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China: Cat Chatters After Hearing Bird-Like Sound

On January 21, 2026, in Beijing, a video recorded a chubby cat resting inside its bed. A sudden bird-like sound caught the cat’s attention. The cat immediately got up, opened its mouth, and began making rapid clicking sounds resembling telegraph signals. At the same time, it searched around for the sound’s source. Chinese viewers explained that the noise triggered the cat’s hunting instinct. The behavior was described as a natural response rather than abnormal behavior.

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young green leaves sprout on a bush branch in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young green leaves sprout on a bush branch in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Flowers sprout from under fallen leaves in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young green leaves sprout on a bush branch in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Firebugs crawl in fallen leaves by the shoots of a bush with young green leaves that sprout in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young green leaves sprout on a bush branch in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Firebugs crawl in fallen leaves by the shoots of a bush with young green leaves that sprout in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Firebugs crawl in fallen leaves by the shoots of a bush with young green leaves that sprout in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Firebugs crawl in fallen leaves by the shoots of a bush with young green leaves that sprout in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young green leaves sprout on a bush branch in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Stellaria media (chickweed) turns green at the tree trunk in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Flowers sprout from under fallen leaves in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young buds sprout on the tree branches in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Young buds sprout on the tree branches in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Stellaria media (chickweed) turns green at the tree trunk in the middle of winter due to abnormal warming, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Christmas tree collection point, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Abnormally warm weather in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 30, 2025 - Firebugs that woke up due to abnormal warming in the middle of winter crawl on the bark of a tree, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Bullet train crack

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 21 Kyodo - Nozomi No. 34, a shinkansen bullet train in which a crack was found in the undercarriage of one of its cars, is hooked up to another shinkansen at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 15, 2017 prior to being moved to a repair facility. The train in question was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected.

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Weather panel sees August climate as abnormal

TOKYO, Japan - Masahide Kimoto, professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute and head of a meteorological analysis panel at the Japan Meteorological Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, following the panel's conclusion that Japan's weather conditions in August were abnormal.

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Plane's abnormal descent near Naha airport likely human error

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Endo (back), head of the general planning department of Peach Aviation Ltd., a budget airline, and Yasunobu Funai, chief of the company's operational section, bow in apology at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on April 30, 2014, a day after a company Airbus A320-200 descended dangerously close to the sea near Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Plane's abnormal descent near Naha airport likely human error

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 29, 2014, shows an Airbus A320-200 of Peach Aviation Ltd., a budget airline, in a hanger at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, after it descended dangerously close to the sea near Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture earlier in the day.

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San Onofre nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2011 shows the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California. The number of incidents of abnormal attrition -- or wearing away or grinding down by friction -- found in Japanese-made steam generator tubes in two reactors at the power plant has reached around 15,000, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report on July 12, 2012.

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6,000 grilled 'sanma' fish handed out for free

TOKYO, Japan - Pacific sauries, a popular autumn fish in Japan, are grilled at the Meguro ''sanma'' festival in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2010. Around 6,000 chargrilled ''sanma'' were served for free despite a sharp rise in the price of the fish due to expected poor catches this year attributed to abnormal weather conditions.

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Man dies after abnormal odor detected in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Rescuers work at a Japanese restaurant in a building in Tokyo's Ginza district on July 17 after an abnormal odor was detected there. A restaurant employee died and his parents were hospitalized.

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High temperatures detected at former Soviet nuclear test site

MOSCOW, Russia - Researchers in Kazakstan said their recent studies indicate an extensive area at a former Soviet nuclear testing site in the country's Semipalatinsk area has shown abnormal temperatures more 10 degrees higher than those of surrounding areas for unknown reasons. In this infrared photo taken in November 2000 from a satellite, the testing site is shown in the area encircled with black lines and higher temperatures were detected in the red and yellow areas.

