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The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru is often overlooked on the world map, but it is making waves with an unusual strategy to combat climate change—selling citizenship. Applicants can secure ...

Imagine having a place to call own on a secluded paradise in the vast Pacific Ocean — an island so small it barely registers on most maps. Now ... or an elite expatriate haven — it’s Nauru, the ...

Nauru faces an existential threat from rising sea levels, storm surges and coastal erosion as the planet warms. But the world’s third smallest country lacks the resources to protect itself from ...

Canberra said it had paid an undisclosed sum to Nauru in return for it issuing 30-year visas to the trio. Australia’s home affairs minister Tony Burke said the three would be held in immigration ...