Nauru

FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the government offices of the small island nation of Nauru is pictured, February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Rod Henshaw/File Photo - RC2U6O9T1FKI
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Nauru sells citizenship to fund climate change mitigation

The low-lying island nation of around 13,000 residents is planning a mass inland relocation as creeping seas start to eat away at its fertile coastal fringe

Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te, of Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP), holds a press conference, following the victory in the presidential elections, in Taipei, Taiwan 13 January, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang
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Taiwan loses first ally post-election as Nauru goes over to China

Mohammad Kaium stands with his lips sewn together, holding a placard that calls for medical treatment and freedom from 10 years of immigration detention on Nauru Island. Photo: Mohammad Shofiqul Islam
Bangladesh

2 Bangladeshi refugees on Australian detention island sew lips shut in protest

Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

Nauru vaccinates all its adults in ‘world record’ effort