Amid cheering from those on the plane and from those gathered at Singapore and Sydney Airports, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, today successfully completed its first commercial flight.

The world’s largest and most modern jetliner, the Airbus A380, arrived in its new Singapore home today ahead of a historic flight next week.

Canadian-born country music star Shania Twain has won permission to build a mansion and other buildings on her New Zealand sheep farm, despite complaints the complex would not blend in with the landscape.