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Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom, Chandra Kumar Ghimire has presented his letters of credence to King Charles III. 

He presented the letters amidst a special ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on Thursday afternoon. 

During the audience after presenting the letters, the King recalled his historic visits to Nepal at various times and informed that the British government has given priority to accelerating Nepal's development endeavours. 

According to the Embassy of Nepal in London, the British King expressed satisfaction over his country's rewarding relations with Nepal, saying it was cordial and mutually beneficial. 

Affirming happiness over the unwavering friendship between the two countries, Ambassador Ghimire expressed gratitude for the support received from the United Kingdom for Nepal's socio-economic development. 

Also on the occasion, Ambassador Ghimire conveyed warm greetings and best wishes from President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli for personal well being of the King and for the continued prosperity of the friendly people of the United Kingdom. 

Ambassador Ghimire was accompanied to the credential ceremony by his spouse Sarita Neupane Ghimire and senior diplomats from the Embassy. 

Goals from Jadon Sancho and Noni Madueke and a brace from Nicholas Jackson gave Chelsea a comfortable 4-1 win over Swedish side Djurgarden on a tricky artificial pitch in the first leg of their Conference League semi-final on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Sancho opened the scoring in the 12th minute, taking possession just outside the six-yard box before cutting inside to shoot, and defender Marcus Danielsson’s attempt to clear only helped the ball into the back of the net, briefly silencing the passionate home crowd.

Madueke doubled their lead before the break with a controlled first-time finish, stroking home a pass from Enzo Fernandez, with the home side's Tokmac Nguen going close in first-half stoppage time with a rare effort on target for Djurgarden.

With the game under control and one eye on Sunday's Premier League game against Liverpool, Enzo Maresca made four changes at the break, and substitute Jackson made the most of a defensive mix-up to score in the 59th minute, according to Reuters.

Tottenham Hotspur put aside their woeful domestic season with a 3-1 home victory against Norway's Bodo/Glimt leaving them within sight of the Europa League final on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Brennan Johnson's headed goal inside the opening minute paved the way for Ange Postecoglou's Premier League strugglers and James Maddison doubled their lead with a smart finish in the 34th minute after controlling a long pass.

Dominic Solanke's cooly-taken 61st minute penalty, given for a foul by Fredrik Sjovold on Cristian Romero, put the hosts completely in control of the semi-final.

Bodo/Glimt, the first Norwegian club to reach a European semi-final, did not manage a shot on target for the first 83 minutes but there was a late twist as captain Ulrik Saltnes's deflected effort gave them hope for next week's second leg on their artificial pitch inside the Arctic Circle, according to Reuters.

Apple on Thursday estimated that tariffs will add about $900 million in costs to the quarter ending in June if rates do not change, with CEO Tim Cook outlining profound changes to the company's supply chain to minimize the impact of President Donald Trump's trade war, Reuters reported.

Apple shares were down 3.8% after the company released quarterly results.

While the results were better than analysts had expected, investors are focused on how tariff concerns will play out in the coming quarter. Apple executives said that the company expects low-to-mid single-digit revenue growth during its fiscal third quarter, which is in line with analyst expectations of 4.28% growth to $89.45 billion, according to LSEG data.

But Apple did predict a hit to gross margins, which it said will be 45.5% to 46.5% in its fiscal third quarter, which is below analyst estimates of 46.58%, according to LSEG data, according to Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump ousted his national security adviser Mike Waltz on Thursday and named Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his interim replacement in the first major shakeup of Trump's inner circle since he took office in January, Reuters reported.

Trump, in a social media post, said he would nominate Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, adding that "he has worked hard to put our nation's interests first."

Earlier in the day, multiple sources said Trump had decided to remove Waltz from his national security post. The retired Army Green Beret and former Republican lawmaker from Florida had faced criticisminside the White House, particularly after he was caught up in a March scandal involving a Signal chatamong top Trump national security aides.

Rubio will be the first person since Henry Kissinger in the 1970s to hold the positions of secretary of state and national security adviser simultaneously, according to Reuters.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stressed on the need of ensuring citizens' access to the entire opportunities of labour and employment. 

Launching the Shramsansar online portal on the occasion of the 136th International Workers' Day (May Day) today, the Prime Minister was of the view of addressing challenges in regard with foreign employment. 

He pressed the need that all government services relating to labour, employment and social security should be made easily accessible to all citizens by integrating the Portal into the Nagarik App. 

Speaking of the inevitability of IT technology in the achievement of the goal of "Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali", he said the role of IT is vital in building the knowledge-based society, digital economy, achieving the goals of development and prosperity and providing services to the citizens in an easier way.  

As he said, the government has considered the need to incorporate the uses of IT in the labor market in the upcoming government policies and programs. 

Stating that the development of strategic plans is underway to observe the upcoming decade as the Decade for Promoting Internal Service, he called all to be part of this initiative. 

The Portal aims to support employment-related matters, analyze labour demand and supply, regulate employers, and improve access to services without physical or bureaucratic barriers. By enhancing skills and regulating the labour force, the system seeks to promote grassroots inclusion and contribute to national prosperity.

MS Dhoni has blamed the batters after Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) four-wicket loss against Punjab Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. With the loss, the Dhoni-led CSK are now eliminated from the playoff race, The Times of India reported.

Sam Curran's 88 helped hosts CSK reach a competitive 190 all out, despite Punjab Kings' Yuzvendra Chahal taking a hat-trick. Curran (88 off 47 balls, including 9 fours and 4 sixes) found good support from Dewald Brevis (32 off 26 balls, including 2 fours and 1 six) as CSK put a fighting total on the board.

"Yes, a bit demanding from the batters, but I feel we could've got slightly more. I feel we need to take our catches," he said.

Dhoni showered praise on Curran and Brevis as they put on a 78-run fourth-wicket stand and turned up the heat on the PBKS bowling, according to The Times of India.

The influence of westerly and local winds is prevailing in the country at present. 

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the water vapour-rich air entering from the Bay of Bengal has also had a partial impact. 

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country today with chances of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at some places of the hilly region and at one or two places of the rest of the country. 

There is a chance of light rain and snowfall in some places of the mountainous region of the country. 

Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region and fair in the rest of the country tonight. It will be partly cloudy in some places. 

Light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places in the hilly region of the country. Light rain and snowfall is likely to occur at one or two places of the mountainous region of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces..