What is it? The problem with Ferrari launches is that hacks have to try doubly hard to remain objective. Usually held in northern Italy, often at and around the factory, they treat you to superb and almost-always dry roads, the legendary Fiorano test track and, as if that weren’t sufficient, dinner at a restaurant called Montana, whose pasta alone constitutes reason enough to get on the plane. It’s hard not to feel at least tolerably well disposed towards a car presented in such circumstances. Well, this one was going to be different. A diary clash meant I had to skip the Roma main event in sun-scorched Italy back in August, so if we were to meet at all in 2020, it would be in December in southeast England, where the roads could be guaranteed to be busy, the weather as wet as it was cold and lunch a sandwich in a bag. Actually, I wasn’t sad at all. Like most people, I’m not knocked out by the idea of spending a couple of hours at 35,000ft in a thin aluminium tube in the company of a few hundred strangers right now, and the prospect of being introduced to a brand-new Ferrari in the all too real world was rather compelling: if the Roma could find a way of working here, it would work pretty much anywhere. This was an away game for Ferrari, and I wondered if it would show. Around Goodwood, where I drove it for the very first time, it most certainly did. Any rear-drive car with over 600bhp is likely to keep you busy on a soaking, not-far-off-freezing track, but when that track is one that combines fast and fear like no other in the land, you had better have your wits about you. Or, alternatively, your safety systems on. These days, Ferrari’s traction and stability controls are as good as you’ll find, and if you keep the manettino controller in either Wet or Comfort mode, that’s what you’ll find out: the Roma circulates the track very cleanly and rather slowly, the electronics anticipating slip and shutting it down before it has a chance to develop. In Sport mode, it’s rather unsatisfactory, because it suggests it’s going to allow the car to yaw a little but then doesn’t allow it. So you put it into Race mode and are instantly busier than you would ever want to be in a car and on a track like this. In extremis, it did seem able to step in and save you from yourself, but the earth banks are very close at Goodwood and wet grass so slippery that once you’ve left the track, you seem to accelerate towards the scene of your accident, so I didn’t pursue the matter further. Once I had discovered that it would spin its wheels in fifth gear, I concluded that there wasn’t much more to be learned here other than how one might reduce by one the global Roma po[CENSORED]tion, so I gave up the track work and headed out onto the public road instead. And here, once I had realised that you need to press the manettino to access the Bumpy Road mode so essential to progress on British back roads, I continued my search for a still unanswered question. What's it like? What I most wished to discover was where on the spectrum between an obvious grand tourer like the Bentley Continental GT and a clear sports car (despite its name) like the McLaren GT the Roma lay. The answer took its time in arriving. On the one hand, this is a front-engined 2+2 and, since the GTC4 Lusso got canned, the only Ferrari coupé so configured. So there’s a clear role for it filling in as Maranello’s mile-muncher until the car it doesn’t like calling an SUV arrives in 2023. So it’s a GT, right? Well, maybe. It is, after all, a close relative of the Portofino, the most middle-of-the-road car in the Ferrari stable. The interior is quite luxuriously appointed but that, of course, also depends sizeably on how many additional tens of thousands you spend on optional extras, something you can count on being encouraged to do. There’s always fun to be had here, considering who pays £1296 to have his or her brake calipers painted black (what colour are they as standard?) or £4416 for ventilated front seats, £2400 for Apple CarPlay (yes, really), £4512 for a brace of weekend bags or, my perennial favourite, £3360 to have the boot trimmed in carbonfibre. There are those rear seats to consider, too: it’s not that Ferrari has never done a 2+2 sports car, rather that it did one once (remember the Bertone-bodied 308 GT4 of 1974, the last Ferrari to be badged a Dino?) and decided swiftly thereafter never to do one again. The Mondial was far softer and more stodgy and all the others have been full-sized cars with V12 power, like the 456, 612 Scaglietti, FF and GTC4 Lusso (although, yes, they did use the V8 in the Lusso, too). Is the Roma really to reverse that trend? It seems not. The driving environment is exceptionally user-friendly, at least in theory. I concede that the instrument pack comes direct from the curious SF90 Stradale, but I think it looks more suited to these more suave surroundings. And it’s a marvel and quite un-Ferrari-like. While the instrument pack of, say, the F8 Tributo, is actually pretty simple in appearance, because the supporting backstage architecture dates back to the dawn of the 458 Italia, yet infernally complicated to operate for much the same reason, the Roma’s is quite the reverse. You can be dazzled, even cowed, by the sheer complexity of the ultra-high-definition display, but its operation is entirely logical, intuitive even. If Ferrari can get the haptics of the touchpads that control it to work properly, it will be a new level for this kind of car. Even as it is, and despite tuition from the man from Ferrari on how exactly to draw one’s digit across the surface of the pad, it was still a hit-and-miss affair on the car I drove. Or perhaps that should be a gentle sweep and miss. I’m told that Ferrari is working on it. All of which makes it quite tempting on such a dark, drizzling day just to chill out in the Roma, having already concluded that its role in life is evident from its sleek appearance, relaxed demeanour and historical precedent. Tempting, but a mistake. Because the Roma does that other thing, too: the Ferrari thing. The thing that makes you set an alarm for 3am because who would want to sleep when that’s outside? You don’t even need to think about the manettino setting, because Sport, so unsatisfactory on the track, is perfect for someone looking to drive a Roma with some purpose on even a wet public road. The only real disappointment is that the car is short of traction in such conditions, although I spoke to someone who knows who tells me that the car is quite tyre-sensitive and that Michelin’s Pilot 4S boot is a vast improvement on the Pirelli P Zero rubber fitted to the car I drove. But so long as you’re just a little sensitive with the throttle, the Roma will surprise and delight. Surprises include it feeling far more compact than it actually is. This may be a small Ferrari, but it’s a big car, yet you can place it perfectly. I was surprised by the steering, too, which takes another step back from Ferrari’s once super-aggressive off-centre response, which remains the worst thing about the F8 Tributo. The performance raises eyebrows as well. By Ferrari standards, this isn’t a particularly powerful car, nor is it by any standards conspicuously light, but it still feels rapid enough to make you wonder who in their right mind could ever feel short-changed by this level of acceleration. And the delight was simply the way it gets down the road. Ferraris have long been famed for their engines, but I’m increasingly persuaded that their true geniuses work in chassis development. It was so fast on frankly some of the most difficult roads a car like this will encounter, yet so deft and reassuring. The new eight-speed gearbox seems unimprovable in the context of dual-clutch transmissions and the way Ferrari has managed the torque delivery, with a different map for every single gear up to seventh, provides magical power delivery for a twin-turbo engine. Its gruff note alone, so suited to a mid-engined application, seems out of place here. Should I buy one? So, sports car or GT? The only answer is that the Roma is a master of both. It’s actually a more imperfect machine than I had expected from all I had read, but perhaps I have Goodwood, West Sussex and December weather to thank for helping me find flaws that might otherwise have been harder to discern. But with abilities both so broad and so deep contained as they are in a car that looks so good, its failings seem slight by comparison. It’s a car with rivals from Bentley to McLaren, with Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and Aston Martin between. I hope they realise what a fight they have on their hands.

