AP: “The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.” See also RNZ coverage. This follows other countries’ name changes to match local usage or pronunciation (e.g. Swaziland to Eswatini, Turkey to Türkiye). Name changes like this don’t necessarily affect more linguistically distant exonyms: the Chinese name for Naoero is unchanged.