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Anora, this year’s feisty update on the 1990 film Pretty Woman, has become something of a critical darling. It premiered at ...

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

Our war-hungry leaders may have learned nothing, but recent history shows militaries cannot solve world’s problems ...

There remains a widespread optimism that a period of calm may unfold during the three months of interim rule by HTS, which is ...

Syria will need the support of the UK, the US and every other right-thinking nation to steer its way to, as it were, ...

Politicians express concern after openDemocracy revealed EU gave €1.2m to group spreading reproductive disinformation ...

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

As Brazil prepares to host next year’s annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, the country’s government is attempting to send a message to the world about its commitment to ...

Extra £20m of spending should be celebrated, but it pales in comparison to funding for hostile environment policies ...

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.