Now more than ever, we need to pay attention to our health — it is directly linked to our lifestyle and what we put on our plates. The food we eat not only helps to replenish our reserves, but also keep us fit and able. As such, doctors insist it is necessary that we stay mindful of what we eat and how we eat it. While the common understanding is that processed food is bad for health, and must be avoided as much as possible, some people still consume a lot of ultra processed foods like pizza, burger, sugary snacks, cakes, etc. But according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it has been found that these ultra processed foods with preservatives and added sugar, can lead to a higher risk of heart disease and even premature death! According to a report in the Insider, a group of Italian researchers followed 24,325 men and women aged 35 and above, for up to 10 years, and collected data on their eating habits and health outcomes. It was found that participants who ate a lot of ultra processed foods had a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, heart attack, or stroke, as opposed to those who did not. The participants that ate more unhealthy, received at least 15 per cent of their daily calories in the form of ultra processed food. That is anywhere between 300 to 1,250 calories a day worth of processed food, or the equivalent of two to eight servings of hot dogs, candy bars, soda, and the like, the outlet mentions. As such, people in that category were 58 per cent more likely to die of cardiovascular diseases than their peers who consumed the least ultra processed food (not more than approximately one serving a day). They were also 52 per cent more likely to die of a stroke, or another type of cerebrovascular disease. It has also been understood in previously-conducted studies that ultra processed foods tend to be more palatable, making us feel hungrier, thereby encouraging overeating and weight gain.

