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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.

22 November 2022

A turtle-shaped floating city could become the world’s largest boat

A futuristic itinerant floating city with the shape of a giant turtle could soon become a reality. Designed by Pierpaolo Lazzarini, the Pangeos comprises various hotels, […]
22 November 2022

New ‘cruise-ferry’ now sailing from Spain to Ireland twice a week

The new Brittany Ferries vessel “Salamanca” has completed its first crossing between the Irish port of Rosslare and the port of Bilbao. The ferry is the […]
17 November 2022

The new bird paradise you have to visit on the Belgian coast

The Belgian coast is somewhat of a controversial one. Broadly speaking, you either hate it or you love it. For some people, the flat grey coastline, […]
17 November 2022

European Court of Justice to clarify competition law questions for online platforms

Online travel platforms increase choice and transparency for consumers and make it easier for hotels to reach a worldwide audience. Parity clauses, which address the risk […]
10 November 2022

Hotel Metropole in Brussels opens its doors once again for a special experience

Historical buildings and what to do with them are a hot topic these days. Our current needs are different from what they used to be decennia […]
10 November 2022

Shift Robotics has developed the ‘world’s fastest shoes’

Shift Robotics has designed the ‘world’s fastest shoes’ or The Moonwalkers, as the company has called them. They are powered by a tiny electric motor which […]
9 November 2022

Volkswagen to launch hydrogen car with a tank autonomy of 2,000km

Volkswagen and Kraftwerk are developing a car powered by hydrogen with a tank autonomy of 2,000 km.   1. Coming soon The German car manufacturer is […]
9 November 2022

Emperor penguins added to list of threatened species due to climate change

Emperor penguins have been officially declared a threatened species due to the impact of climate change on their habitat. On October 25th, Emperor penguins were added […]
7 November 2022

Activists fight bid to remove cats from Puerto Rico’s streets

Puerto Rico’s historic district has long been populated by hundreds of cats who merrily scamper around the streets of San Juan. Beloved by both tourists and […]
4 November 2022

What if you could throw your old clothes in a compost bin?

The fast fashion industry has taken over the world in the past decades and although clothing brands have been making an effort in recent years to […]
4 November 2022

Dutch students invent promising zero-emissions car

In the race for climate neutral solutions to mobility, a group of Dutch students from the Eindhoven University of Technology (EUT) invented a zero-emissions car that […]
3 November 2022

These are Qatar’s 8 stadiums for FIFA World Cup 2022

The FIFA World Cup 2022 tournament starts soon, with the first match, between Qatar and Ecuador, on 20 November. The games will be played in 8 […]
2 November 2022

Wildlife populations have shrunk by 70% in 50 years

Our planet is a splendid ball full of wonders, some already discovered, some still uncovered in some far-away corner of the world. Even though we as […]
31 October 2022

Royal Caribbean unveils design and spaces of its record-breaking ship

Royal Caribbean has revealed details of its newest ship—the Icon of the Seas.  On Thursday, Oct. 20, Royal Caribbean unveiled its new ship as the vacation […]
28 October 2022

Rwanda encourages tourists to protect gorillas by using social media

Introduced in October 2022 by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), a branch of the government, “GorillaGram“ is a new platform available to researchers and scientists. The […]
27 October 2022

Germany to legalize cannabis for recreational use

Germany’s coalition government laid down plans to legalize cannabis for recreational use.  1. Regulating cannabis Without giving out a clear timeline, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced […]