Falling Behind on Your 2021 Money Resolutions? How to Get Back on Track

Maurie Backman, The Motley Fool
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Falling Behind on Your 2021 Money Resolutions? How to Get Back on Track

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  • Angela Merkel refuses Oxford jab amid calls to 'lead by example'

    Angela Merkel dismissed suggestions she should ignore her government's guidelines and take the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. There had been calls for Mrs Merkel to "lead by example" and be vaccinated on camera in order to dispel German public fears over the jab. "I do not belong to the recommended age group for AstraZeneca," Mrs Merkel told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. The AstraZeneca vaccine is currently only approved for under-65s in Germany, and Mrs Merkel is 66. Germany is one of a number of European countries where the AstraZeneca vaccine is not currently approved for the over-65s because regulators said there was not enough clinical data on its effectiveness in older people. Emmanuel Macron, who claimed the AstraZeneca vaccine was only "quasi-effectual" in the over-65s, said at a press conference on Thursday night he would take the jab if he was offered it. Germany has a large anti-vaxxer movement and a recent poll found 34 per cent of its citizens do not want to take any vaccine against the Covid.

  • Oprah Winfrey: Presenter asks teenage Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen what size they are in resurfaced interview

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  • Exporters hit by new red tape are paying price for Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit, says David Cameron

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  • Prince Harry reveals Archie's first word and what the Queen got him for Christmas

    In a segment for The Late Late Show, filmed before he and the Duchess of Sussex confirmed they will not be returning as working members of the royal family, Prince Harry joined TV host James Corden for a double-decker bus tour of Los Angeles. During the tour he discussed Archie's first word, what the Queen got her great-grandson for Christmas, and life for the family in LA.

  • 'It didn’t hurt at all’: Queen calls on all Britons to get the COVID vaccine when they can

    The Queen said people should think of others when deciding to get the coronavirus vaccine.

  • Trumps accused of treating White House staff like ‘concierge’

    Employees also claim that Barack Obama and his family craved privacy while in executive mansion

  • SNP divisions grow as Sturgeon enrages former deputy leader by 'questioning Salmond trial verdict'

    Nicola Sturgeon was on Thursday struggling to contain a growing SNP rebellion after she was accused of using “weasel words” to question the innocence of Alex Salmond. Jim Sillars, a former deputy leader of the party, lodged a formal complaint that the First Minister had breached the ministerial code with comments she made in a press briefing on Wednesday. Ms Sturgeon launched an outspoken attack on her predecessor, claiming his conduct towards women, rather than the conspiracy he has alleged, were the "root" of claims against him She added that just because he had been cleared of criminality, “that doesn’t mean that the behaviour [women] complained of didn’t happen.”

  • Ursula von der Leyen issues Covid vaccine export warning at EU summit

    Ursula von der Leyen issues Covid vaccine export warning at EU summitCommission head reassures leaders she will ban vaccines leaving EU if suppliers fail to deliver againCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Ursula von der Leyen was put under pressure to speed up work on a common vaccination certificate. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/AFP/Getty Images

  • Joe Biden speaks to Saudi king before Jamal Khashoggi report in sign US is freezing out Prince Salman

    US president Joe Biden spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman ahead of the release of a potentially explosive US intelligence report which is set to accuse his nephew Mohammed bin Salman of complicity in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr Biden, who has already seen the intelligence report, is said to have insisted that he speak to King Salman only - and not to Mohammed bin Salman, his nephew and Crown Prince. During the presidential election campaign, Mr Biden described Saudi Arabia as a “pariah” and claimed its government had “very little social redeeming value". Mr Biden's insistence in speaking to King Salman is seen as an attempt to sideline 35-year-old Mohammed bin Salman, who is regarded as the de facto ruler of the country. “The president’s intention, as is the intention of this government, is to recalibrate our engagement with Saudi Arabia,” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said this week, signalling that the Crown Prince could become persona non grata under President Biden.

  • London Covid cases by borough revealed as coronavirus infections fall but at slower rate

    Cases are down 25% in a week but public health chiefs want Londoners to drive rates down further

  • Polish and Romanians top nationalities applying for EU settlement scheme

    More than five million applications in total have been made since the scheme opened.

