Winzar Kakiouea, a 100-meter runner, is the only competitor at the Paris Games from the Pacific island nation of Nauru. His debut came and went in a flash.
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Taiwan Loses Ally Nauru After Electing President Beijing Loathes
The tiny Pacific island of Nauru severed relations with Taiwan, a move that boosts China’s regional sway and was seemingly timed to Taiwan’s contentious recent election.
Battle Over Deep-Sea Mining Takes on New Urgency as Trial Run Winds Down
A Canadian company is testing mining equipment in the Pacific Ocean in its quest for metals needed for electric vehicles. Environmentalists oppose the mining, which could begin in 2024.
Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor
Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.
Australia Agrees to Let New Zealand Resettle Offshore Refugees
Under the arrangement, first offered in 2013, New Zealand will take in 150 refugees a year for three years from Australia’s widely criticized detention system.
Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru
Australia will stop processing asylum-seekers at offshore detention centers in Papua New Guinea, which have been criticized by human rights groups, but will continue handling them on the island of Nauru.
Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru
Australia will stop processing asylum-seekers at offshore detention centers in Papua New Guinea, which have been criticized by human rights groups, but will continue handling them on the island of Nauru.
Locked Up in a Hotel for a Year, Then a Sudden Taste of Freedom
Asylum seekers detained in Australian hotels, deprived of sunlight and sometimes fresh air, had no idea how long their ordeal would last. For some, it’s now over.
Refugee and Author Long Detained by Australia Gets Asylum in New Zealand
Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian exile, said the news showed the vast differences between the two neighboring countries on human rights.
Australia Revokes Medical Evacuations for Offshore Detainees
The government called the policy, enacted just 10 months ago, a “back door” to let refugees into the country. Human rights advocates denounced the repeal as shameful.