Nauru is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and is 800 miles northeast of the Solomon Islands, while its closest neighbour is Banaba, in Kiribati, 200 miles to the east.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A boy scavenges for saleable items at Red Beach dump, on Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, March 30, 2004. (AP Photo ...

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has reserved the orders in the case pertaining to illegal mining of beach sand minerals (BSM) in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. Following ...

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But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the poor and isolated island nation, highlighting the existential threat it faces from the climate crisis ...

WELLINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said it is reviewing its development aid programme with the Pacific nation of Kiribati after the country's president cancelled a meeting ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the island nation’s leader ...

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Beach also narrowed its guidance for the rest of the year. The company said it expects to produce 18.5 million to 20.5 million barrels of oil equivalent from its previous estimate of 17.5 to 21.5 ...

New Zealand is reconsidering all development funding to the aid-dependent island nation of Kiribati, following a diplomatic snub from the leader of the former ally of Taiwan, government officials said ...