Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time ...

The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru will hold a referendum over a government decision to change its official name ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A beach in Ewa on the Pacific island of Nauru, on September 2, 2018. This tiny island nation is selling passports to fund climate ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Pacific Islands Forum confirmed the selection of former Nauru President Baron Waqa as the 18-member bloc's next top official at a meeting on Friday in the Cook Islands. Current ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conditions on the island have been described as "state-sponsored child abuse" (NAURU) — Shaped like a peanut and smaller than some ...

In a bid to rid itself of diesel dependence, the world’s smallest island nation of Nauru has signed a landmark memorandum of ...

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They fled from Iraq, Syria and other desperate places — and now they find themselves on an island in the Pacific Ocean that is the smallest independent republic in the world. Children who are being ...

England and Scotland played their first soccer match in 1872, France in 1904, and Gibraltar in 2013. This summer, the Pacific Ocean island of Nauru aims to add its name to the list of countries and ...

"Nauru" is seen as a colonial relic from a time when “foreign tongues” mangled the native language. Read more at straitstimes ...