED WEAPONS

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-DISCOVERED WEAPONS

(220525) -- BALKH, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People arrange discovered weapons in Balkh province, Afghanistan, May 24, 2022. Security forces have discovered 40 pieces of assault rifles and arrested five people during operations in parts of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said Tuesday. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-DISCOVERED WEAPONS

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-DISCOVERED WEAPONS

(220525) -- BALKH, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 24, 2022 shows discovered weapons in Balkh province, Afghanistan. Security forces have discovered 40 pieces of assault rifles and arrested five people during operations in parts of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said Tuesday. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220519) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security force members stand guard at the scene of a blast in Mazar-i-sharif, Afghanistan, May 19, 2022. At least three people sustained injuries due to a blast that rocked Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Thursday, an official said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220519) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security force members stand guard at the scene of a blast in Mazar-i-sharif, Afghanistan, May 19, 2022. At least three people sustained injuries due to a blast that rocked Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Thursday, an official said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220519) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows a vehicle destroyed in a blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least three people sustained injuries due to a blast that rocked Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Thursday, an official said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-PEACH-HARVEST

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-PEACH-HARVEST

(220514) -- BALKH, May 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer shows newly-harvested peaches in an orchard in Balkh Province, Afghanistan, May 14, 2022. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-PEACH-HARVEST

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-PEACH-HARVEST

(220514) -- BALKH, May 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer picks peaches in an orchard in Balkh Province, Afghanistan, May 14, 2022. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-PEACH-HARVEST

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-PEACH-HARVEST

(220514) -- BALKH, May 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 14, 2022 shows peaches collected in an orchard in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220429) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A wounded man receives medical treatment at a local hospital after a blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, April 29, 2022. At least nine civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in twin blasts on Thursday in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman confirmed. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220429) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People stand near the site of a blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, April 29, 2022. At least nine civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in twin blasts on Thursday in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman confirmed. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220429) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 29, 2022 shows broken windows near the site of a blast in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least nine civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in twin blasts on Thursday in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman confirmed. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-EID AL-FITR-PREPARATION

(220428) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A stall selling dried fruits and nuts is pictured ahead of the Eid al-Fitr in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, April 28, 2022. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)