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Indonesian male Lifter of the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist in 61 kilograms class, Eko Yuli Irawan returned to gain achievements in the 2018 Weightlifting World Championship which took place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on November 1-10. The National Radio News Agency reported, Eko Yuli Irawan won three gold medals after being able to lift the barbell in the snatch force weighing 143 kilograms, clean & jerk 174 kilograms, and a total force of 317 kilograms. Thanks to his achievements, Eko also broke two world records in the clean & jerk class and total force. He was one of 11 Indonesian lifters who were competing in Ashgabat. He is also a weightlifting branch qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With the points system used in this championship to determine how many quotas are obtained by each contingent, the gold medal presented by Eko is one of the guarantees to gain a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Indonesian lifter, Sri Hartati won three gold medals in the weightlifting world championship entitled the World Open Powerlifting Championship in Halmstad, Sweden, 5-10 of November and two of them made a world record. Sri Hartati who is a lifter assisted by Gajah Lampung, based on data from the Executive Board of the All Indonesia Weightlifting Association in Jakarta, Wednesday competed in the 57-kg class to break 2 world records for the total power and in the Squat type. In the total power, Sri Hartati set a new world record with a total of 565 kg and won gold. Then, the 34-year-old woman squat lifter recorded 225 kg and won gold at the same time. Besides Sri, a woman lifter from West Kalimantan, Widari who competed in 47-kg class also won two gold medals and one silver. Although ranked second in a total of 476 kg, Widari broke the world record for the Bench Press with 141 kg.

Australian rider, Jesse Ewart (Team Sapura Cycling Malaysia) retained three jersey: yellow, green and polka dot, after completing Stage IV of the Tour de Singkarak cycling race in Agam, on last Wednesday (7/11). Although finishing 23rd in the fourth stage, Ewart still has the best time record in the general rider standings (15 hours 51 minutes 32 seconds) until he has the right to defend the yellow jersey he won in Stage-III race. Thai rider, Ariya Phounsavath from Thailand Continental Cycling Team chased Ewart in second place with a time difference of two seconds, followed by Indonesian rider, Muhammad Abdurrohman from KFC Team with a time difference of 1 minute 5 seconds. Stage-IV race, as far as 144 km from Padang to Agam, has three sprint points, namely in Lubuk Alung (km 25.5), Sungai Limau (km 62), Lubuk Basung (km 107.9), and one climb point of King Of Mountain in Turn 44 Ambun Pagi which has an altitude of 1,140 meters (km 144 / category 1). Ewart also still holds a green jersey after being the fastest in the sprint category, and polka dot jersey for the climb category (King of Mountain). Meanwhile, Stage IV, which was marked by the fall of rain, belonged to Thai Thanakhan Chaiyasombat (Thailand Continental Cycling Team), who finished ahead with 3 hours 52 minutes 6 seconds followed by Dutch rider, Adne Van Engelen (Bike Aid) in second place and Sanghong Park from Korea (LC Cycling Team) is ranked third. Abdul Sholeh from KFC Cycling team became the fastest Indonesian rider in stage IV, but the best Indonesian rider standing was held by Muhammad Abdurrahman (KFC Cycling Team) who was still entitled to wear a red-and-white jersey. The KFC Cycling team from Indonesia was still ranked second in the general classification of the team after Stage IV overshadowed the Thailand Continental Cycling Team at the top.

The Indonesian national football team immediately practiced tactics on the first day of training in Singapore on Wednesday (7/11), ahead of the AF Group 2018 Cup B match against Singapore on Friday (9/11). The training at the Bisham Stadium was held a day after Indonesia arrived in Singapore on Tuesday night (6/11). This was said by the Indonesian national team coach, Bima Sakti, quoted from the official website of the Indonesian Football Association in Jakarta on Wednesday. In the session, Bima seemed to sharpen the stabbing of the winger who had become the mainstay of the Indonesian national team. The fast runners in the national team like Riko Simanjutak, Andik Vermansah, Febri Hariyadi and Irfan Jaya are prepared to rip off the opponent's defense from the wide side. In line with his coach, Andik Vermansah was determined to take home three points from away games versus Singapore. Group B matches against Singapore's AFF 2018 Cup take place at the National Stadium, Singapore on Friday (9/11) starting at 19.00 WIB. In Group B. In addition to Singapore, Indonesia joined with defending champions Thailand, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

