JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia.
Netanyahu’s office said the hernia was discovered during a routine checkup, and that the prime minister will be under full anesthesia and unconscious for the procedure.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a close confidant who also holds the title of deputy prime minister, will serve as acting prime minister during the operation, the office said.
Netanyahu, 74, has kept a full schedule throughout Israel’s nearly six-month-long war against Haqmas, and his doctors have said he is in good health.
Last year, however, doctors acknowledged he had concealed a long-known heart problem after they implanted a pacemaker.
Pakistan’s prime minister has imposed a ban on the use of red carpets at official events, a move intended as a further small step towards curtailing extravagant spending at government level.
The decision, taken by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, comes amidst severe economic challenges faced by the cash-strapped nuclear power of South Asia, local media reported on Saturday.
The government issued a notification specifying that red carpet usage would be limited solely to protocol purposes at diplomatic events.
Earlier, Sharif and his cabinet voluntarily decided to forego their salaries and perks.
President Asif Ali Zardari has opted not to take a salary to demonstrate solidarity in the face of the nation’s economic challenges.
Weeks after assuming office, Sharif announced austerity measures to cut government spending.
The measures include a ban on purchase of luxury vehicles, a requirement that ministers travel economy class and pay their own utility bills and the requirement that they do not stay in five-star hotels.
Pakistan has been struggling with rising prices and a faltering economy in recent years. Sky-high inflation, fuelled by the ever-increasing prices of electricity and petroleum products, is among the challenges the government seeks to resolve.
Pakistan has sought International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailouts several times but the conditions attached to the agency’s assistance are always unpopular.
Last year, the IMF pulled Pakistan’s economy back from the brink amid fears of default with short-term $3-billion bailout package.
As the program nears its end, the newly-elected government plans to seek another loan of at least $6 billion from the IMF.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people on Sunday attended a rally by an alliance of India’s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stifling opponents and undermining democratic institutions ahead of a national election next month.
The “Save Democracy” rally was the first major public demonstration by the opposition bloc INDIA against the arrest of New Delhi’s top elected official and opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal on March 21.
Kejriwal was arrested by the federal Enforcement Directorate, which is controlled by Modi’s government, on charges that his party and state ministers had accepted 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago. The Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man’s Party, denied the accusations and has said Kejriwal would remain as New Delhi’s chief minister while the court decides on the next step.
“This battle is to safeguard the nation, democracy, constitution, future of the nation, youth, farmers and women. This battle is for justice and truth,” Deepender Singh Hooda, a lawmaker of the opposition Congress party, told reporters at the rally.
Kejriwal’s arrest is seen as a setback for the opposition bloc that is the main challenger to Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, in the elections to be held over six weeks starting April 19.
Opposition leaders have criticized Kejriwal’s arrest as undemocratic and accused the BJP of using the federal agency to undermine them, pointing to a series of arrests and corruption investigations against key opposition figures.
The BJP denies targeting the opposition and says law enforcement agencies act independently.
“Narendra Modi wants to strangle democracy and take away the option from the people to choose the government of their choice,” opposition leader Rahul Gandhi from the Congress party, who took part in Sunday’s rally, wrote on X.
The new 2024 edition of Samsung’s Frame TV is here. You can get it from Samsung’s website, but right now, Amazon is offering all sizes of the Frame at a discount. And if you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, when you join, you’ll save an additional $100 off the purchase price of the TV.
As an added bonus for everyone, just like on Samsung’s website, when you order one of the new Frame TVs, you also get a free, 65-inch Samsung UT690T smart TV for free (a $530 value). This offer expires April 11 (or as long as supplies last), so don’t wait.
Meanwhile, over at Best Buy, you can order any size of the new Samsung Frame smart TV and receive a Samsung UT690T smart TV for free. However, if you’re a Best Buy Plus or Best Buy Total member, you’ll save an additional $100 off the purchase price, and get free, two-day shipping, plus an extended 60-day return window.
Samsung
An already-wildly-popular smart TV just got better. Right now, you can grab the new, 2024 edition of Samsung’s Frame TV and benefit from all of its exciting features. In addition to a matte finish which greatly reduces glare, for the first time, the Frame TVs are Pantone validated for color accuracy. This makes art look even more realistic. And right now, when you purchase the 2024 edition of Samsung’s Frame TV in any size, you’ll get a free 65-inch Samsung TU690T smart TV (a $530 value).
Demand is climbing, so If you’ve been eyeing Samsung’s 2024 Frame smart TV, we recommend ordering soon, or you could wind up waiting a long time for delivery.
