The state of emergency has been extended despite promises of elections, already deemed a "sham" by the UN. Meanwhile, the US, Canada, UK and Australia imposed fresh sanctions.
m President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 for the second straight day, "continues to feel well" and will keep working from the executive residence while he isolates, according to a letter by Dr. Kevin O Connor, the White House physician.
Myanmar will mark a bitter one-year anniversary of the military’s February 1, 2021, coup Tuesday amid a rising toll of dead and displaced from fighting between junta forces and a stubborn armed resistance that denies the regime complete control of the country.
Observers say the past year has already set Myanmar back a decade or more and that they see no imminent exit from the crisis as both sides dig in.