Today's Top 3 News: PSSI to Announce National Team Line-Up for U-17 World Cup on Sunday, Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Hit Bandung as Transition Season Begins
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27 October 2023 16:03 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top three news on Friday, October 27. Those include PSSI to Announce National Team Line-Up for U-17 World Cup This Sunday, the news on Heavy Rain, Hail, and Strong Winds Hit Bandung as Transition Season Begins, and Kominfo Ministry Asserts Jokowi's Speech in Chinese Produced by Deepfake
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. PSSI to Announce National Team Line-Up for U-17 World Cup This Sunday
The Indonesian U-17 World Cup National Team coaches are currently selecting players to strengthen the main team for the Cup next month. Technical Director of PSSI Indra Sjafri stated that Coach Bima Sakti will announce the selected squad on October 29.
"[The final line-up] will be announced on October 29, composed of 18 players and three goalkeepers for the U-17 World Cup," he said after the opening ceremony of Media Cup 2023 at Triboone Mini Soccer in Jakarta on Thursday.
2. Heavy Rain, Hail, and Strong Winds Hit Bandung as Transition Season Begins
Heavy rain accompanied by hail and strong winds hit Bandung and Cimahi at the beginning of the transition season from dry to rainy season. “The occurrence of hydrometeorological disasters at the beginning of the transition period is common,” the Bandung Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency’s (BMKG) Head of Geophysical Station, Teguh Rahayu, said on Thursday, October 26, 2023.
On Wednesday, heavy rain accompanied by hail and strong winds hit South Cimahi District at around 1 p.m. local time. Heavy rain accompanied by strong wind gusts also occurred in several areas of Cimahi City at around 1-2:30 p.m. As a result, some trees fell, blocking the traffic flow on the Love Bridge of Cigondewah and Central Cigugur.
Another area that experienced heavy rain accompanied by hail and strong winds was Jalan Gunung Batu in Cicendo District, causing trees to fall and disrupting vehicular traffic.
3. Kominfo Ministry Asserts Jokowi's Speech in Chinese Produced by Deepfake
A video displaying President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivering a speech using fluent Chinese language went viral on social media. The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) confirmed that it was misleading content produced by artificial intelligence or AI.
“It’s misleading content,” the ministry’s Director General of Informatics Applications, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, said in the Kominfo office, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, Oct. 26.
The ministry found similarities between the recent video with the caption 'Jokowi speaks Mandarin' and the video uploaded by the YouTube channel of the U.S.-Indonesia Society (USINDO) on November 13, 2015.
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