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France's Emmanuel Macron is heading to Beijing for three days of meetings. China's President Xi Jinping recently went to Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. There no limits friendship is a growing concern to the West, as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on. And if you ask most people what baseball games are like, the answer is likely to be slow.

On his visit to Beijing Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has much to balance: his peacemaking ways, a more hawkish travel partner and the commercial interests of his delegation of business leaders. What will result? We ask what is being done to avoid a looming famine in North Korea. And why baseball is getting speedier and more action-packed this season.

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