I'm having the same issue with Cura 5.3.0 and was having the same issue with 4.9.
I was using some older version with no problems, I could drag and drop files, or use the folder option to open stls and it worked. Now with the updated version stls are not opening. I installed 4.9 some time ago and it was not opening. Today I installed 5.3.0 version and it's the same - absolutely nothing happens when I drag and drop or use the folder option to import an stl. Not even loading, no errors, nothing. It looks as if I am simply looking at a blank slicer window.