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Australia probing Nauru business deal with Chinese firm
Taipei Times
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August 19, 2025
Australia yesterday was investigating whether Nauru breached a security treaty by inking a lucrative business deal with a Chinese company. Nauru last week announced it had signed a US$650 million economic development agreement with China Rural...
Why Nauru's $1billion deal with mysterious Chinese company might have breached treaty with Australia
Daily Mail
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August 19, 2025
Australia is working to confirm whether Nauru has breached a security treaty following a $1billion announcement with a Chinese company. Nauru must receive Australia's sign-off on any partnership, arrangement or engagement with a third nation when...
Australia Probing Whether Nauru’s $1 Billion China Deal Breaches Security Treaty
The Epoch Times
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August 19, 2025
This general view shows the Civic Center where the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) took place in Aiwo on the island of Nauru on Sept. 4, 2018. Mike Leyral/AFP/Getty Images The Australian government is investigating whether Nauru’s new AU$1 billion...
Billion-dollar Chinese investment proposed in Nauru sparks concern in Canberra
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 19, 2025
Australia has pressed Nauru for more detail about a claimed billion-dollar investment agreement that it has signed with a mysterious Chinese company, as federal government officials scramble to ensure the Pacific nation is not breaching a landmark...
Australia probes Nauru-China business deal
Hong Kong Free Press
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August 19, 2025
Australia was Tuesday investigating whether Pacific microstate Nauru breached a security treaty by inking a lucrative business deal with a Chinese company. Nauru. File photo: SlimMars/Pexels. Nauru last week announced it had signed a US$650...
Commonwealth takes Nauru bank service
Islands Business
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August 19, 2025
PORT development in Palau will boost the United States military capabilities in the region. The US Department of Defence announced plans to rehabilitate an 80-year-old dock at a cost of $USD12 million. This is one of several infrastructure...
Nauru minister calls for stronger laws to combat violence against women
RNZ
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August 17, 2025
Pacific Island countries rank among the worst places in the world for women. Photo: 123RF A Nauruan Cabinet minister says there is a pandemic of violence against women and girls in the Pacific. Pacific Island countries rank among the worst places...
Nauru’s global economic ties backed by CBA Agency
The Mandarin
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August 17, 2025
A new banking service in Nauru marks a key milestone in the treaty with Australia, strengthening economic, security, and development links. Labor senator Nita Green. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) Senator Nita Green has welcomed a “significant milestone”...
St. Kitts & Nevis: Pioneers of global citizenship model
Gulf News
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In 2025, discussions surrounding citizenship by investment, often referred to as wealth migration, have reached unprecedented levels. What was once a niche topic known only to a small number of people is now widely recognised and debated in...
PM Rabuka to skip Pacific Foreign Ministers meet today
The Fiji Times
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August 13, 2025
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka will not attend todays Pacific Foreign Ministers meeting in Suva. The Pacific Islands Forum has confirmed Fiji will be represented by Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Special Envoy of the...
US Sides with Nauru on Deep-Sea Mining, Splitting Pacific Leaders
Island Times
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August 15, 2025
By: Bernadette Carreon NAURU – The United States has thrown its weight behind Nauru’s push to fast-track deep-sea mining, backing a Canadian partner’s bid despite warnings from other Pacific nations about risks to fragile ocean ecosystems. The...
New Zealand and Australian leaders discuss stronger military ties against China
World Socialist Web Site
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August 15, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon [Photo: AP/Jason Edwards, Finnish Government]Australia’s Labor Party Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with New Zealand’s right-wing National Party Prime Minister...
Nauru secures $651M socio-economic development project with Chinese company
Marianas Variety
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YAREN/BEIJING (Government of Nauru/Pacnews) — Nauru Minister for Foreign Affairs Lionel Aingimea, and chairman of the China Rural Revitalization and Development Corporation, Zhang Yong signed on Aug. 5 a phase 1 investment project proposal valued...
Nauru, China sign deal
Islands Business
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August 12, 2025
TONGA’S Police Minister, Paula Piukala, has been suspended from parliament along with Lord Tu’ilakepa after they came to blows during a debate. It’s understood that Piukala angered Tu’ilakepa after he told him to stop shouting when addressing the...
Jeffrey Sachs – Open Letter to Israel Foreign Minister Sa’ar
Brave New Europe
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August 14, 2025
The great threat to Israel’s survival is not the Arab nations, the Palestinians, or Iran, but the policies of Israel’s extremist government. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at...
The European Union invests EUR 9 million in Climate information services in the Pacific
Pacific News Service
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A five-year EUR 9 million(US$10.2 million) project aimed at strengthening the production, availability, delivery and application of science-based information, supporting decision-makers was today launched at the Pacific Climate Change Centre in...
Open Letter to Israel Foreign Minister Sa’ar
Common Dreams
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August 11, 2025
H.E. Gideon Sa’ar Foreign Minister Government of Israel August 9, 2025 Dear Mr. Minister, I write to you following your speech at the United Nations Security Council on August 5. I attended the session but did not have the chance to speak with you...
Bendigo bank cease operations in Nauru, Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens...
Pacific News Service
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Last Friday, Nauru’s only banking service, Bendigo Bank officially concluded its operations in the island nation, making way for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to begin services today. Bendigo began winding down its services last week,...
Nauru sells first ‘Golden’ passports in climate scheme
Taipei Times
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August 7, 2025
Nauru has started selling passports to fund climate action, but is so far struggling to attract new citizens to the low-lying, largely barren island in the Pacific Ocean. Nauru, one of the world’s smallest nations, has a novel plan to fund its...
Nauru sells first passports to fund climate action
Daily Star
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August 7, 2025
Fri Aug 8, 2025 02:57 AM Last update on: Fri Aug 8, 2025 03:01 AM AFP, Sydney Fri Aug 8, 2025 02:57 AM Last update on: Fri Aug 8, 2025 03:01 AM A remote Pacific nation selling passports to fund climate action has approved just six applicants since...