In Vatican City, U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Pope Francis before a meeting of G-20 leaders in Rome over the weekend.
In China's Inner Mongolia, 9,400 visitors to Ejin Banner are separated and sent to another city for observation because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
In Japan, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida campaigns as his ruling party is expected to lose seats in Sunday's national parliamentary election.
And in the United States, Facebook’s chief announced Thursday that the company will change its name to Meta as it plans a service called metaverse.
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