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Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Trump Policy

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025Max BearakComments Off on Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Trump Policy

After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are raising legal concerns.

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Australia Targets China’s Influence With Deals in Pacific Islands

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024Victoria KimComments Off on Australia Targets China’s Influence With Deals in Pacific Islands

In separate agreements with Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Australia is attempting to edge out China’s influence in the region.

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Australia Signs Security and Economic Treaty With Nauru

December 10, 2024Victoria KimComments Off on Australia Signs Security and Economic Treaty With Nauru

In return for financial support, the Pacific island nation of Nauru pledged not to enter any security pacts without Australia’s assent.

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Winzar Kakiouea Is a One-Man Team From Nauru. His Olympics Might be Over in 10 Seconds.

August 2, 2024August 3, 2024HANNAH BEECHComments Off on Winzar Kakiouea Is a One-Man Team From Nauru. His Olympics Might be Over in 10 Seconds.

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

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024Natasha Frost and Chris BuckleyComments Off on 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.

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Battle Over Deep-Sea Mining Takes on New Urgency as Trial Run Winds Down

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022Eric LiptonComments Off on 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.

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Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor

August 29, 2022August 30, 2022Eric LiptonComments Off on 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.

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Australia Agrees to Let New Zealand Resettle Offshore Refugees

March 24, 2022Natasha FrostComments Off on 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.

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Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru

October 6, 2021ISABELLA KWAIComments Off on 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.

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Australia to Shift All Offshore Processing of Migrants to Island Nation of Nauru

October 6, 2021October 7, 2021ISABELLA KWAIComments Off on 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.

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