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China on Monday warned countries against striking a broader economic deal with the United States at its expense, ratcheting up its rhetoric in a spiralling trade war between the world's two biggest economies, Reuters reported.

China respects all parties resolving economic and trade differences with the United States through consultation on an equal footing, but it will firmly oppose any party striking a deal at China's expense, its Commerce Ministry said.

Beijing "will take countermeasures in a resolute and reciprocal manner" if any country sought such deals, a ministry spokesperson said, addressing a news report that the Trump administration was preparing to pressure other countries to limit trade with China in exchange for tariff exemptions from the United States, according to Reuters.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, Reuters reported.

The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth's use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details and come at a particularly delicate moment for him, with senior officials ousted from the Pentagon last week as part of an internal leak investigation.

In the second chat, Hegseth shared details of the attack similar to those revealed last month by The Atlantic magazine after its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was included in a separate chat on the Signal app by mistake, opens new tab, in an embarrassing incident involving all of President Donald Trump's most senior national security officials, according to Reuters.

Associate Professor Dr Dabal Bahadur Dhami has been entrusted with the responsibility of acting Vice-Chancellor of the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences. 

Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Academy KP Sharma Oli appointed Dr Dhami as the Vice-Chancellor as per the decision of April 17. 

Dr Dhami also served as the Rector of the Academy.

The position remained vacant after the term of the Vice-Chancellor Dr Mangal Rawal ended on April 3. 

A person died  and three others were injured in a car accident at Charkose forest between Dharan and Itahari, Sunsari.

The car (Ba Pra 01-030Cha 4618) was heading towards Itahari from Dharan when the incident took place, said District Police Spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police Yograj Khatiwada.

Bishnu Raut (40) of Itahari-1, who was seriously injured in the accident, died during the course of treatment at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.

Others injured in the accident include driver Bibek Lama (30) of Ramdhuni Municipality-7, Sunsari, Ganga Basnet (43) of Itahari-4, and Kalyan Katwal (31) of Itahari-1.

Lama and Basnet are in normal condition but Katwal has been referred to Birat Medical College in Biratnagar for further treatment.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Surkhet, a pedestrian died after being hit by a police vehicle this morning.

The deceased has been identified as Kali Bahadur Budha (55) of Hima Rural Municipality-4, Jumla.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendra Bir Bishwakarma, Chief of the District Police Office, Surkhet said that he was hit by the vehicle  (Ka Pra 01-001 Kha 0915). 

Honey production has decreased by 1,070 tons in 2081 BS compared to the previous year. 

A total of 4,945 tons of honey were produced in 2080 BS whereas the production has decreased to 3,875 tons in 2081.

President of the Nepal Beekeepers Federation,  Subash Chandra Ghimire, said the decline in honey production this year is due to the lack of sale of honey the previous year, disputes over grazing areas, uncontrolled use of pesticides, increase in the price of beekeeping equipments, expensive transportation, and the sale of fake honey and adulterated honey.

However, the number of beekeepers has increased compared to the previous year. Last year, 8,100 farmers were involved in beekeeping but this number increased to 8,398 farmers in 2081. 

The number of farmers raising domesticated Serena bees has increased. The number of farmers raising this breed of bees was 6,135 last year but increased to 6,830 in 2081, he said.

Meanwhile, the number of commercial beekeepers has decreased from 1,965 to 1,568 in 2081. They have been raising mellifera bees. 

The Federation has stated that there was a stock of 197 tons of honey in 2081 BS compared to 3,143 tons in 2080 BS.

The weather today will remain partly to generally cloudy in Koshi Province and the hilly regions of the country and partly cloudy to mainly fair in the rest of the country. 

This is due to the impact of local winds coupled with westerly winds.

As a result, light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places in the rest of the country, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

 There is also a possibility of light snowfall at a few places in the high hilly and mountainous region of the country.

Later tonight, the weather will continue to remain partly to generally cloudy in Koshi Province and the hilly regions of Gandaki and Karnali Provinces and partly cloudy to mainly fair in the rest of the country.

Furthermore, light rain or thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of Koshi Province and at one or two places of Gandaki and Karnali Provinces.

 There are chances of light snowfall at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous region of Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said the ruling coalition of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML had no problems at all. The coalition is working smoothly, he argued.

Also a Nepali Congress leader, Lekhak said the ruling partners have good relations to take together the activities as per plan. He said it during a press meet organized by Nepal Press Union Kaski chapter  today.

The government has utmost understanding, he reiterated, expressing wonder why some people were saying the government would collapse. Lekhak reminded that Nepali people did not like anti-democratic and unconstitutional activities. 

He made it clear that free press and media are imperative in a democracy. So those against democracy target free press first, he viewed.

The ill efforts against the present Constitution would not be entertained. However, we can learn from weaknesses and make corrections gradually.

The Home Minister also shared legislative development like preparation of a bill on citizenship.

On a different note, he said there were no issues at all on appointment of governor. 

He further said that the government is committed to fulfilling teachers' demands.

Kamala Panthi has been elected as the Chairperson of Sancharika Samuha, an association of women journalists in the country.

The ninth general convention of the Samuha held on Friday elected Panthi to the post.

Likewise, Basanti Bastola was elected Vice Chair, Radha Khanal General Secretary (unanimous), Urvashi Basnyat Secretary and Sajna Tamang as the Treasurer of the new working committee.

Similarly, those elected as members include Kalpana Sharma, Bishnu Panthi, Devi Sapkota, Ajabi Poudel, Kalika Shiwakoti, Samjhana Ban, Tara Chapagain, and Deepa Regmi.