US and Iran Trade Fresh Strikes After Tanker Attack

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin said Russia is facing “a certain shortage” of fuel after Ukrainian drone strikes hit oil refineries, but insisted the country can ride it out.

Ukraine says it struck refineries in Slavyansk and Yaroslavl, and Russian officials reported fires and damage after the attacks. Putin also said Moscow will keep pressing its front-line campaign in Ukraine, despite Kyiv’s push to rein in the war. The fuel problem, he said, is not critical. Yet.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he will resign within weeks and open the way to early elections, but protesters kept filling the streets anyway. In Kraljevo, thousands rallied Sunday and said they do not believe he will really give up power after 12 years in office. Vucic gave no date for his exit, which is usually a clue.

TOMBLAINE - A skydiving plane crashed near the eastern French town on Sunday, killing all 11 people aboard. Local officials said the victims included five students, five instructors and the pilot. The cause is still unclear, and police told people to stay away from the airport area while investigators work the scene.

BRUSSELS - Three firefighters were killed and two were injured Saturday while responding to the Knowles and Gore fires along the Colorado-Utah border, the US Wildland Fire Service said. The agency said the crew was overwhelmed by flames in a burnover incident. Hot, dry, windy weather has turned much of the Southwest into a fire trap, with Utah and Colorado both in emergency mode.

WASHINGTON - Prediction market users are making money on bets tied to U.S. military operations, and analysts say the pattern looks a lot like insider trading. CBS News reported that more than a billion dollars has been staked online this year on military decisions and outcomes, with some wagers timed suspiciously close to events and winning at unusually high rates. One Army soldier has already been charged over bets tied to a Venezuela raid. The market is getting hard to defend.

WASHINGTON - Delaware Sen. Chris Coons said he was injured Sunday in a multi-vehicle crash in Sussex County after a driver experienced a medical incident and hit several cars, including one carrying him. He was treated at Beebe Hospital in Lewes for minor injuries and said he is home and expected to recover fully. Coons thanked first responders and hospital staff, and said no one was seriously hurt.

WASHINGTON - A long, dangerous heat wave is spreading across the central and eastern U.S. this week, with the National Weather Service warning that humidity will push heat index values well above 100 degrees in major cities. Philadelphia could feel like 112 by Thursday, and New York may near 108. The heat is expected to last into the holiday weekend, which is a rough time to be outside on purpose.

ANAHEIM - John Mozeliak says the Angels are not planning a coaching purge after firing Perry Minasian, and the interim general manager is not rushing to replace Kurt Suzuki. He told the staff Saturday they all have jobs for now, then pointed to the trade deadline and the draft as the real priorities. The Angels are 34-39 and still trying to stop the bleeding.

NEW YORK - Private credit firms are increasingly backing the buy now, pay later boom that is helping prop up US consumers. Bloomberg says the shift is setting off alarms for credit raters, former regulators and other people who have seen this movie before. The appeal is obvious. The risk is, too. If the consumer starts wobbling, these loans do not get to pretend they were someone else's problem.

LOS ANGELES - Stephen Eustáquio scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to lift Canada past South Africa 1-0 and into the World Cup round of 16 for the first time. The LAFC midfielder took the ball near the edge of the box and drove it into the bottom corner. Canada will face the Netherlands or Morocco in Houston on July 4.

CROMWELL - Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland will settle the Travelers Championship on Monday after weather and darkness stopped them tied at 21-under. Scheffler made an 8-foot par putt on 18 to force the playoff, then pumped his fist like a man who knew he had earned another hour. Collin Morikawa shot 61 and still finished one back. The last round of the PGA Tour season's signature stop got weird, then got better.

LONDON - Serena Williams is back at Wimbledon after four years away, and the first thing she did was take aim at tennis' anti-doping rules. The 44-year-old, who will play Maya Joint on Centre Court Tuesday and team up with Venus in doubles, called the whereabouts system “unprofessional” and “unreasonable.” She said the testing demands were one big reason she hesitated to return. Wimbledon, as ever, is not subtle.

NEW YORK - Lorde marked the one-year anniversary of *Virgin* on Friday by posting 49 demos from the album's sessions, along with photos, notes, and artwork ideas on a new page of her website called XRAYS.

In a newsletter to fans, she said she wanted the archive to show the record's "skeletons" and the crooked, unfinished parts that led to the final album. She also wrote about working through an eating disorder, a PMDD diagnosis, and a breakup while making the songs. "I concentrated on singing to myself the way I needed to be sung to," she wrote. That is the whole point of the exercise, really.

LOS ANGELES - The BET Awards were underway Sunday night at the Peacock Theater, with Kehlani and Leon Thomas among the early winners. Kehlani took best female R&B/pop artist, and Thomas won the male category. Janet Jackson presented Teyana Taylor with the Icon of the Year Award, then announced Taylor had also won video director of the year, Fashion Vanguard and best actress. The show opened with T.I. and kept moving from there.

KNOXVILLE - Candace Parker was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday night, back in the city where she became a Tennessee star. The ceremony at the Tennessee Theatre also honored Elena Delle Donne, Cheryl Reeve and Doris Burke. Parker wore orange pants and a white jacket in a nod to Pat Summitt, then spent 20 minutes thanking family and her former coach. It was a full-circle night for a player who won two NCAA titles, three WNBA championships and two Olympic golds.