Since then, Prospera and Crawfish Rock villagers have battled over ground water, and tense public meetings have boiled over into fistfights between Brimen’s employees and locals, she said. Brimen himself has visited the community to collect signatures in support of the project and offer loans. Another Prospera leader once rolled in with two pickup... See more

Yet when Vietnam — a socialist-oriented country — lifted nearly 45 million people out of poverty in two decades through land reforms, education expansion, and healthcare access, it barely registered in the headlines.

As markets braced for another meltdown triggered by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Democrats hammered the president for spending the weekend golfing rather than responding to Americans' fears that their retirement accounts are plummeting with the markets.

Trump left Washington, D.C., for Florida on Thursday to attend a LiV Golf... See more