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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.. 

Speaker Devraj Ghimire has underscored the need for collaboration among all stakeholders to ensure social security, skill development of workers, technology-friendly environment, equal opportunities and dignified labour. 

Issuing a message on the occasion of the World Labor Day (May Day), he extended best wishes to all the workers, labour activists, and trade unions in Nepal, saying the issues of child labour, inequality between working men and women, opaque employment system and exploitation in foreign employment indicate need of a stronger policy and monitoring mechanism.

The Labor Day is a day of solidarity with our shared campaign towards building an inclusive, just and dignified society, Speaker Ghimire said the implementation of the law ensuring the rights of the workers was challenging. 

"The Constitution has institutionalized the rights of workers as the basis of economic and social justice. Article 34 guarantees the 'right to labor', which clearly stipulates the responsibility of the state on matters such as fair wages, safe and dignified labour environment and social security”, the message reads.

President Ram Chandra Paudel has stressed on enhancing production and productivity. 

In his message of best wishes on the occasion of the World Workers' Day today, he wished that the Day would inspire all to move towards ensuring the use of indigenous products, respect for labour, self-employment, fair remuneration and social security. 

He also extended best wishes for happiness, peace and prosperity to all Nepali working sisters and brothers at home and abroad. 

The President expressed the belief that the Labor Day would help unite all the working people of the world to protect their rights, interests, rights and freedoms. 

The Constitution has guaranteed the right to employment and labor for all citizens and the right to social security based on fair wages, facilities and contributions to every worker, the President said, adding that the right to equality has been ensured that there is no discrimination in wages and social security on the basis of gender for equal work. 

"I believe that the working class will also be benefited in the context of the constitutional provision taking shape to build a socialism-oriented economy based on democracy in the country", the message reads. 

The day is celebrated every year on May 1 as the historical day when the professional dignity and respect of the workers and their rights were established.