Outlays accelerated while receipts fell in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, Treasury data shows The US federal budget deficit reached half a trillion dollars in the first three months of the new fiscal year as spending picked up while receipts shrank, the US Treasury revealed on Thursday.

Gluttony is “killing the planet,” the Catholic leader has warned during a sermon Pope Francis has singled out gluttony as possibly the most serious sin of all, citing its destructive impact on the planet. The Catholic leader said that while there is nothing wrong with enjoying meals, humans have developed an habit of immoderation when it…

Officials in Kiev have argued that strikes deep inside Russia are the best way to defend their nation Western donors should not tell Ukraine how it can use the weapons provided to it, Estonian President Alar Karis argued on Thursday, as he touted his nation’s record of arming Kiev against Russia.