FILE - Associated Press correspondent Victor Simpson, left, interviews Pope John Paul II aboard the airplane in flight from Rome to Warsaw, June 2, 1979. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Italian Premier Romano Prodi, left, gestures as he is interviewed by Associated Press Rome Bureau Chief Victor Simpson at Chigi palace, in Rome, Wednesday, July 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

FILE - Former Associated Press Rome Bureau Chief Victor Simpson speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

FILE - Rome Bureau Chief Victor Simpson, left, shakes hands with Pope Benedict XVI during the flight from Beirut to Rome, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)

FILE - Former Associated Press Rome Bureau Chief Victor Simpson poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

A sign greets visitors at the Biden Welcome Center in Newark, Del., Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, forth from Left, participates in the Opening Gong Ceremony of the Dangote Refinery Initial Public Offer at the Nigeria Stock Exchange in Lagos Nigeria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, centre, participates in the Opening Gong Ceremony of the Dangote Refinery Initial Public Offer at the Nigeria Stock Exchange in Lagos Nigeria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)