Chimps are selective about which roots they pound, said co-author Catherine Crockford, a primatologist at the CNRS Institute for Cognitive Sciences in France. Certain shapes and wood varieties create sounds that travel well through dense jungle.
A Kashmiri Muslim bride sits along with others during a mass marriage of 51 couples in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)A Kashmiri Muslim bride sits along with others during a mass marriage of 51 couples in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, May. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the first day of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)A Hindu devout hits another with burning coconut leaves, sending sparks and embers flying, in a ritual known as Lukat Gni, as part of Balinese Hindu New Year celebrations, in Bali, Indonesia, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
A Hindu devout hits another with burning coconut leaves, sending sparks and embers flying, in a ritual known as Lukat Gni, as part of Balinese Hindu New Year celebrations, in Bali, Indonesia, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)Lakshmi, on her 86th birthday, is carried by rescue workers from a residential apartment, flooded due to heavy rains in Bengaluru, India, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Lakshmi, on her 86th birthday, is carried by rescue workers from a residential apartment, flooded due to heavy rains in Bengaluru, India, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
A man looks out from a container restaurant near an art sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the Songzhuang art district in eastern Beijing, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)In sanctioning Bonyad Mostazafan in 2020, the first Trump administration described the foundation as being used by Khamenei to “line the pockets of his allies.”
“Despite its outsized influence in the Iranian economy, Bonyad Mostazafan operates outside of government oversight and, due to a 1993 decree by the Supreme Leader, is exempt from paying taxes on its multibillion-dollar earnings,” the U.S. Treasury said. The foundation says its affiliated companies pay taxes.On Tuesday, the Treasury issued new sanctions on China and Iran over the transshipment of sodium perchlorate and dioctyl sebacate to the Islamic Republic. Sodium perchlorate is used to produce ammonium perchlorate, a key ingredient to make solid fuel for ballistic missiles. The Treasury identified one individual from an Iranian firm as being linked to the Guard.
The Financial Times in January first reported that two loads of sodium perchlorate were coming to Iran from China. Tracking data showed that one of the ships identified as carrying the load was near Shahid Rajaei in recent weeks. The private security firm Ambrey separately said that the port received the sodium perchlorate, which is described as a white, sand-like solid.Iranian Defense Ministry spokesperson Gen. Reza Talaeinik denied earlier this week that missile fuel had been imported through the port. Iranian Cabinet spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani separately described the explosion Wednesday as coming from “human error, probably.”