Amna Nawaz:In the day's other news: The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 328,000, as California became the first state to surpass two million infections. Blizzard conditions in Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakotas closed highways and grounded flights on this busy holiday travel day. Ethiopian forces killed 42 armed men accused of massacring a village in the western part of their country yesterday. And a number of traditional Christmas Eve religious services and celebrations were far more subdued this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And in the West Bank, a lockdown in Bethlehem muted festivities at Manger Square in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

Source: Ethiopian News December 24, 2020 23:48 UTC