This is AP News Minute.
A Christmas-day storm spins out of the Midwest toward the East coast, leaving behind snow as far south as Texas and Oklahoma and a wet, wintry mess in places like Washington. President Obama and members of Congress are coming back to Washington. But the fiscal cliff still looms and a deal may be far off. No negotiations are set, so tax rates could spike come next week. The State Department is criticizing an effort by Russian lawmakers to halt adoptions of Russian children by American parents. President Vladimir Putin indicates he will sign the measure. And the world's longest high speed train went into service Wednesday. It travels the distance from Beijing to Guangzhou in eight hours. That's about the distance between New York City and Key West, Florida. I'm Matt Friedman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

这里是美联社新闻。
一股圣诞风暴席卷了美国中西部和东部沿海地区， 这使得德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州等南部地区普降大雪，华盛顿等地区潮湿寒冷。 总统奥巴马和国会成员回到华盛顿。 但“财政悬崖”问题仍然悬而未决，并且达成一致的希望还很遥远。 没有谈判就意味着下周税率会上升。 美国国务院批评俄罗斯国会议员提出的“禁止美国夫妇领养俄罗斯儿童”议案。 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔・普京暗示将签署这项协议。 世界上全程最长的高速列车周三开始运营。 乘坐高铁，从北京到广州只需8小时。 这条线路的长度相当于从纽约市到弗罗里达州的基韦斯特。 我是马特・弗里德曼，这里是美联社新闻一分钟。