The Frame QLED 4K smart TV now comes in five sizes — 43 inches ($999), 50 inches ($1,299), 55 inches ($1,499), 65 inches ($1,999) and 75 inches ($2,999). It has a handful of features that have been updated from last year’s bestselling model, as well.
Is the 2024 Samsung Frame TV worth it?
In a word, yes. For the first time, all sizes of the Frame TV are now Pantone validated. Are on the screen looks even more authentic and like an actual painting — just as the artist intended. You’ll see more detail and more accurate colors than ever before.
Even better: Samsung is offering a curated selection of 20 art pieces each month that Frame owners can display for free. But if you subscribe to Samsung’s Art Store ($5.99 per month), it now includes access to more than 2,500 artworks from world-renowned museums and galleries.
The TV is also more energy efficient. Thanks to a dynamic refresh rate, you use less electricity when you’re viewing art. (When watching video content, the TV’s regular refresh rate is 120Hz.) This works in conjunction with the TV’s motion sensor, which turns off the TV when nobody is in the room.
Everything we love about the Frame TV (see our full review of the 2023 edition) is still on offer in this updated 2024 version. You’ll enjoy a 100% color volume that takes full advantage of Samsung’s Quantum Processor 4K. TV shows, movies, sports or whatever you’re watching all showcase stunning, bright and accurate colors. The matte finish of the display virtually eliminates unwanted glare.
And thanks to the Frame’s broad viewing angle, wherever you’re sitting in the room, you’ll have a clear view. As always, you can buy an optional, magnetically attachable bezel to make the Frame TV look like it’s in a traditional picture frame. You can choose the bezel design (between $200 and $300 each) that matches the decor of any room. A company called Deco TV Frames also offers bezels for the Frame TV on Amazon.
To reward customers who order this mega-popular TV, you’ll receive a free Samsung 65-inch TU690T smart TV (a $530 value) when you order through Samsung, Amazon or Best Buy.
Jason R. Rich
Jason R. Rich (www.JasonRich.com) is an internationally recognized consumer technology expert with more than 30 years’ writing experience. He’s also an accomplished author and photographer. One of his most recently published books, The Remote Worker’s Handbook: How to Effectively Work From Anywhere ($24.99, Entrepreneur Books) is now available from Amazon and wherever books are sold.
The new 2024 edition of Samsung’s Frame TV is here. You can get it from Samsung’s website, but right now, Amazon is offering all sizes of the Frame at a discount. And if you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, when you join, you’ll save an additional $100 off the purchase price of the TV.
As an added bonus for everyone, just like on Samsung’s website, when you order one of the new Frame TVs, you also get a free, 65-inch Samsung UT690T smart TV for free (a $530 value). This offer expires April 11 (or as long as supplies last), so don’t wait.
Meanwhile, over at Best Buy, you can order any size of the new Samsung Frame smart TV and receive a Samsung UT690T smart TV for free. However, if you’re a Best Buy Plus or Best Buy Total member, you’ll save an additional $100 off the purchase price, and get free, two-day shipping, plus an extended 60-day return window.
Samsung
An already-wildly-popular smart TV just got better. Right now, you can grab the new, 2024 edition of Samsung’s Frame TV and benefit from all of its exciting features. In addition to a matte finish which greatly reduces glare, for the first time, the Frame TVs are Pantone validated for color accuracy. This makes art look even more realistic. And right now, when you purchase the 2024 edition of Samsung’s Frame TV in any size, you’ll get a free 65-inch Samsung TU690T smart TV (a $530 value).
Demand is climbing, so If you’ve been eyeing Samsung’s 2024 Frame smart TV, we recommend ordering soon, or you could wind up waiting a long time for delivery.
The Frame QLED 4K smart TV now comes in five sizes — 43 inches ($999), 50 inches ($1,299), 55 inches ($1,499), 65 inches ($1,999) and 75 inches ($2,999). It has a handful of features that have been updated from last year’s bestselling model, as well.
Is the 2024 Samsung Frame TV worth it?
In a word, yes. For the first time, all sizes of the Frame TV are now Pantone validated. Are on the screen looks even more authentic and like an actual painting — just as the artist intended. You’ll see more detail and more accurate colors than ever before.
Even better: Samsung is offering a curated selection of 20 art pieces each month that Frame owners can display for free. But if you subscribe to Samsung’s Art Store ($5.99 per month), it now includes access to more than 2,500 artworks from world-renowned museums and galleries.
The TV is also more energy efficient. Thanks to a dynamic refresh rate, you use less electricity when you’re viewing art. (When watching video content, the TV’s regular refresh rate is 120Hz.) This works in conjunction with the TV’s motion sensor, which turns off the TV when nobody is in the room.
