This tiny island nation in the Pacific is offering golden passports and second citizenships to gain money for combating ...

The Nauru Regional Processing Centre, a contentious offshore immigration detention facility, has been intermittently used over the past 24 years. By 2005, phosphate mining and exports had resumed ...

But the boom would not last forever. By the late 20th century, Nauru’s phosphate reserves were nearly depleted. The relentless mining stripped the island of its natural beauty, leaving behind a ...