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12:32, December 23, 2018

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  British royal family releases Christmas cards photos

  Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their three children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George (right) at Anmer Hall in Norfolk. The photograph is featured on the royal family's Christmas cards this year.

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  Game for the brave: winter swimming

  Cold weather won't stop the bravest of swimmers from getting in the water, as these tough winter swimmers from around the world demonstrate.

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  China increases fiscal spending on medical services

  Physicians prescribe traditional Chinese medicine at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 25, 2017. The Chinese government spent 5.95 trillion yuan (about 862 billion U.S. dollars) on medical services from 2013 to 2017, with an average annual increase of 11.7 percent, according to a report submitted to National People's Congress, China's top legislature. China's fiscal

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  Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway to be put into service at end of year

  A passenger takes photos on a bullet train running on the Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway during its test run in east China's Shandong Province on Dec. 17, 2018. The 307.9-kilometer Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway is expected to be put into service at the end of this year. (Xinhua/Dong