Vox Sentences - The GOP vs. Cheney

• Pfizer and BioNTech will donate vaccines to inoculate athletes and officials participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the IOC announced Thursday. While vaccinations won't be mandatory, the IOC hopes that athletes will get the shots. [Associated Press]
• "By taking the vaccine, they can send a powerful message that vaccination is not only about personal health, but also about solidarity and consideration of the wellbeing of others in their communities,” Bach said. [Spectrum News]
• Organizers are working to turn the tide of public opinion regarding the games in their host country. The majority of polled Japanese citizens say they don’t want to host an Olympics during a pandemic. Just 1 percent of the country is vaccinated. [New York Times / Victor Mather]
• The rise in Covid-19 case rates that triggered states of emergency in Tokyo and Osaka last month hasn’t yet abated, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will soon announce a larger emergency order. [Kyodo News]
• While Covid vaccines and tests are sure to be in abundant supply in Tokyo, a different kind of testing seems to be falling by the wayside: for performance-enhancing drugs. [New York Times / Matthew Futterman]

[Axios / Sam Baker and Andrew Witherspoon]

• China's greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were higher than the total emissions produced by every other developed country in the world combined, according to a new analysis by the Rhodium Group. [Axios / Ben German]
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week visited Ukraine, where he reaffirmed US support for the country at a time when Russia's mass troop buildup at the border has heightened tensions in Eastern Europe. [New York Times / Michael Crowley]
• Rich people from all over the world are selling their homes and moving to Dubai, which has remained open as other countries have locked down to stop Covid-19. It’s fueled a massive boom in the luxury homes market. [Associated Press / Isabel Debre]
• Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld its ban on former President Donald Trump, but said the ban cannot be indefinite because any punishment "must be consistent with rules that are applied to other users of its platform." [CNN / Donie O’Sullivan]