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KFC has taken on Ronald McDonald by clearly referencing Donald Trump's provocative nuclear threats against North Korea.

Donald Trump's frightening and controversial remarks come after Kim said in a New Year's Day speech that the US should know he had a "nuclear button" at his desk.

"If Trump was a rooster, he'd try to take credit for the sunrise," one Twitter user wrote in response to the US president's remarks.

A Twitter user who reported the violent tweet was informed via email that Clarke's account was locked for violating Twitter rules.

Exiled NSA leaker Edward Snowden has spoken out amid the civilian uprising in Iran, writing online that the US government could help protesters by working with Google.

"There's more humanity in the animatronic," one Twitter user wrote.

A woman was left outraged after a spokesperson for Virgin trains undermined her complaint of sexism online.

"Yes, we have a very, very special counsel for just that purpose," one Twitter user chimed.

Trump said Iran is "failing at every level." He voiced his support for the protesters there, saying it is "TIME FOR CHANGE."

Trump's infamous personal @realDonaldTrump account has made headlines over the past 12 months with a litany of controversial and, at times, strange posts.

"Thank you for being a ray of positivity in a dark world," one Twitter user wrote.

"Oops! Something went wrong. Unlike Obama, we are working to fix the problem... and not on the golf course," the error message reads.

Donald Trump drew anger online on 29 December after he claimed the US east coast, which is going through a severe cold spell, could use some "of that good old global warming".

The DCMS select committee has demanded that Twitter and Facebook hand over information about Russian interference in the EU referendum.

Simon & Schuster were heavily criticised by some media organisations over plans to publish Milo Yiannopoulos's autobiography, Dangerous.

"Being a corrupt, complicit fraud must be absolutely exhausting," one Twitter user wrote.

"Telling a woman what to do — specifically a woman of her accomplishments — is sexist and gross," one Twitter user wrote.

Adam Nicholls and Alexandra Knight both spent Christmas working in children's intensive care wards but spent Boxing Day searching for their missing cat after a callous burglary.

"When does this dude work?" one Twitter user questioned.

"That confederate flag in the background adds a whole new element to a white Christmas," one Twitter user wrote.

The Twitter archive is still not allowed for public access and will remain until embargo "until access issues can be resolved in a cost-effective and sustainable manner."

Speculation about the account's mysterious and sudden disappearance are doing the rounds on Twitter, with some claiming that Julian Assange deleted his own account.

The revelation comes as Twitter struggles to clamp down on harassment, hate speech, abusive and illegal behaviour on its platform.

"This may qualify as the stupidest thing she's ever said," one Twitter user said.

"Clapper has a half-century of experience in US intelligence. His words must be heeded," one Twitter user wrote.

We've put together a quiz that will test your knowledge on 2017's tumultuous events. Do you remember the past 12 months as well as you *think* you do?

"These two weeks ARE a gift. Spend them with your kids, you macho goon," Creature of London CEO Dan Cullen-Shute tweeted.

The tweet immediately triggered speculation that he could be looking to recruit Oculus CTO John Carmack.

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire, shared a touching and inspirational list of tweets that inspired him in 2017.

People are celebrating the contributions Muslims have made to good causes with #AVeryMerryMuslimChristmas.