Rio 2016: Protests cloud Olympic Games build-up

With inflation taking a toll on people's finances and amid a growing sense of responsibility towards the climate, second-hand shops are booming across the globe.

The Chinese and French media have differing views on President Xi Jinping's state visit to France. Also, the Israeli government bans Al Jazeera in the country, a move which is widely condemned. In other news, fish are shrinking and scientists are desperate to figure out why. Finally, the feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar is getting more and more personal.

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, talks to DW about the "macabre trafficking" of minerals, how he wants to work with Apple, and why he considers Rwandan President Paul Kagame a thief.

Polling stations open in Chad for a presidential election that will bring transition to a close.

The US has accused Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine. These wouldn't be the first, nor the only illegal weapons used — by both sides — in the ongoing war.

Panama's former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old boss, the popular ex-leader Ricardo Martinelli, who buttressed his campaign despite being holed up in Nicaragua's embassy.