The empty string is a syntactically valid representation of zero in positional notation (in any base), which does not contain leading zeros. Since the empty string does not have a standard visual representation outside of formal language theory, the number zero is traditionally represented by a single decimal digit 0 instead.

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The Russo-Ukrainian War has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists in the war in Donbas against Ukrainian government forces; fighting for the first eight years of the conflict also …

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) used to be Greenwich Mean Time and Zulu Time (Z). This is the time at the Prime Meridian given in hours and minutes on a 24 hour clock. Most satellite pictures will give the time code next to the time taken with a UTC, GMT, or Z, but they are the same time zone. ... reflecting an international mix of English ...

Tambov (UK: / t æ m ˈ b ɒ f /, US: / t ɑː m ˈ b ɔː f,-ˈ b ɔː v /; Russian: Тамбов, IPA: ) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers, about 418 kilometers (260 mi) south-southeast of Moscow.Population: 280,161 (2010 Census); 293,658 (2002 Census); 304,600 (1989 Census).

Novosibirsk (/ ˌ n oʊ v ə s ɪ ˈ b ɪər s k,-v oʊ s-/, also UK: / ˌ n ɒ v-/; Russian: Новосиби́рск, IPA: [nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk] ()) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia.As of the 2021 Census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the most populous city in Siberia and the third-most populous city in ...

Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. ...

The Kremlin has said there is "a lot of work ahead" to "liberate" four Ukrainian provinces it claims as its own; Ukraine gives another tally of Russian losses, claiming more than 93,000 soldiers ...

Life and career Childhood and early life. Andrei Tarkovsky was born in the village of Zavrazhye in the Yuryevetsky District of the Ivanovo Industrial Oblast (modern-day Kadyysky District of the Kostroma Oblast, Russia) to the poet and translator Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky, a native of Yelysavethrad (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine), and Maria Ivanova Vishnyakova, a graduate of …

The ages of consent vary by jurisdiction across Europe.The ages of consent are between 14 and 18. The vast majority of countries set their ages in the range of 14 to 16; only four countries, Cyprus (17), Ireland (17), Turkey (18) and Vatican City (18), do not fit into this pattern. The laws can also stipulate which specific activities are permitted or specify the age at which one or …