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This island nation in the Pacific is selling passports for $90,000 — here's what buyers get

Nauru, a Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels, is offering citizenship through a $90,000 investment programme to raise funds for climate adaptation. Here's how the "golden passport" scheme works, what benefits it offers, and why it has sparked debate over security and ethics.

The Economic Times

Tiny Pacific island nation reclaims traditional name

SYDNEY - ⁠The ⁠Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, reverting ‌to its traditional designation in a move it said was aimed at strengthening national identity and cultural heritage.

Bangkok Post

The world’s third-smallest country changed its name from Nauru to Naoero; its international code will shift from NRU to NRO

The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, a move its president says better reflects the country’s language, identity and heritage. The shift also changes the country’s international code from NRU to NRO, while its people will now be referred to as…

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Nauru: World's 3rd-smallest country, at just 21 square kilometres and about 12,000 people, changed its name to Naoero. Here's all about it

Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero. This move restores the nation's traditional indigenous identity and pronunciation. The country's international code will also change from NRU to NRO. Naoero joins other nations adopting names reflecting their heritage. This change reflects a wider global trend of national…

The Economic Times

The world’s third-smallest country is changing its name as it disappears into the sea

The Republic of Naoero is one of the most at risk from climate change

The Independent UK

'Why not me?': Hayman lifts Aussie weightlifting mood

Nya Hayman has won a breakthrough bronze to turn around the Glasgow campaign for the Australian women's Commonwealth Games weightlifters.

AAP

Raging Pacific: De Niro, Marvelous Marvin in Games wars

The Commonwealth Games has been accused of being a bit short in the big names' department, but two Pacific fighters did their best to change all that.

AAP

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Australia responsible for offshore detainees: UN report

The United Nations has confirmed Australia cannot avoid legal responsibility for the people it sends to offshore detention under international law.

AAP

Nauru: The island that became rich overnight from bird droppings and slowly fell into economic dependence

From the air, Nauru hardly looks like the sort of place that would appear in conversations about wealth. It is a small Pacific island, just 21 square kilometres in size, isolated from major markets and home to a population smaller than many suburban neighbourhoods. Yet for a period during the…

The Times of India

Pacific nation of Nauru wants to change its name as it moves on from colonial past

Island may soon be called Naoero – an Indigenous name that honours the country’s heritage and identity

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Penny Wong’s Israel broadside, Nauru issues rare statement, snow season fears

Foreign affairs minister says she believes women who claim sexual assault by Israeli troops; island nation issues rare statement after whistleblower claim

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Daughter’s plea to save father from Nauru, Kuwait airport hit, the Popovic ‘machine’

An Australian woman says her family will fall apart if her father is deported to the Pacific island

The Guardian - AU

Sara fears her father will be deported from Australia to Nauru – a place of ‘final and lifelong punishment’

Youssef served time in jail for a string of offences. Now, as one of 350 non-citizens who make up the NZYQ cohort, he faces deportation

The Guardian - AU

The 10 Smallest Countries In The World, And The Mind-Blowing Facts Behind Each One

What is the smallest country in the world? From Vatican City's 800 residents to Nauru's phosphate boom and bust, here are 10 tiny nations with extraordinary stories.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Indefensible’: alleged child abuse survivor takes on Albanese government over $2.5bn Nauru deal

Lawyers of Hazara man who was allegedly sexually abused by carer launch bid to prevent imminent deportation to Pacific island

AAP

Pacific island nation charts path to diesel freedom

A major renewables partnership is in the works for Nauru as the diesel-dependent nation seeks emancipation from energy markets while cutting emissions.

The Independent UK

Man who murdered his wife loses landmark appeal against being deported to tiny island nation

Eight men have been resettled in Nauru so far under the deal that has been criticized in Australia as being excessively expensive

The Guardian - AU

Australia deporting refugee to Nauru may cause his ‘imminent’ and ‘preventable’ death, court hears

Legal team of man who was part of cohort of non-citizens freed after high court decision argues Nauru’s medical facilities are ‘insufficient’ to treat his severe asthma

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese defends $2.5bn Nauru deal as transparency advocates warn taxpayer dollars could fuel ‘kleptocracy’

PM dismisses concerns over corruption allegations against senior Nauruan politicians aired in parliament, saying secret offshore processing deal ‘entirely appropriate’

AAP

Corruption allegations levelled at Nauru in Senate

Nauru's President David Adeang and Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea have been allegedly linked to suspicious financial activity involving Australian funds.

AAP

Secret Nauru asylum seeker transcript revealed

The Nauru President's explanation to his people of why the tiny Micronesian nation is accepting Australian asylum seekers has been revealed.

The Guardian - AU

Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island

President David Adeang was spotted by ABC cameras as Nauru received its fourth member from the NZYQ cohort

The Guardian - AU

Two Sydney hospital employees critical after car mounts footpath and strikes them outside entrance – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates

Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man were chartered to the former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person

The Guardian - AU

Australia lacks ‘legitimate objective’ in fast-tracking Nauru deportations, Labor-led committee finds

Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime

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