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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.

16 June 2022

10 Most expensive cities to buy a home in Europe

A recent study conducted by CIA Landlord Insurance to determine the most and least expensive cities to buy a home revealed that the highest average price […]
16 June 2022

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn commercial mission to liftoff later this year

The four crew members of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn commercial mission are undergoing a series of training for the program’s first space flight, scheduled for later this […]
16 June 2022

8,000 British Airways flights already cancelled and further chaos is imminent

Passengers of the British Airways airline could soon face even more hassle with their flights. The airline has already cancelled 8,000 flights between March and October, […]
15 June 2022

Ryanair ticket prices have increased by almost 10% for this summer

On Tuesday June 14th, Michael O’Leary, chief executive of the Ryanair group, said that its fares will be between 7% and 9% more expensive this summer […]
15 June 2022

Why are airline tickets so expensive right now?

Travelers planning their summer vacations are facing soaring flight ticket prices as the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in most parts of the world has resulted in […]
15 June 2022

Turkish Airlines changes name to Türkiye Hava Yolları

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just announced that the country’s national carrier will change its name to Türkiye Hava Yolları instead of Turkish Airlines, […]
15 June 2022

Modernization of China’s first desert highway to reduce carbon emissions

The Tarim Desert Highway, which traverses the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China, has recently lowered its carbon footprint thanks to a […]
15 June 2022

US economy to benefit from $2.6 billion from the tourism sector over the next decade

The US Travel & Tourism sector is projected to contribute over $2.6 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) to the US economy over the next decade. […]
15 June 2022

European Parliament votes to ban diesel and petrol cars by 2035

The Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of a ban of cars and vans as of 2035, forcing automotive manufacturers to sell only zero-emission […]
14 June 2022

Lufthansa transforms an Airbus 330 into a superyacht-like experience

On May 18th, at European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Lufthansa Technik presented an exclusive extension of its new wide-body VIP cabin concept […]
14 June 2022

Reaching for the future in Helsinki

Last week I was in Helsinki, Finland, I was invited to speak at the opening of the 15th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations, the […]
14 June 2022

Portugal is one of the most popular destinations this summer

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the Travel & Tourism sector in Portugal will drive the national economic recovery and could even surpass […]
14 June 2022

Brussels Terrasse O² becomes the largest open-air coworking in Belgium

How and where we work has changed a lot over the years. A few decades ago, each and every one of us who had a job […]
14 June 2022

How Helsinki’s responsible use of data is improving citizens’ lives

The World Economic Forum and the Government of Finland, in collaboration with Edelman, Splunk and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, have developed a new approach to […]
14 June 2022

Timeshare members suffer the most from chaos at UK airports

Airlines are short staffed and huge numbers of flights are being cancelled last minute from UK airports. Knowing this, most holidaymakers are able to plan holidays […]
13 June 2022

Rooftop gardens can help reduce heat in cities, new study shows

A recent study by NASA published in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society has shown that due to an effect called the “urban heat island,” temperatures […]
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