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  Over 300 detained in Belarus during protests against leader 47 mins ago © Provided by Associated Press Demonstrators wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, at right one waves an old Belarusian national flag, during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. Protests in Belarus have continued for almost four months after President Alexander Lukashenko won his sixth term in office in an election the opposition says was rigged. (AP Photo) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 300 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Sunday, where crowds of people took to the streets for the 18th consecutive weekend, demanding the ouster of the country's authoritarian leader who won a sixth term in office in an election widely seen as rigged. Thousands of people Sunday took part in dozens of small rallies scattered all over Minsk, the Belarusian capital — a new tactic the opposition employed instead ...

  Bournemouth hit four at a rain-soaked Oakwell With Barnsley in the midst of a determined march up the table and Bournemouth keen to avenge a midweek defeat to Preston, there was little surprise when proceedings at Oakwell started with a flurry of chances for both sides. Image: Dominic Solanke celebrates after putting Bournemouth two-up against Barnsley A breakdown in communication for the hosts saw Surridge roll a shot across the face of an empty goal, and Solanke saw a shot blocked moments before Tykes captain - and long-range specialist - Alex Mowatt tested Asmir Begovic's reflexes with a powerful curling effort from 20 yards out. Bournemouth nudged ahead when Billing arrowed a shot far out of Jack Walton's reach and into the bottom right corner, but from then their intensity waned slightly, with Barnsley looked more likely to level, as several tantalising crosses from Conor Chaplin drifting to the far post unchallenged. Also See: How Barnsley and Bournemouth lined up Match...

  The US added just 245,000 jobs in November as labor market stalls take another 40 months for the job market to fully recover from the pandemic. The US economy added 245,000 jobs in November on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It was 224,000 fewer than economists had expected and a massive slowdown from the 610,000 jobs added in October, as the recovery is growing more sluggish. The unemployment rate inched down to 6.7%, from 6.9% in October. But the drop occurred because more workers left the labor force in November. Of the people who were not counted in the labor force, 3.9 million were prevented from looking for work because of the pandemic. Eight months after Covid-19 brought the economy to a screeching halt, and following better-than-expected improvements over the summer months, the recovery is running out of steam. President-elect Joe Biden called the report "grim" and said in a statement that "it confirms we remain in t...