{
  "id": 14164806,
  "title": "British Council to resume IELTS exams after 4 days of cancellations across China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/british-council-to-resume-ielts-exams-after-4-days-of-cancellations-14164806",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3370728/british-council-resume-ielts-exams-after-4-days-cancellations-across-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The British Council said its IELTS examinations across China would resume Wednesday, ending four days of cancellations stemming from technical problems that left test takers scrambling at the height of the overseas university admissions season. The organisation announced on Tuesday afternoon that it would hold two free make-up sessions on October 19 and 20 for affected candidates and reimburse…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "British Council to resume IELTS exams after 4 days of cancellations across China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/british-council-to-resume-ielts-exams-after-4-days-of-cancellations",
        "published": "2026-10-13T09:00:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}