German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on the carpet left, welcomes the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, on the carpet right, with military honors for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, speaks with European Council President Charles Michel, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after addressing a media conference during the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Charles Michel address a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed  a planned high-stakes weekend diplomatic trip to China as the Biden administration weighs a broader response to the discovery of a high-altitude Chinese balloon flying over sensitive sites in the western United States, a U.S. official said Friday. The abrupt decision comes despite China’s claim that the balloon was a weather research satellite that had blown off course. The U.S. has described it as a surveillance satellite.
FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, June 13, 2013. Activision Blizzard agreed, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 to pay a $35 million fine to settle federal regulatory charges that it failed to collect and respond to employee complaints of workplace misconduct and violated a federal whistleblower protection rule. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
A woman wears a sash with a photograph of Pope Francis as he prepares to leave in his vehicle from the airport in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Pope Francis arrived in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
People wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in Juba, South Sudan, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Francis is in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia1
Pope Francis leaves in his vehicle past crowds gathered at the entrance to the airport in Juba, South Sudan Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Pope Francis arrived in South Sudan on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on podium right, welcomes the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, on podium left, with military honors for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on podium right, welcomes the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, on podium left, with military honors for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
