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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, Catapult, The Common, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, JMWW, River Teeth, Literal 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.

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26 December 2022
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Israeli startup conducts first successful unmanned flight of personal flying vehicle

Israel-based startup AIR announced that its flying car prototype completed its first successful unmanned test flight. According to its developers, the accomplishment puts them on track […]
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26 December 2022
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China relaxes quarantine rules for international travellers as of January 2023

Since the beginning of the pandemic, China has had some of the strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions, only recently starting to ease the entry requirements for international […]
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26 December 2022
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India makes negative Covid-19 test mandatory for five countries

India increased sanitary rules including mandatory testing for a few countries and random testing for international passengers. 1. Mandatory Covid-19 testing With the new rules, travellers […]
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26 December 2022
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What if every building’s window could generate electricity?

Windows with a transparent solar coating over them could soon revolutionize energy efficiency and power generation in cities across the world. According to the World Economic […]
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26 December 2022
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Flanders exceeds goal of 1,000 km of new cycle paths

Flanders’ Copenhagen Plan had a goal of deploying 1,000 kilometers of additional bicycle paths but that number has been surpassed. The Flemish government had originally set […]
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26 December 2022
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Dubai’s tourism is booming with 11.4 million visitors in 10 months

Dubai received 11.4 million international visitors between January and October 2022, an increase of 134% compared to the same period last year, as reported by Dubai’s […]
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23 December 2022
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Flanders overtakes European countries in cycling infrastructure investment in 2022

The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has just published the 2022 edition of the “The state of national cycling strategies” report, providing a comprehensive overview of the status of national […]
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23 December 2022
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UNWTO names the best tourism villages of 2022

The UN’s World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has selected 32 destinations form around the world as the best tourism villages of 2022. The accolade recognizes rural destinations […]
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22 December 2022
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3 environmental actions that can offer hope in 2022

With year’s end around the corner many are wondering what 2023 will look like in terms of disasters caused by global warming. Deforestation continues, floods and […]
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22 December 2022
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European airports do not expect full recovery before 2025

On Tuesday December 20th, Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE) released a revised passenger traffic forecast for the European airport network, showing that passenger volumes in […]
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21 December 2022
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Swedish startup has built the electric airliner of the future

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has built the world’s first electric airplane. The company has already tested a scale model of a 19-seat electric commuter plane, which […]
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21 December 2022
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Do you know why the world’s longest flight doesn’t follow a seemingly straight line?

The longest flight in commercial aviation around the world is currently the one that connects New York to Singapore, with a total of approximately 18 hours […]
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20 December 2022
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Brussels Airlines records 28% increase in year-end bookings

On Monday December 19th, Brussels Airlines announced that the company is preparing to fly almost 270,000 passengers during the year-end vacation. This represents a 28% increase […]
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20 December 2022
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Debt & Climate Change: Our children’s inheritance

Critics of government spending argue that when one generation pays for current expenditure on health, welfare and education by borrowing, we are shifting the cost to […]
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20 December 2022
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These were the world’s top city destinations in 2022

After almost two years of pandemic induced quarantine, the travel and tourism industry has finally started to recover this year. People have been eager to travel […]
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20 December 2022
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EU increases carbon reduction target by 62% in order to tackle climate change

After hours of discussions, lawmakers in the European Parliament and the Council have agreed, on December 17, to step up the carbon reduction target, under the […]
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