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UAE to Launch Second Emirati-Built Satellite in 2023

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo
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UAE to Launch Second Emirati-Built Satellite in 2023

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum attends the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike/File Photo

The United Arab Emirates is developing a satellite dubbed MBZ-Sat intended to deliver high-resolution imagery, Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to develop scientific and technological capabilities.

It will be the second Emirati satellite to be fully developed and built by a team of Emirati engineers following the KhalifaSat, which launched in 2018.

The satellite development is taking place at Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center. MBZ-Sat is expected to be launched in 2023.

Sheikh Mohammed said it would be the region’s most advanced civilian satellite in the field of high-resolution satellite imagery but gave no further detail.

In July, the UAE launched the first Arab mission to Mars, the Hope Probe, Reuters reported.

The UAE first announced plans for the Mars mission in 2014 and launched a National Space Program in 2017 to help develop local expertise.

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Pineapple Pizza Debate Heats Up as UK Pizzeria Sets 100-pound Price Tag

Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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Pineapple Pizza Debate Heats Up as UK Pizzeria Sets 100-pound Price Tag

Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Chef Quin Jianoran has a taste of the Hawaiian, ham, and pineapple-topped pizza at Lupa Pizza restaurant in Norwich, Britain, January 23, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

A trendy pizzeria in the English city of Norwich has declared war on pineapples, charging an eye-watering 100 pounds ($123) for a Hawaiian in a bid to put customers off the disputed topping.
Lupa Pizza recently added pizza topped with ham and pineapple to its account on a food delivery app, writing in the description: "Yeah, for 100 pounds you can have it. Order the champagne too! Go on, you monster!"
"(We) vehemently dislike pineapple on pizza," Reuters quoted Lupa co-owner Francis Wolf as saying. "We feel like it doesn't suit pizza at all."
The other co-owner, head chef Quin Jianoran, said they kept tinned pineapple at the restaurant in case someone ordered it, but this had yet to happen.
As pizza has become popular globally, foreign innovations in toppings have often left Italians perplexed and aghast.
A January 2024 survey by British polling and research company YouGov showed that over 50% of Britons either love or like pineapple on pizza, 16% disliked it and nearly 20% hated it.
Some well-known British personalities have weighed in on the debate, with former politician Ed Balls saying pineapple on pizza was an "appalling" idea.
Hawaiian lovers took to Lupa's social media in defense of the topping, with a user saying "pineapple on pizza is life". Another said Lupa's war on pineapples was a "great bit of harmless marketing".
At the Norwich pizzeria, customers were also divided.
Builder Simon Greaves, 40, said that putting pineapple on pizza was wrong, and should not be done. But Johnny Worsley, 14, said the Hawaiian was his second favorite after pepperoni.
"But I wouldn't pay 100 pounds for it. I don't think anyone will," Worsley said.