A 14-year-old cricket prodigy, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, stunned the world by scoring a remarkable 175 runs in the Under-19 ODI World Cup final, while Pakistan reeled from a deadly bombing at a mosque that claimed at least 31 lives. Meanwhile, in Spain, authorities continued their search for a missing woman swept away by floodwaters as Storm Leonardo battered the region, and medical advancements offered hope to cancer survivors seeking to have children.
Suryavanshi's extraordinary performance saw India triumph over England by 100 runs in the final held in Harare on Friday, according to Al Jazeera. The young batsman, who has already made history as the youngest player to score a century in the Indian Premier League, hammered 15 fours and 15 sixes in his innings, with his last 151 runs coming off just 56 balls.
In Pakistan, a bombing at a Shiite mosque near Islamabad resulted in at least 31 fatalities and 169 injuries during Friday prayers, Euronews reported. Officials were investigating whether the attack at the Khadija Al-Kubra mosque was carried out by a suicide bomber, with the death toll potentially rising as some of the wounded were in critical condition. The attack occurred amidst a surge in extremist violence across the country.
Spain faced the aftermath of Storm Leonardo, with authorities searching for a 45-year-old woman swept away by a swollen river in Malaga while attempting to rescue her dog, according to Euronews. Air and canine teams were deployed in the search, and thousands of residents across Andalusia were evacuated. In Cadiz, Grazalema was cleared after water damage, and engineers were assessing building foundations. Numerous roads remained closed due to the storm.
On a brighter note, medical advancements offered hope to cancer survivors. An experimental surgical procedure is helping people who have undergone treatment for bowel or rectal cancer to have babies, according to MIT Technology Review. Radiation and chemotherapy can damage the uterus and ovaries, but surgeons are pioneering a solution by temporarily moving these organs during cancer treatment. Once the treatment is complete, the organs are repositioned. Last week, a team in Switzerland announced the birth of baby Lucien, the fifth baby born after this procedure and the first in Europe, as stated by Daniela Huber, the gyno-oncologist who performed the operation.
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