Amazon is extending its dominance in US e-commerce, but Walmart is seeing strong gains and is poised to become the number three online retailer, a market tracker said Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday attended the inauguration in Morocco of a high-speed railway line that boasts the fastest journey times in Africa or the Arab world.

Italy's Finance Minister Giovanni Tria warned Thursday of the potential repercussions of the slowdown of the German economy and slammed the EU for failing to recognise the problem.

Facebook announced Thursday it is creating an independent body to make potentially precedent-setting calls on what content should be yanked from the social network.

Australia announced on Friday it was taking legal action against India at the WTO over sugar subsidies it said caused a "significant downturn" in world prices and hurt domestic producers.

Australian shares gave up early gains in volatile trading on Friday, ending the week about 3.2 per cent lower.

A fleet of armed, remotely-piloted aircraft will be used by the Australian Defence Force for the first time, says Defence Minister Christopher Pyne.

The ACT economy recorded the fastest rate of growth across state and territory economies in 2017/18.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a historic visit to Darwin on Friday, some 75 years after Japan bombed the northern Australian city, as the two countries cement ties in the face of emergent China.

"There is no good Brexit!" insists Greg McDonald, chief executive of Goodfish Group, a UK-based company making plastic components for the country's key car sector.