We’re covering the Olympics, the W.H.O.’s call to further investigate the pandemic’s origins and more flooding destruction in China. The Olympics open amid fear and controversy In 1964, the last time Japan hosted the Games, the country was riding high on postwar optimism and economic development.... Only 950 spectators will be at the opening ceremony, which will happen in a stadium that was built for the Olympics and able to hold 68, 000. Tensions go beyond the pandemic and heat.... The previo