Myanmar’s junta ends four-year state of emergency ahead of planned elections – but top general still in charge

Myanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his other role as acting president.An announcement in state media said a decree that granted power to the military after its 2021 coup had been canceled and a caretaker administration had been formed