June 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Paramount GlobalPARA.O chair and controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, who is trying to close the sale of her family's Paramount media empire to Skydance, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer this spring.

- A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's latest effort to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students, stalling U.S. President Donald Trump's first bid to directly use the power of the presidency against the university.

- The domestic policy bill passed by the House raises the maximum child tax credit to $2,500, but about a third of children would not receive the full credit because their parents have low wages or lack jobs.

- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday that the United States would impose sanctions on four judges on the International Criminal Court as retaliation for investigations of the U.S. military and arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, including Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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