Rabat – A high-level US delegation led by the Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East and North Africa David Schenker visited the location of the future American consulate general in Dakhla today. David Schenker along with US ambassador to Morocco David Fsicher and his wife wore a Sahrawi outfit to celebrate the event and the region’s culture. The US delegation traveled to the region to launch the official process for the opening of the US consulate facility to demonstrate the US unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity. The opening of the American consulate in Dakhla, southern Morocco, will take place one month after Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara. Earlier today, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita received the US delegation and held talks with David Shenker on the US-Morocco cooperation. Commenting on the visit, David Fischer said the event marks another “historic milestone in more than 200 years of friendship between the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America.” He said that he is honored to visit the region, describing it as a beautiful and critically important event for Morocco. “I give my sincere thanks to His Majesty King Mohammed VI, whose firm dedication to the US- Morocco friendship was essential for making today’s visit possible,” the ambassador said. Read also: Senior US Official: Morocco Key Partner for Regional Stability David Fischer and local authorities in the region visited several locations, including potential locations that could serve in the future as a physical US consulate in Dakhla. Fischer emphasized that the goal of the trip is to underscore the US focus on fostering economic prosperity, peace, and stability in Morocco, especially in its southern provinces. In a video message on the US delegation visit to Dakhla, CEO of the US International Development Finance Cooperation (DFC) Adam Boheler reiterated his country’s commitment to furthering USinvestments in economic prosperity and social development across Morocco. “The friendship between the United States and Morocco is unbreakable, and is only growing stronger,”he said.

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Renault will reinvent a number of its classic models as electric cars as part of a bold turnaround plan set to be unveiled by new boss Luca de Meo, according to reports. Former Seat boss de Meo was given the top job at the French giant last year. He has been working on a new business plan to boost sales and reposition the firm, which began last September with the unveiling of a major internal restructure. De Meo is now set to unveil the next phase in his plan on Thursday January 14, in an event billed as a 'Renaulution'. Reuters, citing two sources, states that de Meo’s plan will focus on future product ranges, and will include the revival of at least two classic nameplates to strengthen the focus on Renault’s French heritage. They will include an electric reinvention of the 4L, based on the city car originally launched in the 1960s as a rival to the Mini and Fiat 500. An electric version of the Renault 5, originally offered in two generations from 1972 until it was replaced by the Clio in 1996, is also reportedly set to be revealed. No more details of the models have been given, but they could potentially share a platform with the existing Zoe electric hatch or use the new Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance CMF-EV electric platform, which Renault will first use for the forthcoming production version of the Megane eVision. The Megane eVision is a crossover that uses the long-running nameplate of the firm’s family hatch, and also features a retro-infused design with numerous nods to Renault’s past. As with the Megane, reviving classic model names such as the 4 and 5 would be a way for Renault to pitch early electric models to a more style-focused audience, in a similar way to how Fiat has positioned its new electric 500. Reuters also claims that Renault will reveal three electric models for its Alpine sub-brand. As previously reported by Autocar, Renault bosses have been considering turning Alpine into an electric-only performance brand, with a reshuffle last year securing the firm's long-term future. Do Meo’s plan is also set to include culling several long-running models that have waned in po[CENSORED]rity in recent years, including the Espace MPV. Renault has declined to comment on the Reuters report.

Fashion designer Saisha Shinde recently took to social media to thank people for the “support and love” she received after coming out as a transwoman. The designer, who was earlier known as Swapnil Shinde shared a note on Instagram recently. “I thank all those of you who have helped me birth Saisha Shinde,” she wrote. “An immense thank you to each and everyone to say that I am overwhelmed with the support and love is an understatement! all I feel at the end of this is GRATITUDE And trust me when I say I give back all the love and strength right back at everyone teamed with a tight hug. Let’s shine on and change this world!” Shinde further wrote. Earlier this month, Shinde came out as a transwoman in a long post on social media. “I spent the next few years believing that I was attracted to men because I was gay, but it was only 6 years ago that I finally accepted to myself, and today that I accept to you. I’m not a gay man. I am a transwoman,” the designer had written. Talking about how “coming out” to the public helped her, Shinde said, “I share this with you because my journey is far from over, yet today, I feel a sense of peace I have longed for all my life.” The celebrity designer talked about how she hoped to be a “testimony to each one of you who may be going through a similar struggle and is in need of some faith.” “I hope I can be a companion to each one of you who is feeling alone and lost in the midst of chaos,” she further added. “Accepting and sharing my truth hasn’t been easy,” Shinde continued. Expressing how her father stood by her, she wrote, “I’m blessed to be born to a father who has been an endless source of strength, a family who always came around for my happiness, and friends who have rallied through the toughest times.” Shinde also posted an Instagram picture of her first clutch. She is seen posing with a brown clutch from the label Jenn. “Who knew something as simple as this would end up giving so much happiness! My first Clutch!” she captioned the post.

