The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
Tag: Doomsday
The Doomsday Clock Keeps Ticking
Are humans the only beings in the universe confronting global self-destruction? Or just the last ones standing?
Kenyan Cult Leader Will Face 191 Charges of Child Murder
The authorities say Paul Nthenge Mackenzie told his followers to starve themselves and their children to death in the Shakahola Forest, where hundreds of bodies have been exhumed.
Kenyan Preacher Told Followers Starvation Was Their Salvation
Hundreds were drawn to a remote wilderness in southeastern Kenya by the End Times preaching of pastor Paul Mackenzie. Relatives and ex-members tried to intervene, but some did not want to be rescued.
Long Arm of Russian Law Reaches Obscure Siberian Church
The arrest of the leader of a small religious group reveals that Russian repression reaches even to the depths of the Siberian forest.
Family Spent 9 Years in a Secluded Dutch Farmhouse ‘Waiting for the End of Days’
The case came to the attention of the local police after a young man left the farm, found his way to a local pub, and told his story.