Kuwait can’t pay salaries beyond October, minister tells parliament

Kuwait City: Kuwait has 2 billion dinars ($6.6 billion) worth of liquidity in its Treasury and not enough cash to cover state salaries beyond October, Finance Minister Barak Al Sheetan warned parliament, as political wrangling again delayed efforts to return to international bond markets. The government is withdrawing from its General Reserve Fund at a […]

How your phone is used to track you, and what you can do about it

As researchers and journalists try to understand how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting people’s behavior, they have repeatedly relied on location information from smartphones. The data allows for an expansive look at the movements of millions of people, but it raises troublesome questions about privacy. In several articles, The New York Times has used location […]