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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lawyers for an Alabama inmate on death row asked a federal appeals court Monday to block his upcoming execution, arguing the state has a history of problems with lethal injections.James Barber, 54, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday as the state seeks to resume executions after a long hiatus.Gov. Kay Ivey temporarily suspended executions last year after two lethal injections were canceled due to difficulties inserting an IV into the condemned's veins. Advocacy groups called for a third execution to be carried out after a long delay was botched.A panel of judges on the…

China Evergrande Group posted a combined loss of $81 billion in its long-overdue earnings report on Monday night.The world's most indebted real estate developer defaulted in 2021 and announced an offshore debt restructuring program in March, after struggling to complete projects and pay suppliers and lenders.Evergrande's net losses for 2021 and 2022 were 476 billion yuan (66.36 billion U.S. dollars) and 105.9 billion yuan (14.76 billion U.S. dollars), respectively, as a result of property write-offs, return of land, losses in financial assets and financial costs, the company said.In its last normal year of operation, 2020, Evergrande posted a net profit…

Shohei Ohtani showed some excitement as the Los Angeles Angels came back to defeat the New York Yankees on Monday night, 4-3, as the Bronx Bombers continue their downward trend.Ohtani's big moment came against Michael King in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Angels trailing by two runs. With a runner on first and down at 1-2, Ohtani hit a pitch that was far but in the middle of the zone. Yankees catcher José Treviño knew the ball was gone immediately.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani celebrates as he completes the…

A legendary place for an epic duel: Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, two inseparable names in the 2023 Tour de France, will live a distance duel this Tuesday in the Alpine time trial, with the climb to Domancy, which could have its weight in the general. Honor reserved for the Danish yellow jersey, Vingegaard will be the last rider to start, at 10 in the morning (ESPN and Caracol TV), just after his Slovenian rival, who will start 120 seconds earlier to face nearly 36 minutes of effort on a route as short (22.4 kilometres) as it is demanding between…