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By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The dollar held its ground at the start of Asian trading on Tuesday after a holiday for some markets in the US, as geopolitical risks rose ​after renewed attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East ‌and Ukraine. The US dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was at 102.56 in subdued Asian trading after closing up 0.3% on Monday.

Oct 12 (Reuters) – Anthropic said on Monday new measures designed to prevent rivals from copying the capabilities of its Claude AI ​models have reduced data harvested in ‌so-called distillation attacks by about 90% to 99%.

TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturer Omron will buy US industrial PC firm Onlogic and ​its parent company, Interlogic, for $675 ‌million, the company said on Tuesday. The acquisition is intended to develop Omron’s physical artificial intelligence services within its industrial ‌automation ​business, the company ⁠said in a ⁠news release.

By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia stopped issuing public warnings of imminent military attacks days before a series of deadly strikes on Riyadh airport that killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 300. The government has not said why there were no alerts to the public before the four Riyadh attacks in the past week.

By Field Level Media Oct 12 (Field Level Media) – Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. avoided serious injury Sunday night in his ​team’s overtime loss to the Baltimore ‌Ravens, and he could return to action next week against the Chicago Bears, according to multiple reports Monday. The Falcons (2-3) plan to watch Penix closely in practice this week ‌before ​making a decision on ⁠his availability for the ⁠Week 6 home matchup against Chicago (3-2) on Sunday.

Oct 12 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s Franklin County coroner on Monday reported a measles-associated death in a 39-year-old woman with several health conditions, the state’s sixth death linked to the disease. In a statement posted ​on Facebook, the coroner said the death, investigated on Saturday, met ‌the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s definition of a measles-associated death.

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday defended a diesel oil deal he made with Russia as lawmakers from both parties complained the agreement appears to violate US ​law barring imports of Russian energy until Moscow ends its ‌aggression against Ukraine. Trump said he is taking steps to bring down high fuel prices, which are jeopardizing Republican chances in the November 3 midterm elections.

WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – US authorities conducted a predawn Monday raid on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing investigation, the Justice Department said. The raid followed a criminal ​fraud investigation into the Somali-born lawmaker’s immigration paperwork, which was ‌filled out by her late father when she was a child, Fox News Digital reported, citing unidentified sources.

ANKARA, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have withdrawn from four camps in northern Iraq in the first step of an intended disbandment, ​Turkish security sources said on Monday. Turkey’s parliament in August ‌passed a law to set out parameters for the PKK’s dissolution as part of a peace process hoped to end a decades-old conflict that has killed tens of thousands and ravaged the mainly Kurdish southeast.

KYIV, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine expects a European Union decision to ​open the second ‌and third accession clusters on Tuesday, foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on ‌Monday ​after meeting ⁠his Hungarian counterpart ⁠Anita Orban in Luxembourg. Sybiha said the two ministers met on the ​sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council ⁠meeting, where ⁠they “congratulated each other ​on the successful fulfilment ​of our bilateral agreements”.