The presentation will discuss updates on some of the key features of interest for N~Z nuclei in the mass 60-100 region. One area of specific interest is the study of shape co-existence in N~Z nuclei around mass 70, where the latest experimental results and theoretical calculations will be presented. The talk will also cover some new results on neutron-proton pairing in the mass 90 region. The latter will focus on the recent identification of energy levels in the N=Z nuclide 92Pd, which provides the first indications for isoscalar np pairing, and the search for the decay of the predicted 16+ spin-gap isomer in 96Cd.