Police in Fez this week arrested four individuals, including a woman, suspected of links with a criminal network active in the falsification of official documents, and fraud. The General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) provided the Fez judicial police unit with detailed information that led to the arrest. The four suspects, aged 30 to 45, were arrested in operations carried out simultaneously in Fez and Meknes, Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicated in a press release. One of the arrestees was under a national search notice issued by the regional brigade of the judicial police of Fez, on grounds of fraud and the use of forged documents to defraud companies of sale of new vehicles, the statement noted. During the search operations carried out after police arrested the four individuals, authorities seized computer equipment and a printer the suspects used for their forgery activities. Police also seized several false stamps, identity documents, and vehicle ownership documents, in addition to a car with a falsified registration card. The four suspects have been placed in police custody while investigations are ongoing to throw more light on the issue. The news comes as Morocco’s security services show effectiveness in tackling a wide range of fraudulent activities. On Wednesday 6, the National Brigade of Judicial Police also arrested a 57-year-old Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese national in Casablanca, on allegations of fraud and identity theft. Preliminary investigations revealed that the Lebanese man has allegedly scammed several victims in Morocco by posing as the manager of a foreign company and demanding large sums of money for fictitious employment offers.

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Anushka Sharma, who is expecting her first child, has been spotted quite frequently in the last few months. And the actor, almost always, gives serious maternity goals with her looks. It was no different when the Zero actor was spotted twice recently. For one outing, she opted for an oversized sweatshirt dress from the label MM6 Maison Margiela. She teamed that with comfortable white sneakers and let her hair loose. Virat, too, was spotted looking sharp in grey pants teamed with jacket and t-shirt. On another occasion, she went for an oversized white shirt and we love how soothing the look is. The shirt was teamed with blue denim and Kolhapuri chappals. And as we all know, you can never go wrong with this combination. Recently, she did a maternity photoshoot with fashion magazine Vogue and the results were stunning! She spoke about the way she bonded with other women during pregnancy. “When you are expecting, you connect with people you never thought you would. Honestly, all the women in my life, not only my close friends, have been so kind, so helpful in reaching out…For all those questions, you have to have that circle. I think it’s really underrated, that ‘sisterhood’.”

Rabat – The UAE is set to reopen its borders to Qatar, officially concluding the 3.5-year Gulf crisis that saw Qatar isolated from its neighbors. On Tuesday, Qatar signed a diplomatic agreement with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and the UAE that is becoming a practical reality as the coalition lifts its border restrictions. The UAE will open its land, sea, and air borders with Qatar on Saturday, showing its commitment to the newfound political agreement to end the Gulf crisis. The country’s diplomats had promised to reopen its borders “within a week,” following Saudi Arabia reopening its borders on Tuesday, January 5, during the agreement’s signing ceremony. After months of fruitful negotiations, the parties involved signaled they had finally reached a deal to end the diplomatic isolation of Qatar and end the Gulf crisis. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan al-Saud stated that all parties were “extremely pleased” to have reached an agreement that was “entirely satisfactory to all nations involved.” With diplomatic talks concluded, the Gulf crisis is now seeing its practical conclusion as former rivals again reopen their borders with Qatar and vital trade and travel can recommence. From Saturday, January 9, the UAE will resume cross-border travel and trade that had been halted since 2017. On Thursday the UAE’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Anwar Gargash, stated the UAE is “extremely, extremely supportive and positive about the declaration.” Rarely does a diplomatic stand-off such as the 3.5-year Qatar Gulf Crisis reach such an amicable conclusion. The diplomatic success is likely the result of Kuwaiti mediation, the first diplomatic victory since its renowned emir and international diplomat Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah passed away on September 29, 2020. The US has also facilitated the diplomatic triumph that ends Qatar’s isolation from its closest neighbors. The US has close ties to both Qatar, and the coalition that isolated it since 2017. The “Al Ula agreement,” named after the location of the signing, was brokered by the US and signed at the 41st GCC summit. The agreement means the Gulf crisis is now over and Qatar and its former rivals will now be “turning a page,” according to the most-recent public statements by Emirati FM Gargash.

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