Global: Total confirmed cases: ~20,178,000; deaths: ~739,000

U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~5,131,000; deaths: ~165,000

Source: Johns Hopkins University

Live blogs: New York Times / Washington Post / CNN

Russia approved approved a coronavirus vaccine that hasn’t completed clinical trials. Putin said receiving the vaccine would be voluntary and that it had “proven efficient� and “passed all the necessary tests,� but no data has been published by researchers for peer review and the long-term effects of the treatment remained unclear. Less than 100 people have received the inoculation. (Washington Post / NBC News / Associated Press / New York Times / Bloomberg / Politico)

1/ Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate, announcing the decision hours after Trump suggested that some men would feel “insulted� if he chose a woman. Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, will be the first Black woman and first Asian-American to be nominated for national office by a major party. Trump, meanwhile, told Fox Sports Radio that Biden has “roped himself into a certain group of people.� Following Biden’s announcement, Trump attacked Harris, calling her “nasty� and “disrespectful,� adding that “Phony Kamala will abandon her own morals.� (Washington Post / Axios / New York Times / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / NBC News / Axios)

2/ Trump baselessly claimed that...