Everything we love about the Frame TV (see our full review of the 2023 edition) is still on offer in this updated 2024 version. You’ll enjoy a 100% color volume that takes full advantage of Samsung’s Quantum Processor 4K. TV shows, movies, sports or whatever you’re watching all showcase stunning, bright and accurate colors. The matte finish of the display virtually eliminates unwanted glare.
And thanks to the Frame’s broad viewing angle, wherever you’re sitting in the room, you’ll have a clear view. As always, you can buy an optional, magnetically attachable bezel to make the Frame TV look like it’s in a traditional picture frame. You can choose the bezel design (between $200 and $300 each) that matches the decor of any room. A company called Deco TV Frames also offers bezels for the Frame TV on Amazon.
To reward customers who order this mega-popular TV, you’ll receive a free Samsung 65-inch TU690T smart TV (a $530 value) when you order through Samsung, Amazon or Best Buy.
Jason R. Rich
Jason R. Rich (www.JasonRich.com) is an internationally recognized consumer technology expert with more than 30 years’ writing experience. He’s also an accomplished author and photographer. One of his most recently published books, The Remote Worker’s Handbook: How to Effectively Work From Anywhere ($24.99, Entrepreneur Books) is now available from Amazon and wherever books are sold.
John Dickerson reports on the salvage operation underway after the bridge collapse in Baltimore, Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence, and a new United Nations report showing the scale of global food waste.
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.
Jeff Glor reports on the NTSB’s focus in the Baltimore bridge collapse investigation, an interview with the family of the Boeing whistleblower, and how misinformation about birth control is spreading online.
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.
John Dickerson reports on the collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore, Trump’s social media company’s stock market debut, and why the Supreme Court is skeptical about restricting abortion pill access.
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.
John Dickerson reports on the federal raids of homes owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs, Donald Trump’s reduced bond in his New York civil fraud trial, and what to know about ISIS-K after the attack in Moscow.
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of protesters in India’s capital took to the streets for a second day Saturday, demanding the immediate release of one of the top rivals of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the country gears up for a national election next month.
Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi’s top elected official and one of the country’s most consequential politicians of the past decade, was arrested by the federal Enforcement Directorate Thursday night. The agency, controlled by Modi’s government, accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago.
His Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man’s Party, denied the accusations and said Friday Kejriwal would remain Delhi’s chief minister as it took the matter to court.
Kejriwal was taken into custody for seven days following a court order on Friday.
Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita, had a message Saturday she said was from her detained husband. Posted on the AAP party X account, the message relayed Kerijwal as saying he wasn’t surprised by the arrest for he has “struggled a lot” and warning against “several forces within and outside India that are weakening the country.”
Chanting: “Kejriwal is Modi’s doom” and “Dictatorship won’t be tolerated,” protesters accused Modi on Saturday of governing the country under a state of emergency — a claim the opposition has long professed — and using federal law enforcement agencies to stifle opposition parties before the election.
APP leader and chief minister of neighboring Punjab state, Bhagwant Mann, joined the protest alongside some cabinet ministers.
“(Kejriwal’a arrest) is a murder of democracy,” Balbir Singh, Punjab’s health minister told The Associated Press. “For opposition leaders, jail is the rule and bail is the exception,” he added. Singh also accused Modi’s ruling party to “have turned the rule of law upside down.”
Lily Tiga, a protester said when “a person who does good, fights for truth, fights for the downtrodden and poor is arrested, it’s not only unfortunate, it is a time to mourn for this country.”
Some demonstrators tried to move the protest to the main street in central Delhi. But police, some in riot gear, blocked them and detained at least three dozen protesters.
On Friday, hundreds of AAP supporters and some senior party leaders clashed with the police, who whisked a number of them away in buses.
In the lead-up to the general election , starting April 19, India’s opposition parties have accused the government of misusing its power to harass and weaken its political opponents, pointing to a spree of raids, arrests and corruption investigations against key opposition figures. Meanwhile, some probes against erstwhile opposition leaders who later defected to Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have been dropped.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, denies targeting the opposition and says law enforcement agencies act independently.
Kejriwal’s AAP is part of a broad alliance of opposition parties called INDIA, the main challenger to Modi’s BJP in the coming election.
His arrest is another setback for the bloc, and came after the country’s main opposition Congress party accused the government Thursday of freezing its bank accounts in a tax dispute to cripple it. This has led to a rare show of strength by the opposition figures who slammed the move as undemocratic and accused Modi’s party of misusing the agency to undermine them.
In 2023, the agency arrested Kejriwal’s deputy, Manish Sisodia, and AAP lawmaker Sanjay Singh as part of the same case. Both remain in jail.