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When smart technology meets elderly care

STORY: When smart technology meets elderly care DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the smart elder care service platform STORYLINE: Xiqing District, north China's Tianjin, has actively explored the "Internet + elderly care" mode in recent years. On the smart elderly care big data platform, the basic information of every elderly person using the smart devices can be traced. The body data such as blood oxygen saturation, heartbeat and blood pressure can also be monitored in real time. If the data of the elderly is found abnormal on the background screen, measures can be taken to offer help, such as remote rescue. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China. (XHTV)

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South Koreans hold anti-THAAD protest near presidential office

STORY: South Koreans hold anti-THAAD protest near presidential office DATELINE: June 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1.various of protesters 2.various of Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration ceremony 3.various of protesters STORYLINE: South Korean residents and peace activists rallied near the presidential office in central Seoul Thursday to protest against the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in the country. The protesters said that all the procedures of the U.S. missile shield deployment have been abnormal and illegal, given the deployment decision without consent from residents and the parliament, the absence of environmental effect assessment, and the operation and the site construction under the name of "temporary deployment." The government of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office on May 10, has decided to speed up the "normalization" of the THAAD deployment site. The protesters said the formal THAAD deployment under the name of n

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Japanese researchers trigger onset of mad cow disease in cows

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo released by the Hokkaido Animal Research Center on Jan. 18 shows a cow which researchers have had infected with mad cow disease in what they call the first such experiment in Japan. The center said the researchers triggered the onset of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in three cows in an experiment in which the cows were injected with abnormal prions extracted from BSE-infected cows. (Kyodo)

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High temperatures detected at former Soviet nuclear test site

MOSCOW, Russia - Researchers in Kazakstan said their recent studies indicate an extensive area at a former Soviet nuclear testing site in the country's Semipalatinsk area has shown abnormal temperatures more 10 degrees higher than those of surrounding areas for unknown reasons. In this infrared photo taken in November 2000 from a satellite, the testing site is shown in the area encircled with black lines and higher temperatures were detected in the red and yellow areas. (Kyodo)

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ABNORMAL BEAUTY

ABNORMAL BEAUTY aka AB-NORMAL BEAUTY aka SEI MONG SE JUN

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Abnormal electric current may have caused nuclear reactor shutdown

Operators of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast check what's happening on Feb. 29, 2016, following an emergency suspension of the No. 4 reactor. The utility said March 1 that the trouble may have been triggered by an abnormally strong electrical current. The start of the reactor's commercial operations will be delayed until April from the initially scheduled late March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abnormal electric current may have caused nuclear reactor shutdown

Photo taken Feb. 29, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan. The emergency suspension of the reactor that day may have been triggered by an abnormally strong electrical current, the company said on March 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Sankei Seoul bureau chief speaks about defamation trial

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief of the Sankei Shimbun newspaper, shares his experience of being acquitted after being charged with defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in his speech in Fukuoka, Japan, on Jan. 26, 2016. Things became "abnormal" in Seoul after he was accused, Kato said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Another Japanese local assemblyman calls gays "abnormal"

Mamoru Fujitsuka, a member of the Gifu prefectural assembly in central Japan, is seen ahead of a press conference at the prefectural government offices on Dec. 11, 2015, following controversy over his remarks that homosexuals are "abnormal." He withdrew the remarks but said he is having "a sense of crisis that homosexuality might go around in the entire society." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gear unveiled to simulate visual abnormalities of people with autism

A model demonstrates during a press event on March 16, 2015, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, how a head-mounted display device developed by a team of researchers from Osaka University and the University of Tokyo enables the wearer to experience the world as seen by people with autism spectrum disorder. An example of the computer-processed visual image simulating abnormal perception in the disorder is projected on the screen in the background, shown with small dots in white and other colors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man dies after abnormal odor detected in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Rescuers work at a Japanese restaurant in a building in Tokyo's Ginza district on July 17 after an abnormal odor was detected there. A restaurant employee died and his parents were hospitalized. (Kyodo)

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6,000 grilled 'sanma' fish handed out for free

