Former Sri Lankan first lady arrested on corruption charges

COLOMBO — The wife of Sri Lanka's powerful former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been arrested over allegations that a charity she is linked to when she was first lady misused donations raised for a children's hospital.Anti-corruption authorities arrested 73-year-old Shiranthi Rajapaksa at her Colombo home on Wednesday.Police later took her before a court, which ordered her detention for a week pending...