  • Coronavirus latest news: Opening windows better than masks in primary schools, says Sage scientist

    The Queen: people who refuse vaccine should think of others Analysis: Queen shows personal commitment in a time of crisis Merkel refuses Oxford jab amid calls to 'lead by example' Commuters 'should get used to fewer trains after pandemic' Subscribe to The Telegraph for a month-long free trial A scientist involved advising the Government has said there is little point in primary school children wearing face masks. Professor Calum Semple, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told BBC Radio 4: "Primary school children are the lowest risk both to themselves and to society. "There is really good data coming out ... that shows that children are half as likely to acquire the virus to a third as likely to acquire the virus. "When it comes to transmitting they are probably half as likely to transmit it as adults. That risk actually gets smaller as you go into younger age groups. I am not a great fan of young children wearing face masks. "If I had to invest in a single activity to improve the environment both for the children and the adults, I'd be looking at improving the ventilation, unsealing windows that have been painted shut and kept shut for energy-saving reasons. "That would be a much more effective way to reduce transmission in schools." Follow the latest updates below.

  • Covid UK LIVE: Vaccine passports for Europe ‘available before summer’ as Queen hails coronavirus jab

    Speaking after leaders of the 27 EU countries met online, Angela Merkel said that digital vaccination certificates enabling people to travel will probably be available before the summer. It came as the Queen encouraged Brits to get a Covid vaccine as she told health leaders that she had felt “protected” since getting her first dose in January.

  • Why is Joe Manchin really causing trouble for Joe Biden? Not for the obvious reasons

    While the left wing of the party is asking who he thinks made him president and vowing revenge, veterans of the upper chamber aren’t so surprised by the Democratic Senator’s announcement that he won’t vote to confirm Neera Tanden

  • No pay rise for NHS workers in Sunak’s Budget, report says

    Chancellor due to unveil his spring Budget on Wednesday

  • AstraZeneca, Sputnik vaccines face hurdles if COVID shots become annual affair

    Vaccines from AstraZeneca, Russia's Gamaleya Institute and Johnson & Johnson fight the coronavirus with another virus, leaving scientists concerned the shots may lose potency if annual inoculations become necessary to fight new variants. Most vector-vaccine developers have opted to use an adenovirus, a harmless class of common-cold viruses."The experience with adenoviruses has been for many years that vectors can be intercepted by the immune system after repeat injections," said Bodo Plachter, deputy director of the Institute of Virology at Mainz University's teaching hospital.

  • ‘Hellish days await us’: European country facing 'catastrophe’ amid one of world’s worst COVID spikes

    Restrictions are set to be tightened to prevent a 'catastrophe' in hospitals, PM Andrej Babis said.

  • EU summer holidays uncertain as member states clash over coronavirus passports

    British minds are understandably already straying to the possibility of a sun-kissed summer holiday in Europe. Unfortunately, European Union leaders won’t be in a position to guarantee British holidaymakers will be able to travel to the bloc in the near future. The 27 prime ministers and presidents are holding a video summit on coronavirus this evening, Thursday. With the bloc still lagging far behind Britain, the US, Israel and even Serbia and Turkey, there is no prospect of them lifting the ban on non-essential travel into the region. Instead, leaders will reiterate the need for restrictions to stay in place and for vaccinations to rapidly increase. There is a desire on behalf of the EU institutions to do whatever is possible to save the coming tourist season, which is vital for the economies of southern member states such as Greece and Spain. That desire extends to allowing travel from non-EU countries such as Britain, but member states are at odds, to the extent that tonight’s summit will dodge tackling the issue of coronavirus passports head on. Britain is still not on the EU’s list of non-EU countries that are exempt from the non-essential travel restrictions, which is updated every fortnight. The chances of it being taken off in the near future are slim. Greek and Spanish ministers have been vocal in their demands for accelerated work towards the passports, which would smooth the influx of tourists. But tourism-dependent countries face opposition from, among others, France and Germany, which are the two most influential EU member states. Berlin and Paris don’t believe now, with so few EU citizens vaccinated, is the time to talk about coronavirus passports. There are anxieties about the threat of new variants and concerns over the lack of data on whether vaccinated people can transmit Covid-19 or not. One senior EU official said the leaders wanted to do all they could to avoid a new “death season”. France, which has a significant anti-vax movement, is concerned about the risk of discrimination between vaccinated and unvaccinated tourists

  • Nixon lawyer John Dean says Donald Trump's kids should be worried about New York investigation

    The former presidential lawyer said the Manhattan District Attorney secured nearly a terrabyte of the former terabyte’s tax information

  • Number of people granted asylum or protection in UK halved in 2020, figures show

    Data also reveals surge in attempts by Home Office to deport asylum seekers to EU countries