Gadjah Mada University –UGM students won “Greenpreneur Competition 2018” organized by Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Seoul, South Korea from October 29-November 2, 2018. The five students managed to get a funding prize worth US$ 5,000 dollars after presenting their eco-friendly business design to GGGI officials. Besides the Indonesian team, other teams that won were from Uganda, Cambodia and Morocco. Afterwards, the team representatives were invited to Korea to present their business ideas before GGGI officials. Yohanes Susanto, one of the team members said that of the total participants registering, 10 finalists were selected, and 4 of them were invited to do business presentations in Seoul.In this competition, the UGM team designed the business of producing organic pesticides. The business plan was prepared by Yohanes along with Jonathan Kent Sorensen, Muhammad Hafish Mahdi, Albertus Alphero Tangkilisan, Natali Gupita Abhirama, and supervisor Wiratni Budhijanto. They brougth a business plan about the production of organic pesticides that are more rain-resistant than ordinary pesticides. The raw material for pestisidan is taken from distillates which are no longer used. Besides obtaining a small amount of business capital, in this competition the participants were also given the opportunity to learn various strategies to develop their business through mentoring activities from experts who had been selected by GGGI.This Eco-Friendly Business Design Competition is a bit different because there is 10 weeks of mentoring. This GGGI mentoring provides knowledge on how to market and start a business. Every week, there are also assignments that must be collected. These assignments are in the form of market surveys, financial planning, and analysis of social and economic impacts. Prepared with the knowledge and capital of this competition, the students will then prepare various steps to start and develop their business that can provide economic benefits while providing a positive impact on environmental sustainability.

Australia under Prime Minister Scott Morrisson's government seems more open to its neighbors in the Pacific than the previous regime. One of the reasons for this is that Australia's opposition is more proactive with the Pacific region by disbursing funds worth A$2 billion dollars or about Rp. 20 trillion. Based on advantage or disadvantage, in fact, Australia doesn't gain huge financial benefits by investing the amount of money. Prime Minister Scott Morrison in her speech on Thursday (November 8) said that Australia has its lasting interest in the Pacific region that is safe, strategic, economically stable and politically sovereign. These aspects have become Australia’s perspective since China began to approach this region. China has, of course, interest in this region. With the influx of Chinese influence into the region, support for Taiwan is also declining. Several countries in the Pacific support Taiwan. Taiwan, which does not want to lose its pacific supporters, competes with China after Taiwan lost support from Fiji, which chose to close relations with Taipei and open the door to relations with China. But the influence makes Australia uncomfortable. The Australian opposition which is concerned about strengthening the influence was first planning a proposal to strengthen Australian influence. Soon, Australia disburses funds into the region; apparently Australia and China themselves face investment problems. Minister of Treasury (Treasurer), Josh Frydenberg said that he would block China's efforts to take over the gas pipeline business in Australia, which is worth US$13 billion dollars. There are foreign ownership concerns there. In addition, Australia also prohibits Huawei's involvement in the construction of the 5G network for reasons of national security. At present, the rivalry between Australia and China in seizing regional influence should continue to maintain a peaceful Pacific. We would like to see that whether both countries will win the sympathy of the Pacific countries in an elegant manner. The answer might be at the APEC Summit in Papua New Guinea –PNG next week.

The people of the United States, have cast their votes in mid-term elections on Tuesday local time. This political event in the United States is a characteristic of the state political system that does not occur in other countries including Indonesia. There are at least two interesting things from the mid-term elections in the United States. First, in terms of numbers, voters in the general election are usually less than the presidential election. The impact of this also does not necessarily change the position of the President. The impact that is very likely to occur is a change in the President's policy changes, especially in the country.Through the general election, the people of the United States elected members of the Parliament, Conggres and Senate and also gave opinions on a number of actual political agendas.If at the parliamentary level the results show the victory of the opposition, then at least President Donald Trump will increasingly face obstacles in continuing his main policies in the country. If the results of the mid-term elections increase the number of seats of the Democrats, then the balance of power in Parliament will change. If for example the Democrats have won a majority vote both in the Congress and the Senate, a number of foreign policies will get indirect obstacles. Through the commission in the legislature, the Democratic Party can block the process of selecting government officials who take care of foreign policy. The majority of the Parliament and Senate members from the Opposition faction can also re-strengthen the urge to realize an investigation about indications of Russian interference that allegedly helped Donald Trump won in the last election. Changes in foreign policy did not directly change when the opposition won this mid-term elections.Whatever the Democratic victory in this mid-term election, what will happen is increasing domestic political pressure on Trump's policies. What is certain from this mid-term election is that the international community can see that the model of democracy in the United States is still running well according to the laws of the country.