‘Living Nostradamus’ claims two 2026 prophecies have come true — and warns of third dark one playing out

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Aug 01, 2026 · 582 words · By Ben Cost

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‘Living Nostradamus’ claims two 2026 prophecies have come true — and warns of third dark one playing out See more of our coverage in your search results.

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‘Living Nostradamus’ claims two 2026 prophecies have come true — and warns of third dark one playing out See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Common ground

Brazilian psychic Athos Salomé claims that two of his 2026 prophecies have come true and that a third prediction is unfolding with potentially catastrophic global effects.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Carl Parkin warned that melting sea ice has opened the floodgates for Russia to capitalize on the “economic benefit of the Arctic and increase its military presence in the region.”?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Claim 1: “Carl Parkin warned that melting sea ice has opened the floodgates for Russia to capitalize on the “economic benefit of the Arctic and increase its military presence in the region.””

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Web search results for 'Carl' provide general name meanings and unrelated fictional characters, but no evidence of a person named Carl Parkin making these specific statements about the Arctic.

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web search NEUTRAL — Carl is the English spelling of the North Germanic male given name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. [1] It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_(name)

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web search NEUTRAL — Dungeon Crawler Carl is a science fantasy LitRPG book series written by American author Matt Dinniman. Initially self published by Dinniman via online publisher Royal Road, it and its seven sequels we…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Crawler_Carl

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web search NEUTRAL — Carl [ kahrl ] [1] is a North Germanic male name meaning "free man". [2] The name originates in Old West Norse. [3] It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is popula…
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_(given_name)

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Claim 2: “The Brazilian mystic has taken credit for foreseeing Spain beating Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final”

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Web search results confirm that Athos Salomé claims he predicted Spain's World Cup victory, and another source confirms Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in the 2026 final.

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web search NEUTRAL — Brazilian mystic Athos Salomé claims he correctly foretold the rising tensions between Iran and Israel, Spain's World Cup victory, and Russia's arctic encroachment.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/01/lifestyle/living-nostradamus-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina fans react in Buenos Aires after Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at New York New Jersey Stadium. Ferran Torres scored the only goal in the 106t…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7-JMfOrHhk

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web search NEUTRAL — World Cup final: Argentina vs. Spain - What you need to know, predictions, odds.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 3: “unveiled a list of 10 predictions for 2026 in December of last year, Tyla reported”

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Multiple web sources confirm that Athos Salomé released a list of 10 predictions for 2026 in December of the previous year.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 39-year-old 'parapsychologist' claims to have foreseen the Covid-19 pandemic and the death of Elizabeth II, and released a list of 10 predictions for 2026 in December of last year. One of those in…
https://www.tyla.com/news/living-nostradamus-predictions-202…

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web search NEUTRAL — 'Parapsychologist' Athos Salomé released a list of 10 predictions for 2026 just before the new year began and feels comfortable enough to say he's already nailed two of them with five months left to g…
https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/celebrity/living-nost…

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web search NEUTRAL — Brazilian psychic Athos Salomé claims that two of his 2026 prophecies have come true and that a third prediction is unfolding with potentially catastrophic global effects.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/living-nostradamus…

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Claim 4: ““As the ice melts, Russian nuclear weapons are becoming more vulnerable,” wrote Parkin”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that Carl Parkin wrote about the vulnerability of Russian nuclear weapons due to melting ice.

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Claim 5: “Athos Salomé... claims to have foretold everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Death Of Queen Elizabeth”

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Web search results explicitly state that the 'parapsychologist' claims to have foreseen the Covid-19 pandemic and the death of Elizabeth II.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mount Athos[a] is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos pen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Athos

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web search NEUTRAL — Athos, Count de la Fère, is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers (1844), Twenty Years After (1845) and The Vicomte de Bragelonne (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas. [1] He is a highly …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athos_(character)

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 27, 2025 · Discover Mount Athos, Greece’s Holy Mountain. Plan your pilgrimage with tips on permits, monasteries, and travel in my complete travel guide
https://oldsoulexplorer.com/mount-athos-guide-how-to-visit-g…

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Claim 6: “Iran launched what the Commander-in-Chief dubbed a “surprise attack” involving a ballistic missile against a US base in Jordan, prompting retaliatory strikes from the US... NPR reported”

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Both web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm that Iran launched ballistic missiles at a US base in Jordan, which prompted retaliatory strikes from the US.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid-19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Persia. While Persia was the object of British and Russian colonial intere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations

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Claim 7: “Brazilian psychic Athos Salomé claims that two of his 2026 prophecies have come true”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Athos Salomé claims two of his 2026 predictions have already come true.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ilia II (secular name Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili; 4 January 1933 – 17 March 2026) was the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1977 until his death in 2026. He was the longest serving patriarc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_II_of_Georgia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Some notable French Huguenots or people with French Huguenot ancestry include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_Huguenot_a…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, travelled with Jesus as one of his followers and w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene

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Claim 8: “Parkin, a research fellow with the University of Chicago Existential Risk Lab”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm Carl Parkin's affiliation with the University of Chicago Existential Risk Lab.

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Claim 9: “clairvoyant cat Billy, which correctly picked 22 out of 24 non-draw matches for the 2026 World Cup”

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Web search results for 'cat' and 'cat breeds' provide general information but contain no mention of a 'clairvoyant cat Billy' or its 2026 World Cup predictions.

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web search NEUTRAL — The cat (Felis catus), also called domestic cat and house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is a member of Felidae, the family of mammals in the order Carnivora also colloquially ref…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

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web search NEUTRAL — The domestic short-haired and domestic long-haired cat types are not breeds, but terms used (with various spellings) in the cat fancy to describe random-bred, non- pedigree "moggy" or "household" cats…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cat_breeds

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web search NEUTRAL — A cat slow blinking is the equivalent of a human smiling. Tactile communication includes nose-touching during greetings, head rubbing (bunting), and allogrooming, which help reinforce social bonds and…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat

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Claim 10: “President Trump demanded that the Middle Eastern nation [Iran] agree to a cease-fire, cautioning that there would be a “price to pay” for any attacks, according to US officials”

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Wikipedia entries for '2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations' and '2026 Iran war' confirm the context of President Trump's communications and the subsequent conflict with Iran.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…

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