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NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin president and leader of the opposition in the Republic of Ireland, about Brexit and how cross-border relations are working.

More than 100 years ago at Craigievar Castle in Scotland, Ewan Forbes’ mother realized her 6-year-old was a boy, despite it saying “female” on his birth certificate. Instead of sending him to boarding school like his brother and sister, Gwendolen

Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory  CNN Covid: Germany puts major restrictions on unvaccinated  BBC News Germany locks unvaccinated out of public life; mandate looms  Honolulu Star-Advertiser Germany announces nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated  CNN Germany Requires Vaccines

Colorado confirms omicron case in resident who traveled from southern Africa : Coronavirus Updates  NPR Omicron: Scientists race to work out how dangerous the variant is | COVID-19 Special  DW News Third omicron case in the United States detected in Colorado  Fox News

Scientists in South Africa tracking the spread of the variant are seeing a rise in coronavirus reinfections in people who had recovered from Covid-19, suggesting previous infection provides less protection against the new variant.

House Democrats announce plan to fund the government, prevent a shutdown  NBC News UPDATE 7-Bill to avert U.S. gov’t shutdown advances to full House after deal on timing  Yahoo Finance Congress strikes deal to avoid government shutdown 1 day before deadline —

United Nations figures from early November show almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60 percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger. That includes nearly 9 million people who live in near-famine.

Tighter travel rules, free at home-tests and boosters: Biden unveils COVID-19 winter plan  USA TODAY Biden’s New Plan for Omicron: Live Updates and Covid-19 News  The New York Times Biden says he doesn’t want lockdowns and won’t expand vaccine mandates to fight

Tighter travel rules, free at home-tests and boosters: Biden unveils COVID-19 winter plan  USA TODAY Omicron Live Updates: Biden’s New Plan and Covid-19 News  The New York Times Biden says he doesn’t want lockdowns and won’t expand vaccine mandates to fight Covid

Officials said Thursday that the man tested positive after returning home and that his symptoms have subsided.