In news from Brazil, more than 1,000 taxi drivers blocked roads across Rio de Janeiro in a protest against the Wall Street-backed ride-sharing company Uber Friday. The drivers used their yellow taxis to form a three-mile-long blockade of one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. Friday’s action in Rio follows intense protests against Uber by taxi drivers in Paris, Hong Kong, Miami and other major cities, who say the company threatens their union rights and livelihood.