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Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, CatapultThe CommonThe RumpusElectric LiteratureJMWWRiver TeethLiteral Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.

7 August 2023

Tiktok user shares ‘nightmare’ experience of being trapped in cable car for hours

An Australian backpacker who got stuck in one of the world’s highest cable cars shared a Tiktok video showing the ordeal. The three-minute video has now […]
7 August 2023

Penis-shaped flight path appeared on map after pilot was asked to divert flight

A 24-km penis-shaped flight path appeared over Sicily’s map on air traffic site FlightRadar24 after a Lufthansa pilot allegedly got upset after being diverted from Catania […]
7 August 2023

Portuguese man touring the world on a motorbike dies in tragic accident in Pakistan

A 28-year-old Portuguese man who intended to go around the world on his motorbike has died in a road accident in the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. […]
4 August 2023

5 reasons to visit Chengdu

Established over 2,300 years ago, Chengdu is the capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan. The country’s fourth most populous city, with almost 21 million inhabitants, […]
4 August 2023

Greenland ice sheets more vulnerable to climate change than previously believed

A secret ice core taken from Greenland in the 1960s has revealed that Earth’s ice sheets are less stable and more vulnerable to melting than previously […]
4 August 2023

Lisbon hosts writers from across the world at Disquiet Literary Program

His eyes are set in the horizon. Atop the pedestal he can see the mouth of the river Tagus, the ships in full sail and toward […]
4 August 2023

Why are camels important in Saudi Arabia?

If there’s an image that symbolizes both modern and ancient life in Saudi Arabia it’s the camel. The animal is native to the Arabian Peninsula and […]
3 August 2023

Scientists develop thermal nighttime driving assistant powered by AI

Scientists at Purdue University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed what they call “heat-assisted detection and ranging” (HADAR), which combines commercial infrared cameras with machine […]
3 August 2023

Trip.com introduces smarter travel planning with AI assistant TripGenie

Trip.com has unveiled its new AI travel assistant, TripGenie. Seamlessly merging cutting-edge AI technology with travel planning and booking, TripGenie aims to facilitate travelers’ journeys, “from […]
3 August 2023

Failure of ocean current system could create climate catastrophe by 2025

One of the main ways Earth channels heat away from the tropics towards the North Atlantic is weakening and could fail, causing a climate catastrophe as […]
3 August 2023

Best places for viewing October’s ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse

Witnessing an eclipse is always a mesmerising experience, even more so when this is a total solar eclipse. And, every once in a while, when conditions […]
3 August 2023

Scientists shed light on the intricacies of music’s grip on our brains

Music. That almost-unearthly force that possesses the remarkable ability to transcend physical boundaries and transport us to realms beyond the mundane. It holds the unique capacity […]
3 August 2023

Climate change to shift European tourism from south to north

Climate change will gradually drive tourism in Europe away from typical southern destinations and up to cooler northern regions, a new study from the European Commission […]
3 August 2023

Madrid – Marseille in under 8 hours, thanks to new high-speed rail connection

Europe just got a little bit smaller. Spanish railway operator, Renfe, has launched a new high-speed service linking the Spanish capital Madrid and France’s second city, […]
2 August 2023

1000 people could live on Venus colony by 2050, says Oceangate co-founder

In the wake of the Titan tragedy, the co-founder of Oceangate – the now infamous company behind the uncertified submersible that imploded in June 2023 on […]
2 August 2023

Travelers could save up to 20% on Europe’s night trains, study shows

According to a new study by environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) and Back on Track Europe, solo travelers could save up to 20% on the […]