TOKYO, Japan - Pacific sauries, a popular autumn fish in Japan, are grilled at the Meguro ''sanma'' festival in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2010. Around 6,000 chargrilled ''sanma'' were served for free despite a sharp rise in the price of the fish due to expected poor catches this year attributed to abnormal weather conditions. (Kyodo)

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Weather panel sees August climate as abnormal

TOKYO, Japan - Masahide Kimoto, professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute and head of a meteorological analysis panel at the Japan Meteorological Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, following the panel's conclusion that Japan's weather conditions in August were abnormal. (Kyodo)

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Crack found in bullet train in 1st "serious incident" for shinkansen

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2017, shows Car No. 13 of a shinkansen bullet train where a crack and oil leak were found. The train has been stopped for checks at JR Nagoya Station in central Japan since Dec. 11 after an abnormal smell was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jana Zikmundova, Nebilovy's orchards, apple, apples, fruits, tree

Head of orchards in Nebilovy Jana Zikmundova shows growing apples on tree in Nebilovy's orchards in the southern Pilsen region, Czech Republic, July 10, 2019. Nebilovy's orchards expect roughly one-third of the yield of apples compared to last year, when they harvested over 600 tonnes. It was caused by the May frosts and the fact that the trees were exhausted after last year's drought and abnormal crops. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Nebilovy's orchards, apple, apples, fruits, tree

Apples on tree grow in Nebilovy's orchards in the southern Pilsen region, Czech Republic, July 10, 2019. Nebilovy's orchards expect roughly one-third of the yield of apples compared to last year, when they harvested over 600 tonnes. It was caused by the May frosts and the fact that the trees were exhausted after last year's drought and abnormal crops. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Nebilovy's orchards, apple, apples, fruits, tree

Apples on tree grow in Nebilovy's orchards in the southern Pilsen region, Czech Republic, July 10, 2019. Nebilovy's orchards expect roughly one-third of the yield of apples compared to last year, when they harvested over 600 tonnes. It was caused by the May frosts and the fact that the trees were exhausted after last year's drought and abnormal crops. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Nebilovy's orchards, apple, apples, fruits, tree

Apples on tree grow in Nebilovy's orchards in the southern Pilsen region, Czech Republic, July 10, 2019. Nebilovy's orchards expect roughly one-third of the yield of apples compared to last year, when they harvested over 600 tonnes. It was caused by the May frosts and the fact that the trees were exhausted after last year's drought and abnormal crops. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Nebilovy's orchards, apple, apples, fruits, tree

Apples on tree grow in Nebilovy's orchards in the southern Pilsen region, Czech Republic, July 10, 2019. Nebilovy's orchards expect roughly one-third of the yield of apples compared to last year, when they harvested over 600 tonnes. It was caused by the May frosts and the fact that the trees were exhausted after last year's drought and abnormal crops. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Bullet trains stranded at Nagoya

A shinkansen bullet train is stranded at JR Nagoya Station in the central Japan city on May 6, 2020, the last day of the Golden Week holidays, after another shinkansen made an emergency stop as an abnormal signal was detected for the braking system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet trains stranded at Nagoya

A shinkansen bullet train is stranded at JR Nagoya Station in the central Japan city on May 6, 2020, the last day of the Golden Week holidays, after another shinkansen made an emergency stop as an abnormal signal was detected for the braking system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet trains stranded at Nagoya

A shinkansen bullet train is stranded at JR Nagoya Station in the central Japan city on May 6, 2020, the last day of the Golden Week holidays, after another shinkansen made an emergency stop as an abnormal signal was detected for the braking system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet trains stranded at Nagoya

Shinkansen bullet trains are stranded at JR Nagoya Station in the central Japan city on May 6, 2020, the last day of the Golden Week holidays, after another shinkansen made an emergency stop as an abnormal signal was detected for the braking system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train crack

Car No. 13 (R) of a shinkansen bullet train in which a crack was found in its undercarriage is decoupled from Car No. 14 at JR Nagoya Station on Dec. 15, 2017. The train was stopped at the station in central Japan on Dec. 11 after an abnormal sound was detected. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo