Chinese President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that his country, the world’s largest polluter, “will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.”
As announcement’s go it’s pretty grand:
China’s drawing a line in the sand
No more coal-powered stations
In faraway nations
But plenty back in the homeland
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The US will lift Covid-19 travel restrictions to allow fully vaccinated passengers from most European Union (EU) countries to travel into the country from early November
In news they announced yesterday
We all could soon set on our way
(As long as we’ve been
Dosed up with vaccine)
On vacation in Amerikay
The American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland has told Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe (above) to accept a global corporation tax rate of “at least” 15 per cent
American companies say
That revenue should make them pay
A tiny bit more
If a deal is in store
And not try to go our own way
Japan’s ruling LDP leadership race has opened with four candidates (above), including two women
There’s a race on to find out who can
Become the new boss of Japan
But the LDP
Will probably see
The top job once more go to a man
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was called “that fellow Down Under” by President Joe Biden during an international call
Let’s face it, it doesn’t look great
When you’re working as a head of state
And then, to your shame
Forget someone’s name
And end up just calling them “mate”.
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President Michael D Higgins has declined an invitation to attend a church service with Queen Elizabeth marking Northern Ireland’s centenary
Our President will not be seen
In Church, in Armagh, with the Queen
The real reason why?
The birth of NI
Is something that shouldn’t have been
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first suggested connecting Stranraer in Scotland to Larne in Northern Ireland by bridge three years ago
Though it sounds daft to you and to me
Johnson wants a road under the sea
But mandarins think
That the submarine link
Is something that won’t come to be
US Republican governors, lawmakers and pundits have blasted President Biden’s vaccine mandate as a major governmental overreach
There are Trump fans who swear they do not
Want to be dosed with a vaccine shot
But President Joe
Has mandated them so
They’ll fight back with all that they’ve got
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Ireland, which usually exports wind power to the UK, is facing acute supply shortages and issued an amber warning yesterday signaling that the country could face blackouts
Enjoy, while you can, the sweet sight
Of your home being lit up at night
The sad reason why?
Our dwindling supply
Of power might turn out your light
An internal party review has found Fianna Fáil and its leader Micheal Martin (above) focused too much on Sinn Féin in the last General Election campaign
Fianna Fáil hired some spinners
And asked why the party aren’t winners
“Your identity’s weak
And please try to speak
About Blueshirts and not about Shinners.”
